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American bicycle racer

Joey Rosskopf

Rosskopf in 2016
Personal information
Full name Joseph Rosskopf
Born (1989-09-05) September 5, 1989 (age 35)Decatur, Georgia, United States
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Team information
Current team Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional teams
2010 Mountain Khakis–Jittery Joe’s
2011–2012 Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis
2013–2014 Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
2015–2020 BMC Racing Team[1]
2021–2022 Rally Cycling[2]
2023– Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España TTT stages (2015) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2021) National Time Trial Championships(2017, 2018)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing BMC Racing Team World Championships Silver medal – second place 2016 Doha Team time trial Pan American Championships Silver medal – second place 2014 Puebla Road race Silver medal – second place 2014 Puebla Individual time trial

Joseph Rosskopf (born September 5, 1989) is an American cyclist from Decatur, Georgia, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[3]

A professional since 2010, Rosskopf was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España[4] and the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[5] He won the Tour du Limousin in 2016, and became the second rider from the Americas, after Leonardo Duque, to win the race.

Rosskopf was the winner of the United States National Time Trial Championships in 2017 and 2018.[6] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[7]

In November 2020, Rosskopf signed a two-year contract with the Rally Cycling team, from the 2021 season.[8]

Rosskopf graduated from Decatur High School.

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Legend

— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
  1. ^ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 25, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Rally Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Long, Jonny (November 4, 2022). "Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad". CyclingTips. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  5. ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  6. ^ https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/2018/06/21/joey-rosskopf-amber-neben-repeat-usa-cycling-time-trial-champions/715752002/ Knox News. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  7. ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  8. ^ Dreier, Fred (November 5, 2020). "Joey Rosskopf heads to Rally Cycling on a two-year deal". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

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