 Txurruka at the2016 Tour of Britain. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Amets Txurruka Ansola |
| Born | (1982-11-10)10 November 1982 (age 43) Etxebarria, Spain |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber Puncheur |
| Professional teams | |
| 2006 | Barloworld |
| 2007–2012 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2013–2015 | Caja Rural[1] |
| 2016 | Orica–GreenEDGE[2] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Amets Txurruka Ansola (born 10 November 1982) is a Spanish former professionalroad bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2016 for theBarloworld,Euskaltel–Euskadi,Caja Rural–Seguros RGA andOrica–BikeExchange teams.
Born inEtxebarria in theBasque Country, Txurruka made hisTour de France debut in 2007, memorably participating (alongsidePierrick Fédrigo) in a breakaway during Stage 12 that was caught just 1 km (0.6 mi) from the finish line. This effort earned him the red back numbers for most combative rider the next day. He was also indirectly benefited whenMichael Rasmussen was withdrawn from the Tour; Txurruka was third in theyoung rider classification, behindAlberto Contador andMauricio Soler. With Contador wearing the yellow jersey as leader of thegeneral classification because of Rasmussen's withdrawal, and Soler wearing the polka dot jersey as leader of themountains classification, Txurruka wore the white jersey that is given to the leader of the young rider classification.
He was also chosen as themost combative rider of whole Tour, being the third Spanish rider in a row (afterÓscar Pereiro andDavid de la Fuente) to earn that award.
Txurruka was released byEuskaltel–Euskadi at the end of the 2012 season,[3] and joined Caja Rural for the 2013 season.[1] In theTour of the Basque Country, Txurruka won both the mountains and sprint classification jerseys after being part of long breakaways for the first three stages.[4] In August 2015Orica–GreenEDGE announced that they had signed Txurruka on a one-year deal for 2016.[5]
Combativity award Stage 12 & Overall Combativity award Stage 13Vuelta a España
OverallVuelta a Asturias
Mountains classification
Sprints classification
Mountains classification,Vuelta a Burgos
OverallTour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
Mountains classification,Tour des Fjords Combativity award Stage 4Vuelta a España Mountains classification Combativity award Stage 7Vuelta a España| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | 55 |
 Tour de France | 23 | 52 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España | — | 45 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 48 | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
