Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente (born 5 December 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA teams.
Aramendia was born in Pamplona. At the 2012 Vuelta a España, Aramendia distinguished himself by being part of numerous long breakaways,[2] earning the Combativity award four times in the process, the most at the Vuelta.[3] It looked like he had a great chance to win the "Most Combative" title for the whole race, but Alberto Contador prevailed.[4] Aramendia was named the most combative rider overall in the 2013 Vuelta a España, after taking the award three times in the individual stages.
Combativity award Stages 2, 7, 8 & 10 Combativity award Stages 7, 9, 17 & Overall Combativity award Stages 2, 8 & 15Five riders are leaving, namely Garmin Cervélo-bound Koldo Fernandez Larea (Garmin Cervélo), Javier Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural), Jonathan Nicolas Castroviejo (Movistar Team), Inaki Isasi and Daniel Sesma.