![]() Aramendia at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente |
Born | Pamplona, Spain | 5 December 1986
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Breakaway specialist |
Amateur team | |
2007 | Orbea–Oreka SDA |
Professional teams | |
2008–2011 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
2012–2016 | Caja Rural[1] |
Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente (born 5 December 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA teams.
Aramendia was born in Pamplona. At the 2012 Vuelta a España, Aramendia distinguished himself by being part of numerous long breakaways,[2] earning the Combativity award four times in the process, the most at the Vuelta.[3] It looked like he had a great chance to win the "Most Combative" title for the whole race, but Alberto Contador prevailed.[4] Aramendia was named the most combative rider overall in the 2013 Vuelta a España, after taking the award three times in the individual stages.