Joan Horrach Ripoll (born March 27, 1974) is a Spanish retired professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. He last rode for . Horrach's biggest win of his career was Stage 11 of the

2006 Giro d'Italia The 2006 Giro d'Italia was the 89th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in the Belgian city of Seraing with a individual time trial. The race came to a close with a mass-start road stage that stretched from ...

. He won the stage by being in the break o the day and after making it to the final 3 riders he attacked as his companions crashed and held on to win by 5 seconds. As a domestique for his leaders Horrach spent most of his career working for others, occasionally given the opportunity to ride for himself. After retiring he moved to

Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...

where he works as a Tour guide in

Serra de Tramuntana The Serra de Tramuntana (, es, Sierra de Tramontana) is a mountain range running southwest–northeast which forms the northern backbone of the Spanish island of Mallorca. It is also the name given to the comarca of the same area. On 27 June 201 ...

on taking people on Mountain bikes, Road bikes and hiking.

Major results

Sources: ;2000 : 1st Stage 2

Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian P ...

;2001 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall

Vuelta a Asturias Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...

::1st Stage 4 ;2002 : 1st Mountains classification,

Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme The Catalan Cycling Week (''Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme'' in Catalan) was a multi-stage road bicycle race held in Catalonia, Spain. Held annually from 1963 until 2005, it was run as a 2.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour in the second half of March. ...

: 2nd Overall

Volta a Portugal The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week s ...

::1st Stages 5 & 11 : 2nd Overall

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...

: 7th Overall GP do Minho ;2003 : 3rd Overall Gran Premio Internacional Mitsubishi MR Cortez : 5th Overall

Troféu Joaquim Agostinho The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Cont ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 10th Overall

;2005 : 9th Overall

Escalada a Montjuïc The Escalada a Montjuïc (in Catalan, English: ''Scaling of Montjuïc'', Spanish: ''Escalada a Montjuïc'') was a one-day, two-stage road bicycle racing race held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1965. It was held in the middle of October, as o ...

;2006 : 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia ;2010 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT)

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day wo ...

: 2nd Trofeo Deià

General classification results timeline

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References

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* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Mallorca Spanish male cyclists Spanish Giro d'Italia stage winners Cyclists from the Balearic Islands {{Spain-cycling-bio-1970s-stub