Eduardo Sepúlveda

This article is about the Argentinian cyclist. For the Spanish fencer, see Eduardo Sepulveda Puerto.
Eduardo Sepúlveda

Sepúlveda in 2015
Personal information
Born (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991
Rawson, Chubut, Argentina[1]
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team Fortuneo–Vital Concept
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
Jan 2012-Jul 2012 Centre Mondial du Cyclisme[2]
Aug 2012-Dec 2012 FDJ–BigMat (stagiaire)[2]
Professional team(s)
2013- Fortuneo–Vital Concept[2]
Infobox last updated on
24 November 2016

Eduardo Sepúlveda (born 13 June 1991) is an Argentine racing cyclist.[3] He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.

Sepúlveda took his first professional win in February 2015 with a solo victory in the Classic Sud-Ardèche.[4] Later that year, he took a fine second place in the overall classification of the Tour of Turkey, 32 seconds down on Kristijan Durasek (Lampre–Merida).[5] He participated in the 2015 Tour de France,[6] but was disqualified on stage 14 for riding in a car instead of pedaling his bike.[7]

Career achievements

Major results

2012
1st Pan American Championships (ITT) U23
5th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
2013
9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
10th Circuito de Getxo
10th UCI World Under-23 Time Trial Championships
2014
4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Critérium International
6th Overall Tour de San Luis
2015
1st Classic Sud-Ardèche
1st Tour du Doubs
2nd Overall Tour of Turkey
4th Overall Tour de San Luis
5th Overall Route du Sud
2016
2nd Overall Tour de San Luis
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 4
4th Tour du Doubs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro
Yellow jersey Tour DQ 59
red jersey Vuelta

DQ = Disqualified; WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

  1. 1 2 "Eduardo Sepúlveda – Player Profile". Eurosport. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Eduardo Sepulveda". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. "Eduardo Sepúlveda". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  4. "Eduardo Sepúlveda". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  5. Stephen Puddicombe (3 May 2015). "Durasek wins Tour of Turkey as Mas pips Cavendish on final stage". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  6. "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  7. "The Latest: Sepulveda ousted from Tour for hitching car ride". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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