Eduardo Sepúlveda
Sepúlveda in 2015
Personal information
Born (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991
Rawson, Chubut, Argentina[1]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamLotto–Dstny
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2012World Cycling Centre[2]
2012FDJ–BigMat (stagiaire)[2]
Professional teams
2013–2017Bretagne–Séché Environnement
2018–2020Movistar Team[3][4]
2021–2022Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec[5]
2023–Lotto–Dstny
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's track cycling
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Mexico CityIndividual pursuit
Gold medal – first place2013 Mexico CityTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2013 Mexico CityMadison
Bronze medal – third place2010 AguascalientesIndividual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2011 MedellinTeam pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 Mar del PlataTime trial

Eduardo Sepúlveda (born 13 June 1991) is an Argentine racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.

Early life

Sepúlveda was born in Rawson, the capital of Chubut Province, in Argentine Patagonia. He started to ride a bike under the advice of his father, Eduardo. In 2007, aged 16 years old, Sepúlveda won the Copa Nacional Infanto Juvenil for young riders in Argentina. However, his father was killed in a car accident while returning home after the event.[6] Sepúlveda recovered from this and later was selected as one of the best young riders of the country and invited to the CeNARD in Buenos Aires, some 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) away from his home in Rawson.[7]

After a series of good results, in 2012, Sepúlveda was invited for the Union Cycliste Internationale to the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, among many other riders from developing countries, including Natnael Berhane, Youcef Reguigui and Josip Rumac. Also in 2012, he won the silver medal in the individual time trial at the Pan American Road Championships in Mar del Plata, losing out to Magno Nazaret from Brazil.[8]

Professional career

In 2013, Sepúlveda began his career with the French team Bretagne–Séché Environnement and signed an initial two-year contract. In a 2014 interview, Sepúlveda said thanks to the Tour de San Luis for allowing him a chance to train at the World Cycling Centre and to sign with the French second division team Bretagne–Séché Environnement.[9]

Sepúlveda took his first professional win in February 2015 with a solo victory in the Classic Sud-Ardèche.[10] Later that year, he took a fine second place in the overall classification of the Tour of Turkey, 32 seconds down on Kristijan Đurasek (Lampre–Merida).[11] He participated in the 2015 Tour de France,[12] but was disqualified on stage 14 for riding in a car instead of pedaling his bike.[13]

For the 2018 season, Sepúlveda joined one of the UCI WorldTeams, Movistar Team from Spain, and signed a two-year contract, a move predicted for many insiders in the UCI World Tour.[14][15] In May 2018, he was named in the start list for the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career.[16]

He was expected to ride the 2019 Vuelta a España but was not selected, and, after this omission, 2019 was the first year in his professional career that Sepúlveda did not ride one Grand Tour. For the 2020 season, Sepúlveda re-signed for one year with the Spanish-based team before moving to Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec for the 2021 season.[17]

In November 2022, Sepúlveda signed with Lotto–Dstny for the 2023 season.[18]

Major results

2010
3rd Individual pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
2011
3rd Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
7th Overall Rutas de América
2012
Pan American Road Championships
1st Under-23 time trial
2nd Time trial
2nd ZLM Tour
5th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
8th Chrono Champenois
2013
Pan American Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison
6th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
10th Circuito de Getxo
2014
4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Critérium International
6th Overall Tour de San Luis
2015 (2 pro wins)
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 (1)
2nd Overall Tour de San Luis
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 4
4th Tour du Doubs
2017
4th Classic Sud-Ardèche
2019
2nd Overall Tour of Austria
2021
3rd Overall Tour of Turkey
4th Overall Tour of Romania
8th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
10th Giro dell'Appennino
2022 (1)
3rd Overall Tour of Turkey
1st Stage 4
7th Overall Tour de Langkawi
8th Overall Tour of Antalya
2023 (2)
1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 2
2nd Road race, Pan American Games
7th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
Vuelta a España
Held after Stages 4–10

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — 96 — 57 47 76 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France DSQ 59 66 — — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — — — — — 102
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified

References

  1. 1 2 "Eduardo Sepúlveda – Player Profile". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Eduardo Sepulveda". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports SL. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "ciclismoxxi" (PDF). ciclismoxxi (in Spanish).
  7. ↑ ""2012 a wonderful anniversary year"". uci.ch. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Pan American Championships". procyclingstats.
  9. ↑ "Sepulveda's cycling career". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Eduardo Sepúlveda". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "The Latest: Sepulveda ousted from Tour for hitching car ride". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "Sepulveda joins Movistar". Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Movistar completes reduced roster for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018. Rafael Valls is another new inductee to the men's line-up after two seasons with Lotto-Soudal, alongside Eduardo Sepulveda, Jaime Roson, and neo-pro Jaime Castrillo.
  16. ↑ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "Sepúlveda signs for Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  18. ↑ "Eduardo Sepúlveda's online job hunt pays off with deal with Lotto-Dstny". velonews.com. Outside. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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