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Xavier Florencio

Key Stats

Nationality: Spanish
Born: December 26, 1979
Hometown: Montroig, Spain
Height: 5-foot-8
Weight: 129 pounds
Strengths: sprinting out of a breakaway, climbing
Turned Pro: 2001

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2007
2nd, stage 3, Tour de Swiss
4th, Spanish road championship
9th, Clasica San Sebastian

2006
1st, Clasica San Sebastian
3rd overall, Tour de l’Ain
8th, Japan Cup

2004
7th, Fleche Brabanconne

2003
5th overall, Tour of Holland
5th overall, Vuelta a Valencia
6th overall, Tour Down Under

2002
1st, stage 1, Tour de l’Avenir
3rd overall, Tour of Rioja

Biography

His father and grandfather were both semi-pro cyclists, so Florencio got the bug early. His first race was as a 4-year-old and he won the Spanish junior championship less than a decade later. A knee injury in 2006 almost short-circuited his career, but he bounced back to claim his biggest win in the Clásica San Sebastián later that summer.