Javier Aramendia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aramendia and the second or maternal family name is Llorente.

Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente (born 5 December 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA teams.

Javier Aramendia

Aramendia at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
Born	(1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 (age 38) Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Breakaway specialist
Amateur team
2007	Orbea–Oreka SDA
Professional teams
2008–2011	Euskaltel–Euskadi
2012–2016	Caja Rural[1]

Career

Aramendia was born in Pamplona. At the 2012 Vuelta a España, Aramendia distinguished himself by being part of numerous long breakaways,^[2] earning the Combativity award four times in the process, the most at the Vuelta.^[3] It looked like he had a great chance to win the "Most Combative" title for the whole race, but Alberto Contador prevailed.^[4] Aramendia was named the most combative rider overall in the 2013 Vuelta a España, after taking the award three times in the individual stages.

Major results

2006

1st Stage 2 Bizkaiko Bira

2007

7th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura

2012

Vuelta a España

Combativity award Stages 2, 7, 8 & 10

2013

Vuelta a España

Combativity award Stages 7, 9, 17 & Overall

2014

Vuelta a España

Combativity award Stages 2, 8 & 15