José Joaquín Rojas

Who is José Joaquín Rojas?

José Joaquín Rojas Gil is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Movistar Team. Rojas turned professional in 2006 with Liberty Seguros-Würth. His older brother Mariano, was a professional cyclist as well, riding for ONCE until 1996. He died in the same year as a result of a traffic accident.

Rojas was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 3, with a fractured left collarbone, the second retirement of the 2012 Tour after Team Sky's Kanstantsin Sivtsov.

Rojas was again selected to ride the 2013 Tour de France and finished 79th overall, one of the highest GC placings among the sprinters; he also finished in 7th place in the points classification with 156 points. His best result was a third place on the third stage – in which he contested the bunch sprint – which was one of seven top-ten finishes during the Tour.