Jonathan Castroviejo

Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás (born 27 April 1987) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.^[6]

Jonathan Castroviejo

Castroviejo in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás
Born	(1987-04-27) 27 April 1987 (age 37) Getxo, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)[2]
Team information
Current team	Ineos Grenadiers
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist, Climber
Amateur team
2008–2009	Orbea–Oreka SDA
Professional teams
2010–2011	Euskaltel–Euskadi
2012–2017	Movistar Team[3]
2018–	Team Sky[4][5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics European Time Trial Championships (2016) National Time Trial Championships (2013, 2015, 2017–2019, 2023)
Medal record Representing  Spain World Championships 2016 Doha Time trial European Championships 2016 Plumelec Time trial 2018 Glasgow Time trial Representing Movistar Team World Championships 2015 Richmond Team time trial

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

Castroviejo specialises in time trials, with all of his eleven professional victories – including a gold medal at the 2016 European Road Championships and a record six victories in the Spanish National Time Trial Championships – coming in the discipline.

Career

Orbea and Euskaltel–Euskadi (2008–2011)

Born in Getxo, Basque Country, Spain, Castroviejo spent two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad Orbea–Oreka SDA, before he joined Euskaltel–Euskadi in 2010. He won his first race as a professional at the 2011 Tour de Romandie, clocking the fastest time in the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) prologue individual time trial, beating reigning under-23 world champion Taylor Phinney by 0.27 seconds. The result came the day before Castroviejo's 24th birthday.^[7] His prowess in the time trial was relatively uncommon for a Euskaltel–Euskadi rider, as the team was known for fielding lightweight climbers with little ability against the clock. The Romandie stage win was, however, not a complete shock – earlier in the season, Castroviejo had finished eighth in the time trial which closed out Tirreno–Adriatico, besting the times of riders such as Gustav Larsson, Cadel Evans, and David Zabriskie, all of whom had reputations as time trial specialists.^[8] Castroviejo turned in another strong time trial later in the Tour de Romandie, taking ninth in the 20.1 km (12.5 mi) long race against the clock, better than Marco Pinotti and Jean-Christophe Péraud (among others), both former champions of their respective nations in the time trial.^[9]

Movistar Team (2012–2017)

Castroviejo moved to the Movistar Team for the 2012 season.^[3] He wore the Vuelta a España's general classification jersey for two stages since his team won the opening Team time trial and he crossed the line first, but lost it two days later to teammate Alejandro Valverde. Castroviejo could not follow the frantic pace set by Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank) on the final climb of the third stage.^[10]

In 2015, Castroviejo won the Spanish National Time Trial Championships for the second time in his career.^[11]

Team Sky (2018–present)

On 17 August 2017, it was announced that Castroviejo would join Team Sky for the 2018 season.^[12] In his first season with the team, he defended his Spanish National Time Trial Championships title,^[13] won a silver medal in the time trial at the UEC European Road Championships in Glasgow,^[14] and finished in the top-ten placings in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck.^[15] He added further national time trial titles in 2019 and 2023.^[16][17]

Major results

Castroviejo at the 2018 Tour de France

Source:^[18]

2005

3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

2009

1st Stage 3 Tour du Haut-Anjou

1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir

2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard

1st Prologue

2nd Overall Circuito Montañés

2010

1st Sprints classification, Volta a Catalunya

5th Time trial, National Road Championships

2011 (2 pro wins)

1st Prologue Tour de Romandie

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

1st Stage 1 (ITT)

2012 (1)

Vuelta a España

1st Stage 1 (TTT)

Held after Stages 1–2

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

1st Sprints classification

1st Stage 1 (ITT)

5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

1st Points classification

6th Overall Eneco Tour

7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

9th Time trial, Olympic Games

2013 (1)

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Sprints classification, Vuelta a Asturias

8th Overall Volta ao Algarve

2014

Vuelta a España

1st Stage 1 (TTT)

Held after Stage 1

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2015 (1)

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

UCI World Championships

3rd Team time trial

4th Time trial

3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

2016 (1)

1st Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Chrono des Nations

3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

4th Time trial, Olympic Games

2017 (2)

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

3rd Chrono des Nations

7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

7th Overall Volta ao Algarve

1st Stage 3 (ITT)

10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

2018 (1)

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné

2nd Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

Combativity award Stage 19 Vuelta a España

2019 (1)

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

2023 (1)

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Giro d'Italia	—	—	57	—	—	—	—	—	24	23	64	—
Tour de France	—	97	—	24	—	60	70	50	DNF	23	48	15
Vuelta a España	148	—	65	—	36	—	100	—	—	—	—	60

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
IP	In progress