Pablo Castrillo

Spanish cyclist

Pablo Castrillo
Personal information
Castrillo in 2024
Born	(2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 23) Jaca, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team	Equipo Kern Pharma
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Puncheur
Amateur team
2020–2022	Lizarte^[1]

Professional teams
2022	Equipo Kern Pharma (stagiaire)
2023–	Equipo Kern Pharma^[2]

Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (2024)

Pablo Castrillo Zapater (born 2 January 2001) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Equipo Kern Pharma.^[3]^[4] His brother Jaime also competed as a professional cyclist until 2022.^[5]

He took his first two professional wins at the 2024 Vuelta a España, winning stages 12 and 15 from the breakaway.^[6]^[7] He won stage 15 by distancing himself from Aleksandr Vlasov and Pavel Sivakov on the "hellish" slopes of Cuitu Negru - one of the most brutal climbs of that year's Vuelta.^[8]

Major results

2022

1st

Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Memorial Valenciaga [fr]

1st Subida a Gorla [fr]

1st Oñati Proba [fr]

1st Lazkaoko Proba [fr]

1st Memorial Cirilo Zunzarren [pt]

3rd Aiztondo Klasika [fr]

2023

3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi

2024 (2 pro wins)

Vuelta a España

1st Stages 12 & 15

Combativity award Stages 4 & 12

5th Overall Tour of Slovenia

7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2024
Giro d'Italia	—
Tour de France	—
Vuelta a España	IP

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "U23 British talent Dylan Westley to develop in Spain". Lizarte. Asociación Deportiva Galibier. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "Equipo Kern Pharma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Equipo Kern Pharma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "Pablo Castrillo". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Pablo Castrillo". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Castrillo Escapes For Vuelta Stage As O'Connor Protects Lead". Barron's. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "Official classifications of La Vuelta - Stage 15". www.lavuelta.es. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
^ published, Dani Ostanek (2024-09-01). "Vuelta a España stage 15: Pablo Castrillo holds off Vlasov to claim second stage win on Cuitu Negru". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-01.