![]() Herrada at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Jesús Herrada Lopez |
Born |
Mota del Cuervo, Spain |
26 July 1990
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Movistar Team |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Professional team(s) | |
2011– | Movistar Team |
Major wins | |
Jesús Herrada López (born 26 July 1990) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.
He is considered one of the most promising young talents in Spanish cycling, having won the National Junior Time Trial Championships in 2007 and 2008, the Under-23 National Time Trial Championships in 2010, and the National Road Race Championships in 2013.
On 3 May 2015, Herrada won the second and last stage of the Vuelta a Asturias. He did so while helping his leader Igor Antón to a general classification victory. He finished fourth in the men's road race at the 2015 European Games in Baku, after giving a lead-out to the winner Luis León Sanchez. In June 2015, he won a bronze medal at the National Time Trial Championships and a bronze medal in the National Road Race Championships.
His brother José Herrada is also a professional cyclist, and is a member of the Movistar Team.