José Luis Arrieta

José Luis Arrieta

Arrieta at the 2008 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name	José Luis Arrieta Lujambio
Born	(1971-06-15) 15 June 1971 (age 50) San Sebastián, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Movistar Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Sporting director
Professional teams
1993–2005	Banesto
2006–2010	AG2R Prévoyance
Managerial team
2011–	Movistar Team
Major wins
Vuelta a España, 1 stage

José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (born 15 June 1971, in San Sebastián) is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He last rode for UCI ProTour team Ag2r–La Mondiale. He is now a sporting director for Movistar Team, the same franchise for which he rode earlier in his career when it was known as Banesto.

Arrieta was a devoted domestique for Miguel Indurain. L'Équipe said of him:

"He no longer counts the hours, the years, spent with his nose in the wind trying to protect his leader for as long as possible."^[1]

Arrieta said:

When you have the chance to start your career in so big a team and at the side of a champion as great as Indurain, you grow in the service of sacrifice. I don't complain. To the contrary, I had the chance to live some wonderful moments. When Indurain won, or another rider for whom we had decided to work, it was a victory for all the team men as well."^[1]

Career achievements[]

Major results[]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Giro d'Italia	105	49	64	—	—	—	34	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	32	75	DNF	46	57	—	—	—	—	74	27	52	71	78	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	103	—	—	106	28	—	44	59	55	81	DNF

References[]

External links[]

• Profile at AG2R Prévoyance website
• José Luis Arrieta at Trap-Friis.dk
• L'Equipe rider profile
• José Luis Arrieta at ProCyclingStats

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