Jonathan Castroviejo

Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás (born 27 April 1987) is a Spanish former professional cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam .

Castroviejo specialised 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.

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

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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

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)

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

1st Stage 1 (ITT) 5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

6th Overall Eneco Tour 7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 9th Time trial, Olympic Games 2013 (1)

8th Overall Volta ao Algarve 2014 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 1 (TTT)

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships 2015 (1)

UCI World Championships

4th Time trial 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 2016 (1)

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Chrono des Nations

4th Time trial, Olympic Games 2017 (2)

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 Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné

6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2019 (1)

2023 (1)

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish IP In progress