peoplepill id: ruben-plaza
RP
Spain
2 views today
2 views this week
Rubén Plaza
Spanish professional road bicycle racer

Rubén Plaza

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Spanish professional road bicycle racer
A.K.A.
Rubén Plaza Molina
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Ibi, Spain
Age
44 years
Rubén Plaza
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Rubén Plaza Molina (born 29 February 1980) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for Orica–Scott. He turned professional in 2001 with iBanesto.com, before moving to Comunidad Valenciana–Kelme. Here he enjoyed his greatest success, with a stage win and a top 5 overall placing in the 2005 Vuelta a España.

Career

Plaza was born in Ibi, Spain. In 2006 he was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping scandal, but was later acquitted of any involvement. Nevertheless, after an abridged 2007 season with Caisse d'Epargne he spent 2008 and 2009 with smaller Continental level teams in Portugal. Despite this, in 2009 he was able to take his second victory in the Spanish national championships, before finishing 4th overall in the Volta a Portugal, a result which was later upgraded to 3rd by the disqualification of his Liberty Seguros teammate Nuno Ribeiro for a doping violation. The simultaneous positive tests of two of the team's other riders caused the team to disband, leaving Plaza without a ride for 2010. Despite being linked to the Astana team, Plaza returned to Caisse d'Epargne, the signing made official in December 2009.

In 2015, he won Stage 16 of the Tour de France, his second Grand Tour stage win.

In 2015, he also won Stage 20 of the Vuelta de España. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.

Career achievements

Major results

1997
1st MaillotEspaña.PNG National Under-19 Road Race Championships
2003
1st MaillotEspaña.PNG National Road Race Championships
1st Stage 5 Regio-Tour
2004
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Trofeú Joaquim Agostinho
3rd Trofeo Cala Millor
4th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
10th Circuito de Getxo
2005
1st Overall GP Internacional Costa Azul
1st Stage 2
1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Murcia
3rd National Time Trial Championships
4th World Time Trial Championships
5th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 20 (ITT)
5th Klasika Primavera
6th Overall Critérium International
2006
1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
2nd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
2nd National Time Trial Championships
4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 5
4th Overall Trofeú Joaquim Agostinho
1st Stage 1
2007
1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
4th Overall Clasica a Alcobendas
5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
2008
1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2nd National Time Trial Championships
3rd Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Prologue (ITT)
9th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2009
1st MaillotEspaña.PNG National Road Race Championships
1st Stage 2 GP CTT Correios de Portugal
2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stage 4
3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
3rd Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Stage 6
3rd National Time Trial Championships
4th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
1st Stage 3
2010
3rd National Time Trial Championships
11th Overall Tour de France
14th Overall Vuelta a España
2012
10th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
2013
1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 3
3rd National Time Trial Championships
4th Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
6th Overall Route du Sud
9th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
2015
1st Stage 16 Tour de France
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 20
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 20

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Pink jersey Giro56
Yellow jersey Tour1110147913072
golden jersey Vuelta51445

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Rubén Plaza is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Rubén Plaza
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes