Óscar Rodríguez (cyclist)

Óscar Rodríguez Garaicoechea (born 6 May 1995 in Burlada) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[6] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España, winning stage 13.[7] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[8]

Óscar Rodríguez
Rodríguez at 2022 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full nameÓscar Rodríguez Garaicoechea
Born (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995
Burlada, Spain
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2014–2016Lizarte–AD Galibier
2016Euskadi Basque Country–Murias (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2017–2019Euskadi Basque Country–Murias[1][2]
2020–2021Astana[3][4]
2022–Movistar Team[5]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2018)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Garaicoechea.

Major results
2018
1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
1st Mountains classification Tour of the Alps
2019
2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
7th Tour du Finistère
8th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
9th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
10th Overall Route d'Occitanie
1st Mountains classification
2020
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2021
2nd Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
3rd Overall Route d'Occitanie
6th Prueba Villafranca - Ordiziako Klasika
7th Vuelta a Castilla y León
10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2022
2nd Overall Tour de Hongrie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 45 — — DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 51 22 — DNF —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Euskadi-Murias, dena ematera munduko onenen aurka" [Euskadi-Murias, give everything to the best in the world]. Euskadi–Murias (in Basque). Murias Equipo Deportivo SL. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. "El Euskadi-Murias anuncia para 2019 una plantilla de 20 ciclistas" [Euskadi-Murias announces for 2019 a roster of 20 cyclists]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Javier Godó; Grupo Godó. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. Guinea, Luis (2 January 2022). "La nueva cara de Mikel Nieve y Óscar Rodríguez" [The new look of Mikel Nieve and Óscar Rodríguez]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Grupo La Información. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. "MOVISTAR TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  8. "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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