José Joaquín Rojas

José Joaquín Rojas Gil (born 8 June 1985) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023.

Career Rojas turned professional in 2006 with . His older brother Mariano Rojas, was a professional cyclist as well, riding for until 1996. He died in the same year as a result of a traffic accident.

Rojas was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 3, with a fractured left collarbone, the second retirement of the 2012 Tour after 's Kanstantsin Sivtsov.

Rojas was again selected to ride the 2013 Tour de France and finished 79th overall, one of the highest GC placings among the sprinters; he also finished in 7th place in the points classification with 156 points. His best result was a third place on the third stage – in which he contested the bunch sprint – which was one of seven top-ten finishes during the Tour. He was disqualified from the 2014 Tour de France for excessive sheltering behind his team car during the descent of the Tourmalet.

Major results

2002

2003

4th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2005 2nd Overall Vuelta a Extremadura 1st Points classification 2006

7th Overall Three Days of De Panne 10th Circuito de Getxo 2007 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia 2nd Trofeo Mallorca 2nd Trofeo Cala Millor 3rd Circuito de Getxo 6th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 9th Overall Tour de Pologne

9th Gent–Wevelgem 10th Châteauroux Classic 2008 1st Trofeo Pollença 2nd Gran Premio de Llodio 3rd Overall Tour Down Under

4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 4th Overall Tour du Limousin 5th Overall Paris–Corrèze 5th Trofeo Cala Millor 5th Clásica de Almería 5th GP Ouest–France 5th Vattenfall Cyclassics 6th Trofeo Mallorca 7th Gent–Wevelgem 2009 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain 3rd Overall Tour Down Under

4th Trofeo Pollença 4th Gran Premio de Llodio 5th Down Under Classic 9th Trofeo Cala Millor 2010 2nd Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

4th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova 5th Trofeo Deià 5th GP Ouest–France 6th Paris–Camembert 7th Trofeo Cala Millor 8th Overall Tour du Limousin 9th Trofeo Palma 2011

1st Trofeo Deià 1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya 2nd Clásica de Almería 3rd Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova 4th Overall Tour du Haut Var 4th Trofeo Palma 5th Vattenfall Cyclassics 7th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 7th GP Ouest–France 8th Down Under Classic 10th Trofeo Cala Millor Tour de France

2012 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España 9th Trofeo Migjorn 2013 3rd Trofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics 5th Trofeo Platja de Muro 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 6th Trofeo Palma de Mallorca 8th Down Under Classic 2014 Vuelta a Castilla y León

1st Stage 1 4th Overall Paris–Nice 4th Circuito de Getxo 5th Vuelta a Murcia 6th Clásica de Almería 2015 1st Stage 1 Tour of Qatar 3rd Trofeo Santanyi-SesSalines-Campos 4th Circuito de Getxo 4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 5th Gran Piemonte 2016

10th Clásica de Almería 2017 3rd Vuelta a La Rioja 5th Amstel Gold Race 10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

2018 6th Trofeo Matteotti 8th Trofeo Palma 9th Vuelta a Murcia 2019 5th Circuito de Getxo 5th Clásica de Almería 9th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 10th Trofeo Palma 2021 4th Vuelta a Murcia 2023 4th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish DSQ Disqualified