2013 Euskaltel-Euskadi season

2013 Euskaltel-Euskadi season
Manager Igor González de Galdeano
One-day victories 1
Stage race overall victories  –
Stage race stage victories 3
Previous season

The 2013 season for Euskaltel-Euskadi is scheduled to begin in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2013 roster

As of 9 September 2013.[1][2]
Rider Date of birth
 Jon Aberasturi (ESP) 28 March 1989 (aged 23)
 Igor Antón (ESP) 2 March 1983 (aged 29)
 Mikel Astarloza (ESP) 17 November 1979 (aged 33)
 Jorge Azanza (ESP) 16 June 1982 (aged 30)
 Pello Bilbao (ESP) 27 February 1990 (aged 22)
 Garakoitz Bravo (ESP) 31 July 1989 (aged 23)
 Tarik Chaoufi[N 1] (MAR) 26 February 1986 (aged 26)
 Ricardo García (ESP) 26 February 1988 (aged 24)
 Gorka Izagirre (ESP) 7 October 1987 (aged 25)
 Jon Izagirre (ESP) 4 February 1989 (aged 23)
 Jure Kocjan (SLO) 18 October 1984 (aged 28)
 Mikel Landa (ESP) 13 December 1989 (aged 23)
 Juan José Lobato (ESP) 29 December 1988 (aged 24)
 Egoi Martínez (ESP) 15 May 1978 (aged 34)
 Ricardo Mestre (POR) 11 September 1983 (aged 29)
Rider Date of birth
 Miguel Mínguez (ESP) 30 August 1988 (aged 24)
 Mikel Nieve (ESP) 26 May 1984 (aged 28)
 Juan José Oroz (ESP) 7 November 1980 (aged 32)
 Rubén Pérez (ESP) 30 October 1981 (aged 31)
 Steffen Radochla (GER) 19 October 1978 (aged 34)
 Adrián Sáez (ESP) 17 March 1986 (aged 26)
 Samuel Sánchez (ESP) 5 February 1978 (aged 34)
 André Schulze (GER) 21 November 1974 (aged 38)
 Alexander Serebryakov[N 2] (RUS) 25 September 1987 (aged 25)
 Romain Sicard (FRA) 1 January 1988 (aged 25)
 Ioannis Tamouridis (GRE) 3 June 1980 (aged 32)
 Pablo Urtasun (ESP) 29 March 1980 (aged 32)
 Gorka Verdugo (ESP) 4 November 1978 (aged 34)
 Robert Vrečer (SLO) 8 October 1980 (aged 32)
  1. ↑ Chaoufi left the team on 13 August.[3]
  2. ↑ Serebryakov was suspended from the team on 6 April, adverse analytical finding in an out-of-competition drugs test in March.[2] He was later sacked.

Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season
Rider 2012 team
Jon AberasturiOrbea
Garikoitz BravoCaja Rural
Tarik Chaoufi[4]neo-pro
Jure Kocjan[5]Team Type 1-Sanofi
Juan José Lobato[5]Andalucía
Ricardo MestreCarmim-Prio
Steffen Radochla[6]Team NSP-Ghost
André Schulze[5]Team NetApp
Alexander SerebryakovTeam Type 1-Sanofi
Ioannis TamouridisSP Tableware
Robert VrečerTeam Vorarlberg
Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season
Rider 2013 team
Víctor Cabedo[7]Deceased
Pierre Cazaux[8]GSC Blagnac
Alan PérezRetired
Amets Txurruka[9]Caja Rural
Iván Velasco[9]Caja Rural

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
12 April Vuelta a Castilla y León, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Urtasun, PabloPablo Urtasun (ESP)  Spain Valladolid
13 April Vuelta a Castilla y León, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Lobato, Juan JoséJuan José Lobato (ESP)  Spain Palencia
12 May Vuelta a Asturias, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Landa, MikelMikel Landa (ESP)  Spain
8 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Sánchez, SamuelSamuel Sánchez (ESP)  Spain SuperDévoluy
16 June Tour de Suisse, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  Vrečer, RobertRobert Vrečer (SLO)   Switzerland
16 June Tour de Suisse, Sprints classification UCI World Tour  Vrečer, RobertRobert Vrečer (SLO)   Switzerland
31 July Circuito de Getxo UCI Europe Tour  Lobato, Juan JoséJuan José Lobato (ESP)  Spain Getxo
15 September Vuelta a España, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 1]  Spain

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The riders on the squad were Samuel Sánchez, Igor Antón, Jorge Azanza, Mikel Landa, Egoi Martínez, Mikel Nieve, Juan José Oroz, Pablo Urtasun and Gorka Verdugo

References

  1. ↑ "Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Serebryakov returns positive out of competition test". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 6 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Chaoufi released by Euskaltel Euskadi". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 14 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. ↑ van Eyck, Xylon (22 October 2012). "UCI Africa Tour winner Chaoufi signs with Euskaltel-Euskadi". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Brown, Gregor (10 December 2012). "Euskaltel to sell team vehicles to balance books". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media Ltd.). Retrieved 5 January 2013. It signed 11 new cyclists: Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spain), Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spain), Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spain), Tarik Chaoufi (Morocco), Jure Kocjan (Slovenia), Robert Vrecer (Slovenia), Ricardo Jorge Correia Mestre (Portugal), Steffen Radochla (Germany), André Schulze (Germany), Alexander Serebryakov (Russia) and Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece).
  6. ↑ Urraburu, Benito (21 October 2012). "Euskaltel ya tiene completo su equipo para 2013 con diez nuevos fichajes" [Euskaltel team already full for 2013 with ten new signings]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish) (Grupo Vocento). Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Euskaltel's Cabedo killed in training accident". Cyclingnews. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Euskaltel-Euskadi has lost its soul, says Cazaux". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 20 November 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cossins, Peter (24 September 2012). "Txurruka critical of new Euskaltel philosophy". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 24 September 2012.