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

Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente (born 5 December 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA teams.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Major results
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Aramendia was born in Pamplona. At the 2012 Vuelta a España, Aramendia distinguished himself by being part of numerous long breakaways, earning the Combativity award four times in the process, the most at the Vuelta. It looked like he had a great chance to win the "Most Combative" *le for the whole race, but Alberto Contador prevailed. Aramendia was named the most combative rider overall in the 2013 Vuelta a España, after taking the award three times in the individual stages.

Major results

20061st Stage 2 Bizkaiko Bira20077th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura2012Vuelta a España Combativity award Stages 2, 7, 8 & 102013Vuelta a España Combativity award Stages 7, 9, 17 & Overall2014Vuelta a España Combativity award Stages 2, 8 & 15

References

External links

• Javier Aramendia at ProCyclingStats
• Javier Aramendia at Cycling Archives
• Javier Aramendia's profile on Cycling Base