Juan José Lobato del Valle (born 30 December 1988) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2023.
 Lobato in 2016. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Juan José Lobato del Valle |
| Nickname | Juanjo |
| Born | 30 December 1988 Trebujena, Andalusia, Spain |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006 | Huevar–Aljarafe |
| 2007 | Würth |
| 2008 | Cantabria Infinita |
| 2009 | Cueva El Soplao |
| 2010 | Andalucía–Cajasur amateur |
| 2010 | Andalucía–Cajasur (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011–2012 | Andalucía–Caja Granada |
| 2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2014–2016 | Movistar Team[1] |
| 2017 | LottoNL–Jumbo[2] |
| 2018–2019 | Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini[3][4] |
| 2020–2023 | Fundación–Orbea[5][6][7] |
Career
editLobato joined the Movistar Team for the 2014 season,[1] after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi[8] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[1] He then went on to sign a 2-year contract with LottoNL–Jumbo starting 2017.[2] In December 2017, Lobato's contract was terminated, for possession of sleeping pills during a pre-season training camp – violating the team's internal rules.[9]
He joined Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini during the 2018 season, remaining until the end of 2019,[4] before joining Fundación–Orbea for the 2020 season.[5]
Major results
edit- 2006
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 2010
- 9th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2011
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 7th Trofeo Mallorca
- 10th Clásica de Almería
- 2012
- Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 1st Stages 2 & 10
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 2013
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 4th Clásica de Almería
- 6th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 4th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 8th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2015
- Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under
- 2nd Down Under Classic
- 2nd Circuito de Getxo
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 3rd Overall Dubai Tour
- 4th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 2016
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Dubai Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Gran Piemonte
- 2017
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain
- 6th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
- 2018
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 5th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 10th Eschborn–Frankfurt
- 2019
- 6th Overall Tour de Korea
- 10th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 2020
- 7th Trofeo Playa de Palma
- 9th Clásica de Almería
- 2021
- 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo
- 7th Trofeo Calvià
- 10th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969
- 2022
- 1st Stage 5 Volta ao Alentejo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 134 | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | 165 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | 174 | — | — | — | — | 112 | — | — | — | 136 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Farrand, Stephen (28 October 2013). "Movistar sign sprinter Juanjo Lobato for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Juan Jose Lobato signs for LottoNL-Jumbo". Cyclingnews.com. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Lobato given second chance by Nippo–Vini Fantini". Cyclingnews.com. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 uomini in organico nel 2019" [Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 men on roster in 2019]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Fundacion – Orbea". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Euskaltel – Euskadi". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Euskaltel – Euskadi". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Brown, Gregor (10 December 2012). "Euskaltel to sell team vehicles to balance books". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Ltd. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
It signed 11 new cyclists: Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spain), Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spain), Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spain), Tarik Chaoufi (Morocco), Jure Kocjan (Slovenia), Robert Vrečer (Slovenia), Ricardo Jorge Correia Mestre (Portugal), Steffen Radochla (Germany), André Schulze (Germany), Alexander Serebryakov (Russia) and Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece).
- ^ Benson, Daniel (18 December 2017). "LottoNL-Jumbo fire Lobato after sleep medication fiasco". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
External links
edit- Juan José Lobato at ProCyclingStats
- Juan José Lobato at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Juan José Lobato profile at Andalucía-Caja Granada
