Igor Astarloa
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Igor Astarloa Askasibar (born on March 29, 1976 in Ermua, Basque Country) is a cyclist from Spain. He gained international fame when he became World Road Champion in 2003. During the 2006 transfer season for cyclist, it was announced that he would leave Team Barloworld (the Continental Circuit team for which Astarloa has ridden the last several years) for the German Team Milram, which is a member of the elite UCI ProTour.
[edit] Major achievements
- 2006
- 1st, Milano-Torino
- 2nd, Stage 4, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 2004
- Member, Summer Olympics Men's Road Race
- 2003
| Preceded by Mario Cipollini |
World Road Racing Champion 2003 |
Succeeded by Óscar Freire |
| Riders on Team Milram |
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Igor Astarloa | Mirko Celestino | Alessandro Cortinovis | Volodymyr Dyudya | Sergio Ghisalberti | Ralf Grabsch | Andriy Hryvko | Denis Haueisen | Matej Jurco | Christian Knees | Brett Lancaster | Mirco Lorenzetto | Martin Müller | Alberto Ongarato | Alessandro Petacchi | Enrico Poitschke | Elia Rigotto | Fabio Sabatini | Fabio Sacchi | Björn Schröder | Sebastian Schwager | Carlo Scognamiglio | Marcel Sieberg | Sebastian Siedler | Niki Terpstra | Marco Velo | Erik Zabel |
| Manager |
| Gianluigi Stanga |
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