Joan Llaneras

Joan Llaneras

Llaneras in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Joan Llaneras Roselló
Born	May 17, 1969 Porreres, Spain
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	143 lb (65 kg)[1]
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Madison and points
Professional team(s)
1991–1995	ONCE cycling team
1998	US Postal Cycling Team
Medal record Competitor for  Spain Track cycling Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Points race 2008 Beijing Points race 2004 Athens Points race 2008 Beijing Madison World Championships 1996 Manchester Points race 1997 Perth Madison 1998 Bordeaux Points race 1999 Berlin Madison 2000 Manchester Points race 2006 Bordeaux Madison 2007 Palma de Mallorca Points race 2000 Manchester Madison 2001 Antwerp Madison 2003 Stuttgart Points race 1997 Perth Points race 2005 Los Angeles Points race
Infobox last updated on August 24, 2007

Joan Llaneras Roselló (born May 17, 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.

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 on 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]

Palmarès

1991

2nd GP Libération (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 Championships

1997

1st Madison, World Track Championships (with Miquel Alzamora Riera)

3rd Points race, World Track Championships

3rd Medellin, Six Days (COL)

3rd Zürich, 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 Championships

1999

1st Madison, World Track Championships (with Isaac Gálvez)

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 Zürich, 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 Gálvez

2001

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 Games

2005

3rd Points race, World Track Championships

2006

1st Madison, World Track Championships (with Isaac Gálvez)

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 Games

References

1. "Athlete Biography - LLANERAS Joan". Beijing Olympics official website.
2. "Gent Six Day ends in "nightmare"". Cyclingnews.com. November 27, 2006.
3. "Llaneras to return". Cyclingnews.com. January 3, 2007.
4. "Spain's points race winner Joan Llaneras plans retirement". Velo News. August 16, 2008.
5. "Argentina lands knockout blow early". cyclingnews.com. August 19, 2008.

External links

• Joan Llaneras profile at Cycling Archives