Joey Rosskopf
American bicycle racer
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Joseph Rosskopf (born September 5, 1989) is an American cyclist from Decatur, Georgia, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2024.
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Decatur, Georgia, United States
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| Full name | Joseph Rosskopf | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 5, 1989 Decatur, Georgia, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Mountain Khakis–Jittery Joe’s | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | BMC Racing Team[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Rally Cycling[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
A professional since 2010, Rosskopf was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España[4] and the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[5] He won the Tour du Limousin in 2016, and became the second rider from the Americas, after Leonardo Duque, to win the race.
Rosskopf was the winner of the United States National Time Trial Championships in 2017 and 2018.[6] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[7]
In November 2020, Rosskopf signed a two-year contract with the Rally Cycling team, from the 2021 season.[8]
Personal
Rosskopf graduated from Decatur High School.
Major results
- 2011
- 2nd Overall Tour du Rwanda
- 1st Stage 4
- 2012
- 4th Tour of the Battenkill
- 9th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 2013
- 1st
Overall Paris–Arras Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour de Beauce
- 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
- 3rd Philadelphia International Championship
- 2014
- 1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour of Utah - Pan American Road Championships
- 2nd
Road race - 2nd Time trial
- 2nd
- 6th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- 2015
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 2016
- 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Eneco Tour
- 2nd
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships - 6th Overall Tour of Utah
- 10th Japan Cup
- 2017
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
- 10th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 2018
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2020
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour Down Under - 3rd Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 1st
- 2023
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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 Giro d'Italia |
— | 85 | 70 | — | — | 64 |
 Tour de France |
— | — | — | — | 73 | — |
 Vuelta a España |
124 | — | — | 81 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
