Jesús Hernández Blázquez (born 28 September 1981) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017,[2] for the Liberty Seguros–Würth, Relax–GAM, Astana, Tinkoff and Trek–Segafredo teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Polti–Kometa.[3]
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 Astana being part of Contador's winning team, although that title was later stripped.
From the 2017 Trek-Segafredo squad, Haimar Zubeldia, Alberto Contador, and Jesús Hernández are retiring while Edward Theuns will move to Team Sunweb.
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