_-_Saint-Amand-les-Eaux_-_Paris-Roubaix_juniors.jpg) Rodríguez at the start of the 2019Paris–Roubaix Juniors | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Rodríguez Cano |
| Nickname |
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| Born | (2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (age 24) Almuñécar,Spain |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
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| Amateur team | |
| 2018–2019 | Kometa U19 |
| Professional team | |
| 2020– | Team Ineos[2] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Carlos Rodríguez Cano (born 2 February 2001) is a Spanish cyclist who currently rides forUCI WorldTeamIneos Grenadiers.[3]
Prior to being a road cyclist, Rodríguez was aBMX rider for the Spanish national team.[4][5]
For his junior years in 2018 and 2019, Rodríguez raced for the Kometa development team run by former cyclistAlberto Contador.[6] During these two seasons, he was a two-timenational junior time trial champion and won theTour de Gironde and the Gipuzkoa Klasika in 2019. He was also the bronze medalist at the2018 European Junior Road Race Championships.[7]
In 2020, he was recruited byUCI WorldTeamTeam Ineos at only 18 years old on a four-year contract, while simultaneously working on an engineering degree.[8]
In 2021, he finished second at theTour de l'Avenir and fourth at theVuelta a Andalucía.[9] The following year, he took his first senior-level wins, being crowned theelite national road race champion in addition to winning stage five of theTour of the Basque Country.[10] In August, he was selected for his firstGrand Tour, theVuelta a España, finishing 7th overall. In his final race of the season in October, he placed fifth in his firstMonument, theGiro di Lombardia.[11]
In March 2023, he crashed inStrade Bianche and sustained aclavicle fracture.[12] In June, he returned to racing, placing ninth at theCritérium du Dauphiné. He next rode in theTour de France, where he finished fifth overall in the general classification and won stage 14 ahead ofTadej Pogačar andJonas Vingegaard.[13]
In April 2024, he won the final stage and finished second overall at theTour of the Basque Country, being the only rider able to followJuan Ayuso up the final climb.[14] Later that month, he won theTour de Romandie, his first major stage race win, after taking the lead on stage four.[15] He rode in the2024 Tour de France.
Time trial,National Junior Road Championships
Road race
Points classification
Young rider classification Time trial,National Junior Road Championships
OverallTour de Gironde Points classification
Mountains classification Young rider classificationRoad race Young rider classification Young rider classification Young rider classification OverallTour de Romandie Young rider classification after Stages 11–14 & 16–18 Young rider classification| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tour de France | — | — | 5 | 7 | ||||
 Vuelta a España | — | 7 | — | 10 | ||||
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||
| Major stage race | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | 28 | — | |||
 Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | |||
 Volta a Catalunya | — | 15 | — | — | — | |||
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | 26 | — | 2 | — | |||
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | |||
 Critérium du Dauphiné | 33 | — | 9 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
