Spanish cyclistIn this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llaneras and the second or maternal family name is Rossellό.

Joan Llaneras Rosselló (born 17 May 1969 in Porreres, Majorca) is a former Spanish World and Olympic points race champion track cyclist. He specialises in the madison and points race events.

Llaneras began his cycling career on the road with the ONCE professional cycling team but switched to concentrate on track cycling. Llaneras is a four-time world champion in the points race and three time champion in the Madison. He is a double Olympic champion, winning the event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and in Beijing in 2008.

Llaneras teamed up with Isaac Gálvez to compete on the lucrative Six Days of Ghent racing circuit on November 2006. It resulted with the death of Gálvez after colliding with Dimitri De Fauw and hitting the railings. Llaneras had decided to quit cycling, but a few months later in an interview with Spanish daily newspaper Marca, he said:

"Clearly I thought about leaving it all. It was the first reaction. Logical... Natural... Normal after what had happened, but life goes on, and giving it all up, unfortunately, will not solve anything. In addition, the track is my life, is my dream, my family, it is almost everything to me."

He returned to compe*ion in 2007, and although he had no intention of returning to Madison racing, Llaneras teamed up with Antonio Tauler to take the silver medal in the Madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics, adding to the gold he won in the points race three days earlier. In doing so, he became the Spaniard with the most Olympic medals ever, with 2 gold and 2 silver to his name. After the Beijing Olympics, Llaneras retired.

Major results

19912nd GP Libération (NED)19931st Stage 1, Vuelta a Andalucia (Ruta del Sol), Chicania (ESP)19942nd Platja d'Aro (ESP)1st Trofeo Mallorca (ESP)19951st Platja d'Aro (ESP)19961st Points race, World Track Championships19971st Madison, World Track Championships (with Miquel Alzamora Riera)3rd Points race, World Track Championships3rd Medellin, Six Days (COL)3rd Zürich, Six Days (SUI)19983rd Alconbendas (ESP)2nd Cali, Madison, Cali (COL)1st Cali, Points race, Cali (COL)2nd Victoria, Madison, Victoria (CAN)1st Points race, World Track Championships19991st Madison, World Track Championships (with Isaac Gálvez)3rd Six-Days of Grenoble (FRA)1st Mexico City, Madison (MEX) (with Miquel Alzamora Riera)3rd Cali, Team Pursuit, Cali (COL)1st Cali, Madison, Cali (COL) (with Miquel Alzamora Riera)20001st Points race, World Track Championships2nd Madison, World Track Championships2nd Zaragoza (ESP)2nd Zürich, Six Days (SUI)1st Olympic Games, Track, Points race, Elite, Sydney2nd Buenos-Aires Six Days (ARG)1st Six-Days of Grenoble (FRA) (with Isaac Gálvez20012nd Madison, World Track Championships2nd Hof (GER)20032nd Points race, World Track Championships2nd Moscou, Points race (RUS)2nd Aguascalientes, Madison (MEX)3rd Cape Town, Madison (RSA)20041st Manchester, Points race (GBR)1st Points race, Spanish National Track Championships - U232nd Sydney, Madison (AUS)3rd Sydney, Points race (AUS)2nd Points race, Olympic Games20053rd Points race, World Track Championships20061st Madison, World Track Championships (with Isaac Gálvez)3rd Los Angeles, Points race (USA)3rd Madison, Spanish National Track Championships2nd Amsterdam, Six Days (NED)20071st Points race, World Track Championships3rd Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA)2nd Madison, Sydney (AUS)20081st Points race, Olympic Games2nd Madison, Olympic Games

References

External links

• Joan Llaneras at Cycling Archives