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 Polti–Kometa.[3]
.JPG) 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) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Polti–Kometa |
| 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
editBorn 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
edit- 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
edit| 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 |
References
edit- ^ Cyclingnews.com Saxo Bank-SunGard signs Contador's top Spaniards 12 August 2010
- ^ "Brambilla signs for Trek-Segafredo". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
From the 2017 Trek-Segafredo squad, Haimar Zubeldia, Alberto Contador, and Jesús Hernández are retiring while Edward Theuns will move to Team Sunweb.
- ^ "Kometa Xstra Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
External links
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Media related to Jesús Hernández at Wikimedia Commons
- Jesús Hernández at ProCyclingStats
- Jesús Hernández at Cycling Archives (archived)
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