Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver to leave Team Katusha after 2012

Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver to leave Team Katusha after 2012

Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver is under contract with his current side, Team Katusha for one more year but it has been reported that the cyclist is trying to end his associations with the team.

He joined the Russian squad back in 2010 and has been a real help for the team in the past three years.

“Rodriguez has a contract with Katusha until 2013 and aims to renew with conditions that meet the sporting achievements made during this season,” his manager Angel Edo told Deia.

“Given the refusal of renewal, ‘Purito’ raises the idea of terminating the contract” says Edo.

“He has equipment offers of the highest level, with better economic conditions and longer contracts until 2015”.

Rodriguez marked his professional debut with Team ONCE-Eroski in 2001 and stayed with the team till the end of 2003.

He rode with Team Saunier Duval-Prodir through 2004-05 and accepted a four-year (2006-09) deal with Team Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears.

The Spaniard was approached by several teams but his terms profound satisfactory with the Russian side for 2010 season.

He has helped the team with several top performances in the past three years including six Grand Tour appearances under his belt.

The 33-year-old currently holds the second overall spot after the UCI World Tour team’s ranking with a total number of 592 UCI points.

He is only nine points behind Bradley Wiggins of Team Sky and is optimistic to bridge the gap in the remaining part of the season.

Top fifteen cyclists after the UCI World Tour Individual Rankings is as below,

 

1	Bradley Wiggins (GBR)	Team Sky	601
2	Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)	Team Katusha	592
3	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	410
4	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Liquigas-Cannondale	400
5	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	394
6	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	Orica-GreenEDGE	390
7	Chris Froome (GB)	Team Sky	376
8	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Liquigas-Cannondale	351
9	Rui Costa (POR)	Movistar Team	309
10	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank	280
11	Samuel Sánchez (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	252
12	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Sky	241
13	Jurgen van den Broeck (BEL)	Lotto-Belisol	237
14	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	Garmin-Sharp	197
15	Michael Rogers (AUS)	Team Sky	194

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