Eduardo Sepúlveda (born 13 June 1991) is an Argentine

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, who currently rides for

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. He rode at the

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Early life

Sepúlveda was born in Rawson, the capital of

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, in Argentine

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. He started to ride a bike under the advice of his father, Eduardo. In 2007, aged 16 years old, Sepúlveda won the Copa Nacional Infanto Juvenil for young riders in

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. However, his father was killed in a car accident while returning home after the event. Sepúlveda recovered from this and later was selected as one of the best young riders of the country and invited to the CeNARD in

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, some away from his home in Rawson. After a series of good results, in 2012, Sepúlveda was invited for the

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to the

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, Switzerland, among many other riders from developing countries, including

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, Youcef Reguigui and

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. Also in 2012, he won the silver medal in the individual time trial at the

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, losing out to Magno Nazaret from Brazil.

Professional career

In 2013, Sepúlveda began his career with the French team and signed an initial two-year contract. In a 2014 interview, Sepúlveda said thanks to the

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for allowing him a chance to train at the World Cycling Centre and to sign with the French second division team . Sepúlveda took his first professional win in February 2015 with a solo victory in the

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. Later that year, he took a fine second place in the overall classification of the

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, 32 seconds down on Kristijan Đurasek (). He participated in the

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, but was disqualified on stage 14 for riding in a car instead of pedaling his bike. For the 2018 season, Sepúlveda joined one of the

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s, from Spain, and signed a two-year contract, a move predicted for many insiders in the UCI World Tour. In May 2018, he was named in the start list for the

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for the first time in his career. He was expected to ride the

2019 Vuelta a España The 2019 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain, Andorra and France between 24 August and 15 September 2019. The race was the 74th edition of the Vuelta a España and is the ...

but was not selected, and, after this omission, 2019 was the first year in his professional career that Sepúlveda did not ride one Grand Tour. For the 2020 season, Sepúlveda re-signed for one year with the Spanish-based team before moving to for the 2021 season. In November 2022, Sepúlveda signed with for the 2023 season.

Major results

;2010 : 3rd Individual pursuit,

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;2011 : 3rd Team pursuit,

: 7th Overall

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;2012 :

::1st

Under-23 time trial ::2nd Silver medal america

Time trial : 2nd ZLM Tour : 5th Overall

Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay The Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay was a bicycle stage race held annually in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It was part of the UCI America Tour and the race was reserved to riders between 19 and 22 of age and was rated 2.Ncup by the UCI. It was the ...

: 8th

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;2013 :

::1st

Individual pursuit ::1st PanAmericanJersey

Team pursuit ::2nd Silver medal america

Madison : 6th Overall

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: 9th Overall

Tour du Poitou-Charentes Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...

: 10th

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, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 10th

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;2014 : 4th Overall

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::1st

Young rider classification : 5th Overall

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: 6th Overall

;2015 (2 pro wins) : 1st

: 1st

Tour du Doubs The Tour du Doubs is a single-day road bicycle race, currently held annually in April in the region of Doubs, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and since 2010 it is part of the French Road Cycling Cu ...

: 2nd Overall

: 4th Overall

: 5th Overall

Route du Sud The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France ...

;2016 (1) : 2nd Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 : 4th

;2017 : 4th

;2019 : 2nd Overall

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;2021 : 3rd Overall

: 4th Overall

Tour of Romania The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The tour is organized by the Romanian Cycling Federation. History Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publi ...

: 8th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race : 10th

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;2022 (1) : 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 7th Overall

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: 8th Overall

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;2023 (2) : 1st Jersey multicolor

Overall

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, it has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions ...

::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Silver medal america

Road race,

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: 7th Overall

Sibiu Cycling Tour The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organised with the support o ...

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::Held after Stages 4–10 ;2024 : 8th Overall

: 9th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Eduardo Sepúlveda
at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sepulveda, Eduardo 1991 births Living people Argentine male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Argentina Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games cyclists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Cyclists at the 2011 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games South American Games bronze medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in cycling Competitors at the 2010 South American Games People from Rawson, Chubut Sportspeople from Chubut Province 21st-century Argentine sportsmen