Jonathan Castroviejo

Who is Jonathan Castroviejo?

Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás is a professional cyclist riding for UCI ProTeam Movistar Team. After riding for two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad, he joined Euskaltel-Euskadi in 2010. He won his first race as a professional at the 2011 Tour de Romandie, clocking the fastest time in the 3.5 km prologue individual time trial, beating reigning under-23 world champion Taylor Phinney by .27 seconds. The result came the day before Castroviejo's 24th birthday. His prowess in the time trial is relatively uncommon for a Euskaltel-Euskadi rider, as the team is known for fielding lightweight climbers with little ability against the clock. The Romandie stage win was, however, not a complete shock – earlier in the season, Castroviejo had finished eighth in the time trial which closed out Tirreno–Adriatico, besting the times of riders such as Gustav Larsson, Cadel Evans, and David Zabriskie, all of whom have reputations as time trial specialists.