José Luis Rubiera


José Luis Rubiera Vigil is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He last rode for the UCI ProTour team.
Rubiera won his first professional race at the 1997 Giro d'Italia, winning stage 19. His climbing ability was instrumental in leading Lance Armstrong to five of his Tour de France victories, most famously leading Armstrong up the start of Alpe d'Huez in 2001. He earned an engineering degree in 2004, while balancing his race schedule and studies. He is very respected in the peloton and was elected as deputy to the cyclists' representative council of the UCI ProTour.

Career achievements

Major results

;1997
;1999
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour1997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Giro d'Italia1013DNF813391544
Tour de France382219193591
Vuelta a España26611751808522DNF

Did not compete
DNFDid not finish