Andrey Amador


Andrey Amador Bikkazakova is a Costa Rican professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Career

Amador is the son of Rodolfo Amador, a Costa Rican and Raisa Bikkazakova, a Russian immigrant who arrived in the country after meeting and marrying Amador's father. He is the youngest of three brothers. He started cycling professionally at the age of 20 in 2006, but started cycling at a very early age. Amador was selected to carry the flag for Costa Rica at the 2011 Pan American Games opening ceremony. He is the first Costa Rican to ever ride the Tour de France. In 2012, Amador won a mountainous stage 14 in the Giro d'Italia after breaking away from the group during the final descent right before the final climb. Though he was caught right at the finish of the climb he won the sprint in the end. In 2013, he finished 8th overall in the Tirreno-Adriatico.
In the 2016 Giro d'Italia, Amador held the pink jersey after stage 13. He became the first Costa Rican to lead a Grand Tour.
At the end of the 2019 season, Amador sought to break an agreement that he had in place with the for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, in order to join. The contract negotiations were not resolved until Amador was released by the on 11 February 2020. Amador signed a three-year deal with the following day, with his first race start scheduled to come at the UAE Tour in the final week of February.

Major results

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;2012
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;2019

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Giro d'Italia41—29—1104818—39
Tour de France—166—54———875055
Vuelta a España————3040——93—

—Did not compete
DNFDid not finish