José Luis Arrieta

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José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (born 15 June 1971, in San Sebastián) is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He last rode for UCI ProTour team Ag2r–La Mondiale. He is now a sporting director for Movistar Team, the same franchise for which he rode earlier in his career when it was known as Banesto.

José Luis Arrieta
Arrieta at the 2008 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full nameJosé Luis Arrieta Lujambio
Born (1971-06-15) 15 June 1971 (age 53)
San Sebastián, Spain
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleSporting director
Professional teams
1993–2005Banesto
2006–2010AG2R Prévoyance
Managerial team
2011–Movistar Team
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2006)

Arrieta was a devoted domestique for Miguel Induráin. L'Équipe said of him:

"He no longer counts the hours, the years, spent with his nose in the wind trying to protect his leader for as long as possible."[1]

Arrieta said:

When you have the chance to start your career in so big a team and at the side of a champion as great as Indurain, you grow in the service of sacrifice. I don't complain. To the contrary, I had the chance to live some wonderful moments. When Indurain won, or another rider for whom we had decided to work, it was a victory for all the team men as well."[1]

Career achievements

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Major results

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1989
1st   Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1991
3rd Overall Circuito Montañes
1st Stage 6
1993
9th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
1997
6th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1998
6th Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra
6th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
2000
9th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
2002
1st Stage 1 Vuelta Asturias
1st Metas Volantes classification Grande Prémio Internacional de Ciclismo MR Cortez-Mitsubishi
2003
9th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
2004
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Castilla y León (TTT)
2005
4th Clásica a los Puertos
2006
1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  Giro d'Italia 105 49 64 34 29
  Tour de France 32 75 DNF 46 57 74 27 52 71 78
  Vuelta a España 103 106 28 44 59 55 81 DNF
Legend
DSQ Disqualified
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ a b L'Équipe, 7 July 2007
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