Jesús Hernández (cyclist)
Spanish road bicycle racer
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Jesús Hernández Blázquez (born 28 September 1981) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017,[2] for the Liberty Seguros–Würth, Relax–GAM, Astana, Tinkoff and Trek–Segafredo teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Team Polti VisitMalta.[3]
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Hernández at the 2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Hernández Blázquez |
| Born | 28 September 1981 Ávila, Spain |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st) |
| Cycling career | |
| Sport | Cycling |
| Current team | Team Polti VisitMalta |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider (retired) Directeur sportif |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2002 | ONCE–Eroski (stagiaire) |
| 2003 | FDB-Würth-ONCE |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004–2005 | Liberty Seguros |
| 2006–2007 | Relax–GAM |
| 2009–2010 | Astana |
| 2011–2016 | Saxo Bank–SunGard[1] |
| 2017 | Trek–Segafredo |
| Managerial team | |
| 2018– | Polartec–Kometa |
Career
Born in Ávila, Hernández turned professional in 2004, and has taken part in the Vuelta a España three times, but withdrew on the first two occasions during the third week. He finished 19th in the 2009 event.
He is well known as being the long-term friend and domestique of Alberto Contador, accompanying Contador at each of his last four teams as a professional cyclist. During the Astana years Lance Armstrong applied to him the nickname "Sweet baby Jesus".
He rode his first Tour de France in 2010 with Astana being part of Contador's winning team, although that title was later stripped.
Major results
- 2005
- 9th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2006
- 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 9th Gran Premio de Llodio
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | 59 | 49 |
 Tour de France |
— | — | — | — | 138 | 90 | — | 43 | DNF | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
DNF | DNF | — | 19 | — | — | 43 | — | 21 | — | 43 | 64 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
