Jon Barrenetxea: 2026 team, palmarès and profile

Team (2026): Movistar Team
Nationality: Spain
Born: 20 April 2000, Gamiz-Fika (Biscay), Spain
Profile: All-rounder, puncheur
Pro since: 2021
Previous teams: Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (2021–2023)

Facts checked on 20 October 2026. Every fact has a source, listed at the bottom of this page.

2026 season

24 January 2026Gran Premio Castellón – Ruta de la Cerámica4th Source
22 February 2026Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta del Sol10th overall Source
21 March 2026Milano–Sanremo20th Source
1 May 2026Eschborn–Frankfurt15th Source
16 May 2026Tour du Finistère Pays de Quimper1st Source
17 May 2026Boucles de l'Aulne – Châteaulin1st Source
19 May 2026Classique Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de France10th Source
16 August 2026ADAC Cyclassics (Hamburg)18th Source
30 August 2026Bretagne Classic16th Source

Palmarès

2018Spanish national junior road race championships1st Source
2023Itzulia Basque Country1st in the mountains classification Source
2023Vuelta a España, stage 9Combativity award (and 5th on the stage) Source
2024Circuito de Getxo1st (first professional win) Source
2025Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta del Sol, stage 51st Source
2025Eschborn–Frankfurt3rd Source
2026Tour du Finistère Pays de Quimper1st Source
2026Boucles de l'Aulne – Châteaulin1st Source

Biography

Jon Barrenetxea is a Spanish all-rounder and puncheur who rides for Movistar Team. He was born on 20 April 2000 in Gamiz-Fika, in the Basque province of Biscay, and stands 1.88 m tall. Movistar’s profile describes him as a strong, skilled rider with punch and endurance.

He took part in his first races at the age of eight, at a club in Mungia where his older brother Mikel also rode. As a junior he won the Spanish national road race title in 2018. He rode for the amateur team Baqué-Ideus-BH in 2019 and 2020, winning the Memorial Valenciaga and the Torneo Euskaldun ranking in 2020, and he turned professional with Caja Rural–Seguros RGA in 2021. According to Movistar, he completed business management studies in 2022 while racing.

At Caja Rural he won the mountains classification at the 2022 Vuelta a Andalucía and was best young rider at the Tour of Hellas. In 2023 he won the mountains classification at the Itzulia Basque Country after a series of breakaways, finished third at Boucles de l’Aulne and rode his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España. At the Vuelta he took fifth place on the stage to Caravaca and won the combativity award for stage 9.

He joined Movistar for 2024 and won the Circuito de Getxo that year, his first professional victory. In 2025 he won stage 5 of the Vuelta a Andalucía, was third at Eschborn–Frankfurt and fourth at the Trofeo Serra Tramuntana.

In 2026 he started the year with fourth place at the Gran Premio Castellón in January and finished 10th overall at the Vuelta a Andalucía in February. He rode the spring classics, finishing Milano–Sanremo (20th), E3 Saxo Classic (18th) and Paris–Roubaix (63rd). On 16 and 17 May he won two French one-day races on consecutive days, the Tour du Finistère Pays de Quimper and Boucles de l’Aulne. He was then 10th at the Classique Dunkerque and 18th overall at the Four Days of Dunkirk. In August and September he finished 18th at the Hamburg Cyclassics, 16th at the Bretagne Classic and 14th at both the Memorial Marco Pantani and the Trofeo Matteotti.