Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás (born April 27, 1987 in Getxo

Getxo

Getxo is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain.It is part of the metropolitan area of Bilbao , and has about 83,000 inhabitants...

, Basque Country

Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

, Spain

Spain

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) is a professional cyclist riding for UCI ProTeam . After riding for two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad, he joined in 2010. He won his first race as a professional at the 2011 Tour de Romandie

2011 Tour de Romandie

The 2011 Tour de Romandie, was the 65th running of the Tour de Romandie cycling stage race. It started on 26 April in Martigny and ended on 1 May in Geneva and consisted of six stages, including a race-commencing prologue stage and also a penultimate day individual time trial...

, clocking the fastest time in the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) prologue individual time trial

Individual time trial

An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

, beating reigning under-23 world champion Taylor Phinney

Taylor Phinney

Taylor Phinney is a world champion American racing cyclist, specialising on the track in individual pursuit. He is the son of former professional racing cyclist Davis Phinney and former Olympic gold medal racing cyclist and speed skater Connie Carpenter-Phinney...

 by .27 seconds. The result came the day before Castroviejo's 24th birthday. His prowess in the time trial is relatively uncommon for a rider, as the team is known for fielding lightweight climbers with little ability against the clock. The Romandie stage win was, however, not a complete shock – earlier in the season, Castroviejo had finished eighth in the time trial which closed out Tirreno–Adriatico

2011 Tirreno–Adriatico

The 2011 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 46th running of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycling stage race, often known as the Race of two seas. It started on 9 March in Marina di Carrara and ended on 15 March in San Benedetto del Tronto and consisted of seven stages, including a team time trial to begin the race...

, besting the times of riders such as Gustav Larsson, Cadel Evans

Cadel Evans

Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...

, and David Zabriskie

David Zabriskie

David Zabriskie is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for . His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times...

, all of whom have reputations as time trial specialists. Castroviejo turned in another strong time trial later in the Tour de Romandie, taking ninth in the 20.1 km (12.5 mi) long race against the clock, better than Marco Pinotti

Marco Pinotti

Marco Pinotti is an Italian road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . Pinotti is a specialist of individual time trial, in which he is a five-time Italian Time Trial Champion ....

 and Jean-Christophe Péraud

Jean-Christophe Péraud

Jean-Christophe Péraud is a French cyclist and was a member of the French team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He won the Silver medal in the cross-country race. In June 2009 he became the surprise winner of the French National Time Trial Championship...

 (among others), both former champions of their respective nations in the time trial.

Palmarès

2009 – Orbea

• 1st, Stage 3, Tour du Haut Anjou
• 1st, Prologue, Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège
• 1st, Stage 5, Tour de l'Avenir
  Tour de l'Avenir
  Tour de l'Avenir 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. Riders competed in national teams...
  
  

2010 –

• Sprint classification, Volta a Catalunya
  2010 Volta a Catalunya
  The 2010 Volta a Catalunya was the 90th running of the race.It was the second race of the UCI ProTour calendar of 2010, and took place from March 22 to March 28.-Participating teams:...
  
  

2011 –

• 1st, Prologue, Tour de Romandie
  2011 Tour de Romandie
  The 2011 Tour de Romandie, was the 65th running of the Tour de Romandie cycling stage race. It started on 26 April in Martigny and ended on 1 May in Geneva and consisted of six stages, including a race-commencing prologue stage and also a penultimate day individual time trial...
  
  
• 1st, Stage 1 ITT, Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
  Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
  Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid is a stage road bicycle race held annually in July around Madrid, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Winners:...
  
  
• 2nd, Spanish National Time Trial Championships