Haimar Zubeldia

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Haimar Zubeldia

Zubeldia signing in for stage 8 at the 2007 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
Date of birth	April 1, 1977 (1977-04-01) (age 31)
Country	Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Euskaltel-Euskadi
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-Rounder
Professional team(s)
1998–	Euskaltel-Euskadi
Major wins
Euskal Bizikleta (2000) Dauphiné Libéré (2002) - Young Rider Competition
Infobox last updated on:
September 3, 2007

Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (born April 1, 1977 in Usurbil, Basque Country) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who rides for Euskaltel-Euskadi team on the UCI ProTour.

Zubeldia turned professional in 1998. He is one of the most consistent riders on the UCI ProTour especially in the Grand Tours and stage races. He is one of the consistent climbers in the world and is also a useful time-trialist.^{[citation needed]}

First success was in 2000, when he finished 2nd in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in overall classification and winning the Young Rider competition. He finished 4th in the same race in 2002.

In the Tour de France, Zubeldia's highest overall placing is 5th in 2003 and again in 2007. In the 2003 Tour, he had some great finishes against Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich in the mountains and time-trial. After this strong performance he backed it up with a 15th and 8th in the Tour de France in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Zubeldia has also performed very well in the Vuelta a España finishing 10th twice in 2000 and 2002.

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v • d • e Riders on Euskaltel-Euskadi Josu Agirre | Beñat Albizuri | Igor Antón | Lander Aperribai | Javier Aramendia | Mikel Astarloza | Jorge Azanza | Jon Bru | Koldo Fernández | Aitor Galdós | Dionisio Galparsoro | Aitor Hernández | Markel Irizar | Iñaki Isasi | Andoni Lafuente | Iñigo Landaluze | Antton Luengo | Egoi Martínez | Juan José Oroz | Alan Pérez | Rubén Pérez | Samuel Sánchez | Amets Txurruka | Iván Velasco | Gorka Verdugo | Haimar Zubeldia | Manager: Miguel Madariaga

Persondata
NAME	Zubeldia, Haimar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zubeldia Agirre, Haimar
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1977-04-01
PLACE OF BIRTH	Usurbil, Basque Country (autonomous community), Spain
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH