Jonathan Castroviejo

Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás (born 27 April 1987) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Castroviejo specialises in time trials, with all of his eleven professional victories – including a gold medal at the 2016 European Road Championships and a record six victories in the Spanish National Time Trial Championships – coming in the discipline.
Career
Orbea and Euskaltel–Euskadi (2008–2011)
Born in Getxo, Basque Country, Spain, Castroviejo spent two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad , before he joined in 2010. He won his first race as a professional at the 2011 Tour de Romandie, clocking the fastest time in the prologue individual time trial, beating reigning under-23 world champion Taylor Phinney by 0.27 seconds. The result came the day before Castroviejo's 24th birthday. His prowess in the time trial was relatively uncommon for a rider, as the team was known for fielding lightweight climbers with little ability against the clock. The Romandie stage win was, however, not a complete shock – earlier in the season, Castroviejo had finished eighth in the time trial which closed out Tirreno–Adriatico, besting the times of riders such as Gustav Larsson, Cadel Evans, and David Zabriskie, all of whom had reputations as time trial specialists. Castroviejo turned in another strong time trial later in the Tour de Romandie, taking ninth in the long race against the clock, better than Marco Pinotti and Jean-Christophe Péraud (among others), both former champions of their respective nations in the time trial.
Movistar Team (2012–2017)
Castroviejo moved to the for the 2012 season. He wore the Vuelta a España's general classification jersey for two stages since his team won the opening Team time trial and he crossed the line first, but lost it two days later to teammate Alejandro Valverde. Castroviejo could not follow the frantic pace set by Alberto Contador on the final climb of the third stage.
In 2015, Castroviejo won the Spanish National Time Trial Championships for the second time in his career.
Team Sky (2018–present)
On 17 August 2017, it was announced that Castroviejo would join for the 2018 season. In his first season with the team, he defended his Spanish National Time Trial Championships title, won a silver medal in the time trial at the UEC European Road Championships in Glasgow, and finished in the top-ten placings in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck. He added further national time trial titles in 2019 and 2023.
Major results
Source:
2005
3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2009
1st Stage 3 Tour du Haut-Anjou
1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Prologue
2nd Overall Circuito Montañés
2010
1st Sprints classification, Volta a Catalunya
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2011 (2 pro wins)
1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
2012 (1)
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Held after Stages 1–2
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Points classification
6th Overall Eneco Tour
7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
9th Time trial, Olympic Games
2013 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Sprints classification, Vuelta a Asturias
8th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2014
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Held after Stage 1
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2015 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
UCI World Championships
3rd Team time trial
4th Time trial
3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2016 (1)
1st Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Chrono des Nations
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
4th Time trial, Olympic Games
2017 (2)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
3rd Chrono des Nations
7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2018 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
2nd Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
Combativity award Stage 19 Vuelta a España
2019 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2023 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
Ineos Grenadiers team profile
Spanish male cyclists
1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Getxo
Cyclists from Biscay
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Spain