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Joan Horrach
	Horrach at the 2009 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full name	Joan Horrach Ripoll
Born	March 27, 1974 (age 50); Deià, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2000–2003	União Ciclista da Maia–MSS
2004–2008	Illes Balears–Banesto
2009–2012	Team Katusha
2013	Madison Genesis
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2006)

Joan Horrach Ripoll (born March 27, 1974) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist.^[2] He last rode for Madison Genesis.

Horrach's biggest win of his career was Stage 11 of the 2006 Giro d'Italia.^[3] He won the stage by being in the break of 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.^[4] As a domestique for his leaders Horrach spent most of his career working for others, occasionally given the opportunity to ride for himself.^[5]

After retiring he moved to Mallorca where he works as a Tour guide in Serra de Tramuntana on taking people on Mountain bikes, Road bikes and hiking.^[6]

Major results

Sources:^[7]^[8]

2000

1st Stage 2 Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias

2001

1st

Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias

1st Stage 4

2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias

1st Stage 4

2002

1st

Mountains classification, Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

2nd Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Stages 5 & 11

2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

7th Overall GP do Minho

2003

3rd Overall Gran Premio Internacional Mitsubishi MR Cortez

5th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 2

10th Overall Volta a Portugal

2005

9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

2006

1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia

2010

1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos

2nd Trofeo Deià

General classification results timeline

Source:^[9]

Grand Tour	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Grand Tour general classification results
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	37	36	DNF	81	—	54	53	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	74	—	—	119
/ Vuelta a España	33	28	24	27	79	29	—	—	74	67	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ Tyler, Richard (2 January 2010). "Katusha's newcomers show off team kit". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Juan HORRACH RIPPOLL". UCI. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Joan Horrach | www.liveablock.com". liveablock.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Horrach survives break to take Giro stage win". VeloNews.com. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ Jones, Jeff (18 May 2006). "Horrach aiming at final week". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Excursions and guiding | www.liveablock.com". liveablock.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Joan Horrach". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Joan Sebastian Horrach". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Grand tour starts | ProCyclingStats". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.