José Herrada

Spanish road racing cyclist

José Herrada

Herrada at the 2015 Tour de France

Personal information
Full name| José Herrada López
Born|  (1985-10-01) 1 October 1985 (age 39)
Mota del Cuervo, Spain
Height| 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight| 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Team information
Current team| Retired
Discipline| Road
Role| Rider
Rider type| Climber
Amateur team
2004–2005| Enypesa–El Mundo
Professional teams
2006–2007| Viña Magna–Cropu
2008–2009| Contentpolis–Murcia
2010–2011| Caja Rural
2012–2017| Movistar Team[1]
2018–2023| Cofidis[2][3][4]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Herrada and the second or maternal family name is  López.

José Herrada Lopez (born 1 October 1985) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. His brother Jesús Herrada is also a professional cyclist, and also competes for Cofidis.[2]

## Career

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Born in Mota del Cuervo, Herrada has been competing as a professional since the 2006 season, competing for the Viña Magna–Cropu, Contentpolis–Murcia and Caja Rural teams prior to joining the Movistar Team for the 2012 season.[5] Herrada made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia; during the sixteenth stage, Herrada was part of the stage-long breakaway, and ended up finishing the stage in fifth place.[6][7]

He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France,[8] which was his only appearance at the race. During the 2023 Vuelta a España, it was announced that Herrada would retire from professional cycling at the conclusion of the season.[9]

## Major results

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Source:[10]

2005
9th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton
2006
10th Overall Vuelta a León
2007
1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir
2nd Overall Tour des Pyrénées

1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification

2009
3rd Klasika Primavera
6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
2010
1st  Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà

1st Stage 2
1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal
3rd Overall Tour de Normandie
4th Overall Circuito Montañés
6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
7th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
8th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
10th Subida al Naranco
10th Klasika Primavera
2011
4th Overall Route du Sud
6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
7th Gran Premio de Llodio
9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
2013
5th Klasika Primavera
2014
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2015
1st Klasika Primavera
2016
3rd Circuito de Getxo
2017
3rd Circuito de Getxo
4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2019
8th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
Combativity award Stage 5 Vuelta a España

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  | 2019  | 2020  | 2021  | 2022  | 2023

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Giro d'Italia | 44 | 25 | 23 | —  | 62 | 61 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
Tour de France | —  | —  | —  | 65 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
Vuelta a España | —  | 12 | 32 | —  | 91 | —  | 57 | 75 | 26 | 57 | DNF | 132
Legend  —  | Did not compete

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DNF  | Did not finish

## References

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1. ^ "Movistar Team 2013 holds get-together". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports S.L. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. ^ a b "Jesus and Jose Herrada leave Movistar for Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
3. ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
4. ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
5. ^ "El Movistar Team se hace con los servicios de Javi Moreno y José Herrada" [The Movistar Team is serviced by Javi Moreno and Jose Herrada]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. Reuters. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
6. ^ Westemeyer, Susan (22 May 2012). "Izagirre triumphs in Giro stage 16 to Falzes". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
7. ^ Atkins, Ben (22 May 2012). "Jon Izagirre takes breakaway stage sixteen as the peloton sleeps". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
8. ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
9. ^ Tyson, Jackie (1 September 2023). "Vuelta a España: Geoffrey Soupe breaks Groves' sprint streak on stage 7". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 October 2023. "For Herrada, his motivation was perhaps knowing this Vuelta would be his final Grand Tour, and race, the 37-year-old having announced retirement from the pro peloton at the conclusion of the race."
10. ^ "Jose Herrada". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to José Herrada.

* José Herrada at UCI
* Cofidis profile
* José Herrada at ProCyclingStats
* José Herrada at Cycling Archives (archived)
* José Herrada at CQ Ranking

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