In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llaneras and the second or maternal family name is Rossellό.
Llaneras began his cycling career on the road with the ONCE professional cycling team but switched to concentrate on track cycling. Llaneras is a four-time world champion in the points race and three-time champion in the Madison. He is a double Olympic champion, winning the event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and in Beijing in 2008.
Llaneras teamed up with Isaac Gálvez to compete on the lucrative Six Days of Ghent racing circuit in November 2006. It resulted with the death of Gálvez after colliding with Dimitri De Fauw and hitting the railings.[2] Llaneras had decided to quit cycling, but a few months later in an interview with Spanish daily newspaper Marca, he said:
"Clearly I thought about leaving it all. It was the first reaction. Logical... Natural... Normal after what had happened, but life goes on, and giving it all up, unfortunately, will not solve anything. In addition, the track is my life, is my dream, my family, it is almost everything to me."
He returned to competition in 2007, and although he had no intention of returning to Madison racing,[3] Llaneras teamed up with Antonio Tauler[4] to take the silver medal in the Madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics, adding to the gold he won in the points race three days earlier. In doing so, he became the Spaniard with the most Olympic medals ever, with 2 gold and 2 silver to his name. After the Beijing Olympics, Llaneras retired.[5]
Major resultsedit
1991
2nd GP Libération (NED)
1993
1st Stage 1, Vuelta a Andalucia (Ruta del Sol), Chicania (ESP)
^. Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22.
^"Gent Six Day ends in "nightmare"". Cyclingnews.com. November 27, 2006.
^"Llaneras to return". Cyclingnews.com. January 3, 2007.
^"Spain's points race winner Joan Llaneras plans retirement". Velo News. August 16, 2008.
^"Argentina lands knockout blow early". cyclingnews.com. August 19, 2008.
External linksedit
Joan Llaneras at Cycling Archives
December 20, 2023
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Joan Llaneras Rossello born 17 May 1969 in Porreres Majorca is a former Spanish World and Olympic points race champion track cyclist He specialises in the madison and points race events Joan LlanerasLlaneras in 2011Personal informationFull nameJoan Llaneras RosselloBorn 1969 05 17 17 May 1969 age 54 Porreres SpainHeight5 ft 11 in 1 80 m Weight143 lb 65 kg 1 Team informationDisciplineTrackRoleRiderRider typeMadison and pointsProfessional teams1991 1995ONCE1998U S Postal ServiceMedal record Representing SpainMen s track cyclingOlympic Games2000 Sydney Points race2008 Beijing Points race2004 Athens Points race2008 Beijing MadisonWorld Championships1996 Manchester Points race1997 Perth Madison1998 Bordeaux Points race1999 Berlin Madison2000 Manchester Points race2006 Bordeaux Madison2007 Palma de Mallorca Points race2000 Manchester Madison2001 Antwerp Madison2003 Stuttgart Points race1997 Perth Points race2005 Los Angeles Points raceIn this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Llaneras and the second or maternal family name is Rossello Llaneras began his cycling career on the road with the ONCE professional cycling team but switched to concentrate on track cycling Llaneras is a four time world champion in the points race and three time champion in the Madison He is a double Olympic champion winning the event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and in Beijing in 2008 Llaneras teamed up with Isaac Galvez to compete on the lucrative Six Days of Ghent racing circuit in November 2006 It resulted with the death of Galvez after colliding with Dimitri De Fauw and hitting the railings 2 Llaneras had decided to quit cycling but a few months later in an interview with Spanish daily newspaper Marca he said Clearly I thought about leaving it all It was the first reaction Logical Natural Normal after what had happened but life goes on and giving it all up unfortunately will not solve anything In addition the track is my life is my dream my family it is almost everything to me He returned to competition in 2007 and although he had no intention of returning to Madison racing 3 Llaneras teamed up with Antonio Tauler 4 to take the silver medal in the Madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics adding to the gold he won in the points race three days earlier In doing so he became the Spaniard with the most Olympic medals ever with 2 gold and 2 silver to his name After the Beijing Olympics Llaneras retired 5 Major results edit1991 2nd GP Liberation NED 1993 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta del Sol Chicania ESP 1994 2nd Platja d Aro ESP 1st Trofeo Mallorca ESP 1995 1st Platja d Aro ESP 1996 1st Points race World Track Championships1997 1st Madison World Track Championships with Miquel Alzamora Riera 3rd Points race World Track Championships 3rd Medellin Six Days COL 3rd Zurich Six Days SUI 1998 3rd Alconbendas ESP 2nd Cali Madison Cali COL 1st Cali Points race Cali COL 2nd Victoria Madison Victoria CAN 1st Points race World Track Championships1999 1st Madison World Track Championships with Isaac Galvez 3rd Six Days of Grenoble FRA 1st Mexico City Madison MEX with Miquel Alzamora Riera 3rd Cali Team Pursuit Cali COL 1st Cali Madison Cali COL with Miquel Alzamora Riera 2000 1st Points race World Track Championships 2nd Madison World Track Championships 2nd Zaragoza ESP 2nd Zurich Six Days SUI 1st Olympic Games Track Points race Elite Sydney 2nd Buenos Aires Six Days ARG 1st Six Days of Grenoble FRA with Isaac Galvez2001 2nd Madison World Track Championships 2nd Hof GER 2003 2nd Points race World Track Championships 2nd Moscou Points race RUS 2nd Aguascalientes Madison MEX 3rd Cape Town Madison RSA 2004 1st Manchester Points race GBR 1st Points race Spanish National Track Championships U23 2nd Sydney Madison AUS 3rd Sydney Points race AUS 2nd Points race Olympic Games2005 3rd Points race World Track Championships2006 1st Madison World Track Championships with Isaac Galvez 3rd Los Angeles Points race USA 3rd Madison Spanish National Track Championships 2nd Amsterdam Six Days NED 2007 1st Points race World Track Championships 3rd Fiorenzuola d Arda Six Days ITA 2nd Madison Sydney AUS 2008 1st Points race Olympic Games 2nd Madison Olympic GamesReferences edit Athlete Biography LLANERAS Joan Beijing Olympics official website Archived from the original on 2008 08 22 Gent Six Day ends in nightmare Cyclingnews com November 27 2006 Llaneras to return Cyclingnews com January 3 2007 Spain s points race winner Joan Llaneras plans retirement Velo News August 16 2008 Argentina lands knockout blow early cyclingnews com August 19 2008 External links editJoan Llaneras at Cycling Archives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joan Llaneras amp oldid 1156592841, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
