# José Joaquín Rojas

José Joaquín Rojas Gil (born 8 June 1985) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023.

## Career

Rojas turned professional in 2006 with Liberty Seguros–Würth. His older brother Mariano Rojas, was a professional cyclist as well, riding for ONCE until 1996. He died in the same year as a result of a traffic accident.
Rojas was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 3, with a fractured left collarbone, the second retirement of the 2012 Tour after Team Sky's Kanstantsin Sivtsov.
Rojas was again selected to ride the 2013 Tour de France and finished 79th overall, one of the highest GC placings among the sprinters; he also finished in 7th place in the points classification with 156 points. His best result was a third place on the third stage – in which he contested the bunch sprint – which was one of seven top-ten finishes during the Tour. He was disqualified from the 2014 Tour de France for excessive sheltering behind his team car during the descent of the Tourmalet.

## Major results
### 2002

    1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships

### 2003

    1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
    4th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

### 2005

    2nd Overall Vuelta a Extremadura
       1st Points classification

### 2006

    1st Mountains classification Tirreno–Adriatico
    7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
    10th Circuito de Getxo

### 2007

    1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia
    2nd Trofeo Mallorca
    2nd Trofeo Cala Millor
    3rd Circuito de Getxo
    6th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
    9th Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Points classification
    9th Gent–Wevelgem
    10th Châteauroux Classic

### 2008

    1st Trofeo Pollença
    2nd Gran Premio de Llodio
    3rd Overall Tour Down Under
       1st Young rider classification
    4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    4th Overall Tour du Limousin
    5th Overall Paris–Corrèze
    5th Trofeo Cala Millor
    5th Clásica de Almería
    5th GP Ouest–France
    5th Vattenfall Cyclassics
    6th Trofeo Mallorca
    7th Gent–Wevelgem

### 2009

    1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain
    3rd Overall Tour Down Under
       1st Young rider classification
    4th Trofeo Pollença
    4th Gran Premio de Llodio
    5th Down Under Classic
    9th Trofeo Cala Millor

### 2010

    2nd Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano
    3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Points classification
    4th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
    5th Trofeo Deià
    5th GP Ouest–France
    6th Paris–Camembert
    7th Trofeo Cala Millor
    8th Overall Tour du Limousin
    9th Trofeo Palma

### 2011

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Trofeo Deià
    1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya
    2nd Clásica de Almería
    3rd Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
    4th Overall Tour du Haut Var
    4th Trofeo Palma
    5th Vattenfall Cyclassics
    7th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    7th GP Ouest–France
    8th Down Under Classic
    10th Trofeo Cala Millor
    Tour de France
       Held after Stages 3, 4 & 7

### 2012

    1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
    9th Trofeo Migjorn

### 2013

    3rd Trofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines
    4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
    5th Trofeo Platja de Muro
    6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
    6th Trofeo Palma de Mallorca
    8th Down Under Classic

### 2014

    Vuelta a Castilla y León
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    4th Overall Paris–Nice
    4th Circuito de Getxo
    5th Vuelta a Murcia
    6th Clásica de Almería

### 2015

    1st Stage 1 Tour of Qatar
    3rd Trofeo Santanyi-SesSalines-Campos
    4th Circuito de Getxo
    4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    5th Gran Piemonte

### 2016

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    10th Clásica de Almería

### 2017

    3rd Vuelta a La Rioja
    5th Amstel Gold Race
    10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    Combativity award Stage 18 Vuelta a España

### 2018

    6th Trofeo Matteotti
    8th Trofeo Palma
    9th Vuelta a Murcia

### 2019

    5th Circuito de Getxo
    5th Clásica de Almería
    9th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    10th Trofeo Palma

### 2021

    4th Vuelta a Murcia

### 2023

    4th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | 50 | — | 50 | — | — | 69 | 79 |
| Tour de France | — | — | 84 | 68 | 80 | DNF | 79 | DSQ | — | — | — | DNF | — | 70 | — | — | — |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 43 | DNF | 22 | — | 30 | 32 | 56 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |