Andrey Amador
 Amador at the 2011 Tour de France. | ||||||||||
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| Full name | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova | |||||||||
| Born |
29 August 1986 San José, Costa Rica | |||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||
| Current team | Movistar Team | |||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||
| Rider type | All-Rounder | |||||||||
| Amateur team(s) | ||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | BCR-Pizza Hut-KHS | |||||||||
| 2006 | Viña Magna-Cropu | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Lizarte | |||||||||
| Professional team(s) | ||||||||||
| 2009– | Movistar Team | |||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||
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Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 20 September 2015 | ||||||||||
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Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (born 29 August 1986) is a Costa Rican professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Movistar Team.[1]
Career
Amador is the son of Rodolfo Amador, a Costa Rican and Raisa Bikkazakova, a Russian immigrant who arrived in the country after meeting and marrying Amador's father. He is the youngest of three brothers. He started cycling professionally at the age of 20 in 2006, but started cycling at a very early age.[2] Amador was selected to carry the flag for Costa Rica at the 2011 Pan American Games opening ceremony.[3] He is the first Costa Rican to ever ride the Tour de France. In 2012, Amador won a mountainous stage 14 in the Giro d'Italia after breaking away from the group during the final descent right before the final climb. Though he was caught right at the finish of the climb he won the sprint in the end. In 2013, he finished 8th overall in the Tirreno-Adriatico.
In the 2016 Giro d'Italia, Amador held the pink jersey after stage 13. He became the first Costa Rican to lead a Grand Tour.[4]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2005
- 5th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
- 2006
- 2nd National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 2007
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Navarra
- 2008
- 1st Vuelta al Bidasoa
- 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Prologue
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Navarra
- 2010
- 10th Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja
- 2011
- 4th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 4th Gran Premio de Llodio
- 2012
- 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia
- 4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 9th Overall Tour de San Luis
- 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2013
- 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne[5]
- 10th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 2015
- 3rd
World Team Time Trial Championships - 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Team classification Vuelta a España - 2016
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stage 13
- Held
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro |
41 | — | 29 | — | 110 | 4 | 8 |
 Tour |
— | 166 | — | 54 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta |
— | — | — | — | 30 | 40 | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ "Mo€vistar Team (MOV) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ↑ Ortiz de Guinea, Oskar (14 March 2007). "Desde Costa Rica a Pamplona, a ver nevar" [From Costa Rica to Pamplona, to see it snow]. Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. Archived from the original on 20 March 2007.
- ↑ Andrey Amador sera el abanderado en los Juegos Panamericanos – 2011 Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. (Spanish)
- ↑ "Giro d'Italia: Andrey Amador takes overall lead as Mikel Nieve wins stage 13". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "Rafal Majka secures home victory following final time trial". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
External links
Media related to Andrey Amador at Wikimedia Commons
- Andrey Amador profile at Cycling Archives
- Profile at team website