Eduardo Sepúlveda (born 13 June 1991) is an Argentine racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.
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| Born | 13 June 1991 Rawson, Chubut, Argentina[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lotto–Dstny | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012 | World Cycling Centre[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | FDJ–BigMat (stagiaire)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2017 | Bretagne–Séché Environnement | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Movistar Team[3][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lotto–Dstny | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editSepúlveda was born in Rawson, the capital of Chubut Province, in Argentine Patagonia. He started to ride a bike under the advice of his father, Eduardo. In 2007, aged 16 years old, Sepúlveda won the Copa Nacional Infanto Juvenil for young riders in Argentina. However, his father was killed in a car accident while returning home after the event.[6] Sepúlveda recovered from this and later was selected as one of the best young riders of the country and invited to the CeNARD in Buenos Aires, some 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) away from his home in Rawson.[7]
After a series of good results, in 2012, Sepúlveda was invited for the Union Cycliste Internationale to the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, among many other riders from developing countries, including Natnael Berhane, Youcef Reguigui and Josip Rumac. Also in 2012, he won the silver medal in the individual time trial at the Pan American Road Championships in Mar del Plata, losing out to Magno Nazaret from Brazil.[8]
Professional career
editIn 2013, Sepúlveda began his career with the French team Bretagne–Séché Environnement and signed an initial two-year contract. In a 2014 interview, Sepúlveda said thanks to the Tour de San Luis for allowing him a chance to train at the World Cycling Centre and to sign with the French second division team Bretagne–Séché Environnement.[9]
Sepúlveda took his first professional win in February 2015 with a solo victory in the Classic Sud-Ardèche.[10] Later that year, he took a fine second place in the overall classification of the Tour of Turkey, 32 seconds down on Kristijan Đurasek (Lampre–Merida).[11] He participated in the 2015 Tour de France,[12] but was disqualified on stage 14 for riding in a car instead of pedaling his bike.[13]
For the 2018 season, Sepúlveda joined one of the UCI WorldTeams, Movistar Team from Spain, and signed a two-year contract, a move predicted for many insiders in the UCI World Tour.[14][15] In May 2018, he was named in the start list for the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career.[16]
He was expected to ride the 2019 Vuelta a España but was not selected, and, after this omission, 2019 was the first year in his professional career that Sepúlveda did not ride one Grand Tour. For the 2020 season, Sepúlveda re-signed for one year with the Spanish-based team before moving to Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec for the 2021 season.[17]
In November 2022, Sepúlveda signed with Lotto–Dstny for the 2023 season.[18]
Major results
edit- 2010
- 3rd
Individual pursuit, Pan American Track Championships - 2011
- 3rd Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
- 7th Overall Rutas de América
- 2012
- Pan American Road Championships
- 1st
Under-23 time trial - 2nd
Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd ZLM Tour
- 5th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 8th Chrono Champenois
- 2013
- Pan American Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison
- 1st
- 6th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 10th Circuito de Getxo
- 2014
- 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Overall Critérium International
- 6th Overall Tour de San Luis
- 2015 (2 pro wins)
- 1st Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 1st Tour du Doubs
- 2nd Overall Tour of Turkey
- 4th Overall Tour de San Luis
- 5th Overall Route du Sud
- 2016 (1)
- 2nd Overall Tour de San Luis
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 4th Tour du Doubs
- 2017
- 4th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 2019
- 2nd Overall Tour of Austria
- 2021
- 3rd Overall Tour of Turkey
- 4th Overall Tour of Romania
- 8th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
- 10th Giro dell'Appennino
- 2022 (1)
- 3rd Overall Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 4
- 7th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 8th Overall Tour of Antalya
- 2023 (2)
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Road race, Pan American Games
- 7th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
- Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stages 4–10
- Held
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- 2024
- 8th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | 96 | — | 57 | 47 | 76 | — |
 Tour de France
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DSQ | 59 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 102 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
References
edit- ^ a b "Eduardo Sepúlveda – Player Profile". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Eduardo Sepulveda". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports SL. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "ciclismoxxi" (PDF). ciclismoxxi (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ ""2012 a wonderful anniversary year"". uci.ch. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Pan American Championships". procyclingstats.
- ^ "Sepulveda's cycling career". 24 January 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Eduardo Sepúlveda". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ Stephen Puddicombe (3 May 2015). "Durasek wins Tour of Turkey as Mas pips Cavendish on final stage". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "The Latest: Sepulveda ousted from Tour for hitching car ride". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Sepulveda joins Movistar". August 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Movistar completes reduced roster for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
Rafael Valls is another new inductee to the men's line-up after two seasons with Lotto-Soudal, alongside Eduardo Sepulveda, Jaime Roson, and neo-pro Jaime Castrillo.
- ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Sepúlveda signs for Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Eduardo Sepúlveda's online job hunt pays off with deal with Lotto-Dstny". velonews.com. Outside. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
External links
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- Eduardo Sepúlveda at UCI
- Eduardo Sepúlveda at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Eduardo Sepúlveda at ProCyclingStats
- Eduardo Sepúlveda at Cycling Quotient
- Eduardo Sepúlveda at CycleBase
- Eduardo Sepúlveda at Olympics.com
- Eduardo Sepúlveda at Olympedia
- Eduardo Sepúlveda at the Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish)
- Eduardo Sepúlveda at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
