birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name
altea spain 03 february 1970 juan borja -lrb- motorcycle racer -rrb-
 juan bautista borja
juan borja -lrb- motorcycle racer -rrb-

juan bautista borja -lrb- born february 3 , 1970 -rrb- , is a former grand prix motorcycle road racer from spain .
having won the fcim 125cc european championship in 1992 , he first raced on the world stage at the 1993 fim motorcycle grand prix at the circuito del jarama , madrid , but retired on lap 19 in the 250cc class riding a privateer honda .
for 1994 , he gained a series of one-off privateer rides in the 250cc class , starting with an aprilia at the 1994 australian motorcycle grand prix , and finishing the season on a honda , placing him 30th in the championship .
moving to the 500cc class for 1995 , he rode out the season placing twelfth on the roc-yamaha .
he then spent two seasons on the elf 500 roc sponsored by pepsi and then shell , placing 14th in 1996 and 17th in 1997 on an under-developed and hence unreliable bike .
for 1998 he moved to the well backed movistar honda pons riding the honda nsr500 , but unreliability meant he finished the season in 32nd .
improved factory support in 1999 meant that he finished 12th .
without a ride for the 2000 grand prix motorcycle racing season , after the crash of carl fogarty which ended his racing career , from race six onwards in 2000 he moved to world superbikes , replacing ben bostrom in the works ducati-infostrada , finishing the season in 12th .
replaced by younger compatriate rubén xaus for the 2001 season , borja moved to spanish privateer team panavto yamaha riding the yamaha yzf-r7 , but a lack of funds and unreliability meant that he finished the season 32nd .
for 2002 season he returned to riding a ducati 998rs for spanish privateer team spaziotel racing , finishing 12th .
with the same team but now under the dfx racing banner , he finished 13th in the 2003 season .
in light of their sponsorship from sterilgarda for the 2004 season , the dfx team choose italian rider marco borciani .
unable to find a team or sponsorship , borja was forced to retire at the age of 34 .
