Koldo Gil

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gil and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Koldo Gil
Personal information
Full name Koldo Gil Pérez
Born 16 January 1978
Burlada, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2001–2002 Banesto
2003–2005 Liberty Seguros
2006–2007 Saunier Duval-Prodir
2008 Liberty Seguros Continental
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage
Tour de Suisse (2006)
Vuelta Asturias (2007)
Euskal Bizikleta (2006)
Vuelta a Murcia (2005)
Vuelta a Castilla y León (2004)
Infobox last updated on
3 February 2008

Koldo Gil Pérez (born 16 January 1978 in Burlata, Navarra) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental. His career highlights include winning a stage of the Giro d'Italia and leading the overall classification at the Tour de Suisse.

At the 2006 Tour de Suisse, Gil took stage 6 and held the leader's yellow jersey until the final stage when he was overtaken by 2004 winner Jan Ullrich in the final stage's individual time trial. He finished a disappointing second.

After Gil was unable to find a team for the 2009 season, he announced his retirement.[1]

Major achievements

2001 – iBanesto.com
2002 – iBanesto.com
Stage 3 – Vuelta a La Rioja
2003 – ONCE-Eroski
3rd overall – Volta a Catalunya
2004 – Liberty Seguros-Würth Cycling Team
Overall – Vuelta a Castilla y León
2005 – Liberty Seguros-Würth
Overall – Vuelta a Murcia
Stage 7 – Giro d'Italia
2006 – Saunier Duval - Prodir
Overall and Stage 6 – Tour de Suisse
Overall and Stages 1 and 4b – Euskal Bizikleta
8th – La Flèche Wallonne
2007 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
Overall – Vuelta Asturias
Subida al Naranco

References

  1. ↑ Gil Retires | Cyclingnews.com

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