Jonathan Kléver Caicedo Cepeda (born 28 April 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Petrolike.
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| Full name | Jonathan Kléver Caicedo Cepeda | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Cubanito (Little Cuban)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1993 Tulcán Canton, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Petrolike | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 2014 | Team Ecuador | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Strongman–Campagnolo–Wilier | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Medellín | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | EF Education First[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Petrolike | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
editCaicedo is from the town of Santa Martha de Cuba in Ecuador's Tulcán Canton, from which he gets his nickname, Cubanito ("Little Cuban").[1] Whilst at school, Caicedo was a member of a cycling club founded by one of his teachers, former Olympic racing cyclist Juan Carlos Rosero. The club has also produced a number of other professional riders, including Richard Carapaz and Jhonatan Narváez.[5] Prior to joining EF for 2019, he rode for the Colombian teams Bicicletas Strongman and Medellín.[6]
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[7] The following month, he won both the road race and the time trial in the Ecuadorian National Road Championships.[1][6] Caicedo was again selected by EF for the 2020 Giro d'Italia, where he won the race's third stage, forming part of the day's early breakaway before dropping the remainder of the breakaway riders alongside Giovanni Visconti in the closing stages before dropping Visconti with an attack and reaching the summit finish on Mount Etna alone, additionally taking the lead in the mountains classification.[8]
Major results
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- 2015 (1 pro win)
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 2016 (1)
- 1st
Road race, Pan American Road Championships - 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a Costa Rica
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 2018
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Colombia - 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 6th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 2019 (2)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 4th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
- 2020 (1)
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 3
- Held
after Stages 3–4
- 3rd Overall Tour Colombia
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 2022
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- South American Games
- 5th Time trial
- 6th Road race
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2024 (1)
- 1st Overall Vuelta al Tachira
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Overall Vuelta Bantrab
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 3rd Overall Tour Colombia
- 5th Giro dell'Appennino
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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108 | 65 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | DNF | 69 | 47 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
References
edit- ^ a b c Cito, Cosimo (6 October 2020). "Ciclismo, Giro d'Italia: viva Caicedo, lo manda Carapaz" [Cycling, Giro d'Italia: long live Caicedo, sent by Carapaz]. repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "EF Education – Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (13 September 2020). "Richard Carapaz: From Ecuador to Grand Tour winner". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ a b Reza, Rebecca (12 February 2020). "Jonathan Caicedo's pathway from rural Ecuador to the lead at Tour Colombia". VeloNews. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Long, Jonny (5 October 2020). "Jonathan Caicedo takes Etna stage three win as Thomas and Yates lose time at Giro d'Italia". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Jonathan Caicedo". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
External links
edit- Jonathan Caicedo at UCI
- Jonathan Caicedo at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Jonathan Caicedo at ProCyclingStats
- Jonathan Caicedo at CycleBase
