Juan José Lobato del Valle (born 30 December 1988) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2023. During his professional career, Lobato took fifteen victories – including two victories at the

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in 2011 and 2013, a stage win at the 2015 Tour Down Under and the overall victory at the 2016 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid.

Career

Lobato joined the for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He then went on to sign a 2-year contract with starting 2017. In December 2017, Lobato's contract was terminated, for possession of sleeping pills during a pre-season training camp – violating the team's internal rules. He joined during the 2018 season, remaining until the end of 2019, before joining for the 2020 season.

Major results

Source: ;2006 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2010 : 9th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2011 : 1st

: 7th Trofeo Mallorca : 10th Clásica de Almería ;2012 : Vuelta Ciclista de Chile ::1st Stages 2 & 10 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake ;2013 : 1st

: 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Castilla y León : 4th Clásica de Almería : 6th Vuelta a La Rioja ;2014 : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos : 2nd Overall

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::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Clásica de Almería : 4th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie : 4th

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: 8th Vattenfall Cyclassics ;2015 : Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under : 2nd Down Under Classic : 2nd

: 2nd Clásica de Almería : 3rd Overall Dubai Tour : 4th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie ;2016 : 1st Jersey red

Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall Dubai Tour ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 4 : 4th Gran Piemonte ;2017 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain : 6th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz ;2018 : 1st Coppa Sabatini : 4th

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: 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli : 5th

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: 10th Eschborn–Frankfurt ;2019 : 6th Overall Tour de Korea : 10th Overall Tour de Hokkaido ::1st Jersey blue

Points classification ;2020 : 7th Trofeo Playa de Palma : 9th Clásica de Almería ;2021 : 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo : 7th Trofeo Calvià : 10th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 ;2022 : 1st Stage 5 Volta ao Alentejo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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at Andalucía-Caja Granada {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobato, Juan Jose 1988 births Living people Spanish male cyclists People from Costa Noroeste de Cádiz Cyclists from the Province of Cádiz 21st-century Spanish sportsmen