Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (born 29 August 1986) is a Costa Rican professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[6][7]
 Amador at the 2011 Tour de France. | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova | |||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1986 Alajuela, Costa Rica | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)[2] | |||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||
| Current team | EF Education–EasyPost | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||
| Amateur teams | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | BCR–Pizza Hut–KHS | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Viña Magna–Cropu | |||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Lizarte | |||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2019 | Caisse d'Epargne[3] | |||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Team Ineos[4][5] | |||||||||||
| 2023– | EF Education–EasyPost | |||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||
Grand Tour
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Medal record
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Career
editAmador is the son of Rodolfo Amador, a Costa Rican, and Raisa Bikkazakova, a Russian immigrant who arrived in the country after meeting and marrying Amador's father. The youngest of three brothers, Amador started cycling professionally at the age of 20 in 2006, but started cycling at a very early age.[8] Amador was selected to carry the flag for Costa Rica at the 2011 Pan American Games opening ceremony.[9] He is the first Costa Rican to ever ride the Tour de France. In 2012, Amador won a mountainous stage 14 in the Giro d'Italia after breaking away from the group during the final descent right before the final climb. Though he was caught right at the finish of the climb, he won the sprint in the end. In 2013, he finished 8th overall in the Tirreno-Adriatico.
In the 2016 Giro d'Italia, Amador held the pink jersey after stage 13. He became the first Costa Rican to lead a Grand Tour.[10]
At the end of the 2019 season, Amador sought to break an agreement that he had in place with the Movistar Team for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, in order to join Team Ineos.[11] The contract negotiations were not resolved until Amador was released by the Movistar Team on 11 February 2020. Amador signed a three-year deal with Team Ineos the following day, with his first race start scheduled to come at the UAE Tour in the final week of February.[4] In 2023 he was riding for EF Education–EasyPost
Major results
edit- 2005
- 5th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
- 2006
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2007
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Navarra
- 2008
- 1st Vuelta al Bidasoa
- 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Prologue
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Navarra
- 2010
- 10th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2011
- 4th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 4th Gran Premio de Llodio
- 2012 (1 pro win)
- 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia
- 4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 9th Overall Tour de San Luis
- 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2013
- 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 10th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 2015
- 3rd
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2016
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stage 13
- Held
- 2017
- 5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 2018 (1)
- 1st Klasika Primavera
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2019
- 2nd Trofeo Matteotti
- 8th Overall Tour of Britain
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | — | 29 | — | 110 | 4 | 8 | 18 | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | 166 | — | 54 | — | — | — | 87 | 50 | 55 | 77 | — | — | 110 | |
| — | — | — | — | 30 | 40 | — | — | 93 | — | 52 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Andrey Amador – The INEOS Grenadiers". Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Andrey Amador". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ a b Ballinger, Alex (12 February 2020). "Andrey Amador signs with Team Ineos day after leaving Movistar". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "EF Education–EasyPost". UCI. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "OurTeam". EF Education–EasyPost. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Ortiz de Guinea, Oskar (14 March 2007). "Desde Costa Rica a Pamplona, a ver nevar" [From Costa Rica to Pamplona, to see it snow]. Noticias de Gipuzkoa (in Spanish). Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. Archived from the original on 20 March 2007.
- ^ Andrey Amador sera el abanderado en los Juegos Panamericanos – 2011 Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ "Giro d'Italia: Andrey Amador takes overall lead as Mikel Nieve wins stage 13". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Amador contract still unresolved between Team Ineos and Movistar". Cyclingnews.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
External links
edit Media related to Andrey Amador at Wikimedia Commons
- Andrey Amador at UCI
- Andrey Amador at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Andrey Amador at ProCyclingStats
- Andrey Amador at Cycling Quotient
- Andrey Amador at CycleBase
- Profile at Movistar Team website