Sergi Escobar Roure (born 22 September 1974) is a Spanish world champion

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who specialises in

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and

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. He won his 1st medal at the

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in 2003 in

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Career highlights

; 2001 : 1st, Stage 6, Volta a Lleida : 3rd, National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, Spain, Leon (ESP) : 1st, Mediterranean Games, Road, ITT, Elite ; 2002 : 1st, Overall, Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca ; 2003 : 3rd, World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite, Stuttgart : 2003 World Cup :: 1st, Pursuit, Moscow :: 3rd, Pursuit, Cape Town : 1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a Alicante : 2nd, Overall, Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca :: 1st, Stage 1 : 1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a León : 3rd, Overall, Volta Provincia Tarragona : National Track Championships, Valencia :: 1st, Pursuit ; 2004 :

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

, Melbourne :: 1st, Pursuit :: 3rd, Team Pursuit : 2004 World Cup :: 1st, Pursuit, Aguascalientes :: 3rd, Team Pursuit, Aguascalientes :: 2nd, Pursuit, Manchester : 3rd, Overall, Vuelta a Alicante :: 1st, Prologue : National Track Championships, Palma de Mallorca :: 1st, Pursuit :: 1st, Madison (with Antonio Miguel Parra) : 1st, Stage 1, Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca : 1st, Stage 3, Vuelta a Avila :

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, Athens :: 3rd, Pursuit :: 3rd, Team Pursuit : 2004–2005 World Cup :: 3rd, Pursuit, Los Angeles ; 2005 : 2nd,

Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1 ...

, Los Angeles :: 2nd, Pursuit ; 2006 : 2005–2006 World Cup :: 1st, Pursuit, Los Angeles :: 3rd, Team Pursuit, Los Angeles : National Track Championships :: 1st, Pursuit :: 1st, Team Pursuit : 1st, Overall, Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ; 2007 : National Track Championships :: 1st, Pursuit, Elite :: 1st, Team Pursuit :: 1st, Points race :

, Palma de Mallorca :: 3rd, Pursuit ; 2008 : 2007–2008 World Cup :: 3rd, Los Angeles, Pursuit, Los Angeles :: 1st, Pursuit, Copenhagen : 1st, Overall, Volta de Castello

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* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Lleida Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Olympic cyclists for Spain Spanish male cyclists UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Olympic bronze medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Spanish track cyclists Cyclists from Catalonia 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-cycling-bio-1970s-stub