Jhonatan Restrepo

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Jhonatan Restrepo
Quaregnon - Le Samyn des Dames & Le Samyn, 2 mars 2016, départ (D107).JPG
Restrepo in 2016 Le Samyn
Personal information
Full nameJhonatan Restrepo Valencia
NicknamePácora, El Rayo[1]
Born (1994-11-28) November 28, 1994 (age 27)
Pácora, Colombia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current teamDrone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
2014–2015Coldeportes–Claro
Professional teams
2015Team Katusha (stagiaire)
2016–2018Team Katusha
2019Team Manzana Postobón[2]
2020–Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec[3]
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's track cycling
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team pursuit
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Aguascalientes Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mexico City Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2014 Aguascalientes Madison
Silver medal – second place 2015 Santiago Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mexico City Individual pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 León Under-23 road race
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Restrepo and the second or maternal family name is Valencia.

Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (born November 28, 1994) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli.[4]

Career[]

Born in Pácora, Caldas, Restrepo was a competitive swimmer during his youth, winning four national titles in Colombia.

According to Restrepo, he and his manager contacted a number of UCI WorldTeams via Facebook from December 2014 with a view to gaining a professional contract, and after becoming Pan-American Under-23 Champion in 2015, he received an offer from Katusha for a position as a stagiaire that season, subsequently remaining with the team for 2016.[1] He participated in the 2015 Pan American Games and was first in the team pursuit. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[5] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[6]

Major results[]

2013
1st Stage 1 Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia[7]
Pan American Track Championships
2nd Silver medal america.svg Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Individual pursuit
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Individual pursuit, Bolivarian Games
2014
Pan American Track Championships
1st Pan American Champions Jersey.png Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal america.svg Madison (with Jordan Parra)
2015
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Pan American Games
Pan American Track Championships
1st Pan American Champions Jersey.png Team pursuit
1st Pan American Champions Jersey.png Individual pursuit
2nd Silver medal america.svg Madison (with Juan Arango)
Pan American Under-23 Road Championships
1st Pan American Champions Jersey.png Road race
5th Time trial
3rd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia[8]
1st Points classification[9]
1st Stage 6[10]
2016
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España
2017
2nd Vuelta a Murcia
4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
10th Overall Tour Down Under
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2018
4th Gran Piemonte
2019
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Vuelta a Aragón
5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
7th Overall Tour of Turkey
8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2020
Vuelta al Táchira
1st Stages 3 & 5
6th Overall Tour du Rwanda
1st Stages 3, 5, 6 & 7 (ITT)
2021
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Boucles de la Mayenne
2nd Trofeo Matteotti
3rd
4th Overall Giro di Sicilia
5th Overall Tour du Rwanda
1st Stage 7 (ITT)
7th Giro del Veneto
2022
1st Stage 3 Tour du Rwanda

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — 103
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 128 — 105 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

  1. ^ a b Reyes, Fran (14 February 2017). "Restrepo: How Facebook got me a WorldTour contract". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Los 50 colombianos en la élite del ciclismo mundial en 2019" [The 50 Colombians in the elite of world cycling in 2019]. El Espectador (in Spanish). Fidel Cano Correa, Grupo Valorem S.A. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  6. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Restrepo ganó en Salento y Villegas, líder de la Vuelta de la Juventud" [Restrepo wins in Salento and Villegas, leader of the Vuelta de la Juventud]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 10 September 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  8. ^ Cabezas, Ricardo (28 April 2015). "El ciclista Richard Carapaz fue recibido por una multitud en Tulcán" [Cyclist Richard Carapaz was welcomed by a multitude in Tulcán]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Jhonatan Restrepo correrá la Vuelta a Burgos con el equipo Katusha" [Jhonatan Restrepo will race the Tour of Burgos with the Katusha team]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  10. ^ Ramírez Coral, Peter (26 April 2015). "Carapaz, contra todos" [Carapaz, against all]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2017.

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