Personal details
- Date of birth
- 12.05.1979
- Weight
- 58 kg
- Height
- 169 cm
- Born in
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Professional since
- 2001
- Nickname
- “Purito”
- Last team
- “Katusha Team”
- Rider type
- climber, stage races
- Civil status
- married
- Hobbies
- cars, motorcycles, soccer
- Favourite actress
- Penélope Cruz
- Favourite song
- “Personal Jesus”, Depeche Mode
- Best race ever
- Il Lombardia 2012
- Favorite soccer team
- FC Barcelona, Spain
- Secret cycling wish
- to win the World Champion- ships and the Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Superstitions
- not wearing new clothes in races, putting on the same glasses
What a fantastic season Joaquim Rodriguez had with Katusha Team in 2012. Currently ranked World #1 rider, in his three seasons with Katusha Team, Purito Rodriguez has achieved so much: he won stages of all three Grand Tours, won La Flèche Wallonne and Il Lombardia, twice took number 1 of the UCI World Tour ranking, worn the leader’s jersey of Giro and Vuelta and was on the podium of both races. The beloved Catalan rider, known worldwide as “Purito”, is only missing just a few goals: a Grand Tour victory, a win at the legendary Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the rainbow jersey of World Champion. Don’t be surprised to see Rodriguez achieve those goals in 2013.
Main results
- 1st place, Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st place, 6th stage Paris–Nice
- 1st place, 8th stage Vuelta a España
- 1st place, 5th stage Paris–Nice
- 1st place, road race, Spanish National Championships
- 1st place, 3rd stage Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st place, 4th stage Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st place, 2nd stage Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd place, Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd place, road race, World Championships
- 1st place, GC Volta a Catalunya
- 1st place, GP Miguel Induráin
- 1st place, 12th stage Tour de France
- 1st place, 14th stage Vuelta a España
- 1st place, UCI World Individual Ranking
- 1st place, 6th, 7th stages, point and mountain classifications Critérium du Dauphiné Libére
- 1st place, 2nd stage and GC Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st place, 5th, 8th stages Vuelta a España
- 2nd place, Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd place, Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd place, 11th stage Giro d’Italia
- 1st place, 6th stage Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st place, 4th and 5th stages Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco
- 1st place, La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st place, 10th and 17th stages Giro d’Italia
- 1st place, 6th, 12th and 14th stages Vuelta a España
- 1st place, Il Lombardia
- 1st place, UCI World Individual Ranking
- 2nd place, GC Giro d’Italia
- 2nd place, GC Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco
- 3rd place, GC Vuelta a España
