Xavier Florencio Cabré (born December 26, 1979 in

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tar ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

) is a Spanish former professional

road bicycle racer 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 ...

, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013. Over his career, Florencio competed for , Relax-Fuenlabrada, , , and .

Career

Xavier Florencio Cabré is an ex Catalan cyclist, born in Mont-roig del Camp (Tarragona) on the 26th of December 1979. From a family of cyclists, his father José and his sister Núria were also professional cyclists. At present he lives in Andorra with his wife Xary, who also rode professionally, and with whom he shares his interest in cycling and sport. His two daughters, Lola and Vera, are his biggest fans. Xavier started as a professional as part of the ONCE-Eroski team in August of the year 2000 in the Vuelta a Galicia, he remained with this team until the end of 2003. He spent the following two years 2004–2005 with Relax-Bodysol and the next with Relax-Fuenlabrada. After his two years with the Relax Team he was three years with the French team Bouygues Telecom and it was there that he triumphed winning the San Sebastian Classic in 2006, beating a group of illustrious cyclists in the sprint, such as Stefano Garzelli, Andrey Kasheckin and Alejandro Valverde. After two years with the French team he signed for two seasons with the Cervelo-Test Team after their lead cyclist Carlos Sastre requested that Xavier join the team. Finishing with the Swiss team he signed with Geox for a year following that he signed with Katusha until 25 October 2013 when he announced his retirement from cycling due to a health problem at 33 years old and after 13 seasons as a professional. Nonetheless he has remained linked with Katusha as an assistant in 2014 then in 2015 he became their Sports Director. At present he is still a sports director in the cycling world as well as an entrepreneur in the hotel and services sector.

Career achievements

Major results

;1996 : 1st National Junior Road Race Championships ;2002 : 1st, 8th Stage,

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...

: 3rd,

Vuelta a La Rioja The Vuelta a La Rioja ( en, Tour of La Rioja) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...

: 5th,

GP CTT Correios de Portugal The GP CTT Correios de Portugal is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions ...

;2003 :5th, Ronde van Nederland :5th, Vuelta Valenciana :6th

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (branded as the Santos Tour Down Under under a partnership arrangement) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 UCI WorldTe ...

;2006 : 1st,

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the mo ...

: 3rd, Overall,

Tour de l'Ain Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié, is an annual professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race held in eastern France. G.P. de l'Amitié The first edition of the race was in 1970, as the G.P. de l'Amitié (Friendship G.P.) ...

;2007 :4th, National Road Race Championships :9th,

;2008 : 3rd Overall

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...

::1st, Points classification : 3rd Overall

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC ar ...

;2012 : 9th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Profile on Team Katusha official website
* * 1979 births Living people Cyclists from Catalonia Spanish male cyclists Sportspeople from Tarragona {{Spain-cycling-bio-1970s-stub