Jesús Hernández (cyclist)

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Jesús Hernández

| image = HernandezAstana (cropped).JPG

| caption = Hernández at the 2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León

| fullname = Jesús Hernández Blázquez

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ávila, Spain

| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|KTX}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider (retired)
Directeur sportif

| ridertype = Climbing specialist

| amateuryears1 = 2002

| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|ONC|2002}} (stagiaire)

| amateuryears2 = 2003

| amateurteam2 = FDB-Würth-ONCE

| proyears1 = 2004–2005

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ONC|2004}}

| proyears2 = 2006–2007

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|REG|2006}}

| proyears3 = 2009–2010

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|AST|2009}}

| proyears4 = 2011–2016

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|SAX|2011}}Cyclingnews.com [http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/saxo-bank-sungard-signs-contadors-top-spaniards Saxo Bank-SunGard signs Contador's top Spaniards] 12 August 2010

| proyears5 = 2017

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|TFS|2017}}

| manageyears1 = 2018–

| manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|KTX|2018}}

| majorwins =

}}

Jesús Hernández Blázquez (born 28 September 1981) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brambilla-signs-for-trek-segafredo/|title=Brambilla signs for Trek-Segafredo|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=13 September 2017|accessdate=4 January 2018|quote=From the 2017 Trek-Segafredo squad, Haimar Zubeldia, Alberto Contador, and Jesús Hernández are retiring while Edward Theuns will move to Team Sunweb.}} for the {{UCI team code|ONC|2005}}, {{UCI team code|REG|2007}}, {{UCI team code|AST|2010}}, {{UCI team code|SAX|2016}} and {{UCI team code|TFS|2017}} teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|KTX}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14093/1003125/257|title=Kometa Xstra Cycling Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=8 April 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408212853/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14093/1003125/257|archivedate=8 April 2020}}

Career

Born in Ávila, Hernández turned professional in 2004, and has taken part in the Vuelta a España three times, but withdrew on the first two occasions during the third week. He finished 19th in the 2009 event.

He is well known as being the long-term friend and domestique of Alberto Contador, accompanying Contador at each of his last four teams as a professional cyclist. During the Astana years Lance Armstrong applied to him the nickname "Sweet baby Jesus".

He rode his first Tour de France in 2010 with {{UCI team code|AST|2010}} being part of Contador's winning team, although that title was later stripped.

Major results

;2005

: 9th Overall Tour de Langkawi

: 10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

;2006

: 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

: 9th Gran Premio de Llodio

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France \|— \|— \|— \|— \| style="text-align:center;"\|138 \| style="text-align:center;"\|90 \|— \| style="text-align:center;"\|43 \| style="text-align:center;"\|DNF \|— \|— \|—
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España \| style="text-align:center;"\|DNF \| style="text-align:center;"\|DNF \|— \| style="text-align:center;"\|19 \|— \|— \| style="text-align:center;"\|43 \|— \| style="text-align:center;"\|21 \|— \| style="text-align:center;"\|43 \| style="text-align:center;"\|64

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