Juan José Lobato
Spanish road cyclist
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Juan José Lobato del Valle (born 30 December 1988) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2023. During his professional career, Lobato took fifteen victories – including two victories at the Circuito de Getxo in 2011 and 2013, a stage win at the 2015 Tour Down Under and the overall victory at the 2016 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid.
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Lobato at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Juan José Lobato del Valle |
| Nickname | Juanjo |
| Born | 30 December 1988 Trebujena, Andalusia, Spain |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006 | Huevar–Aljarafe |
| 2007 | Würth |
| 2008 | Cantabria Infinita |
| 2009 | Cueva El Soplao |
| 2010 | Andalucía–Cajasur amateur |
| 2010 | Andalucía–Cajasur (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011–2012 | Andalucía–Caja Granada |
| 2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2014–2016 | Movistar Team[1] |
| 2017 | LottoNL–Jumbo[2] |
| 2018–2019 | Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini[3][4] |
| 2020–2023 | Fundación–Orbea[5][6][7] |
Career
Lobato joined the Movistar Team for the 2014 season,[1] after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi[8] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[1] He then went on to sign a 2-year contract with LottoNL–Jumbo starting 2017.[2] In December 2017, Lobato's contract was terminated, for possession of sleeping pills during a pre-season training camp – violating the team's internal rules.[9]
He joined Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini during the 2018 season, remaining until the end of 2019,[4] before joining Fundación–Orbea for the 2020 season.[5]
Major results
Source: [10]
- 2006
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 2010
- 9th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2011
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 7th Trofeo Mallorca
- 10th Clásica de Almería
- 2012
- Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 1st Stages 2 & 10
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 2013
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 4th Clásica de Almería
- 6th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 4th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 8th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2015
- Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under
- 2nd Down Under Classic
- 2nd Circuito de Getxo
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 3rd Overall Dubai Tour
- 4th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 2016
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Dubai Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Gran Piemonte
- 2017
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain
- 6th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
- 2018
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 5th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 10th Eschborn–Frankfurt
- 2019
- 6th Overall Tour de Korea
- 10th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 2020
- 7th Trofeo Playa de Palma
- 9th Clásica de Almería
- 2021
- 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo
- 7th Trofeo Calvià
- 10th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969
- 2022
- 1st Stage 5 Volta ao Alentejo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 134 | — | — |
 Tour de France |
— | — | 165 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
DNF | 174 | — | — | — | — | 112 | — | — | — | 136 |
