Haimar Zubeldia

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zubeldia and the second or maternal family name is Agirre.
Haimar Zubeldia

Zubeldia at the 2013 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
Born (1977-04-01) 1 April 1977
Usurbil, Gipuzkoa,
Basque Country
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)[1]
Team information
Current team Trek–Segafredo
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber, All-Rounder
Professional team(s)
1998–2008 Euskaltel–Euskadi
2009 Astana
2010–2011 Team RadioShack
2012–2015 RadioShack–Nissan[2]
Major wins

Stage races

Euskal Bizikleta (2000)
Tour de l'Ain (2010)
Infobox last updated on
5 January 2014

Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (born 1 April 1977) is a Basque professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam Trek–Segafredo.[3]

Biography

Born and raised in Usurbil, Gipuzkoa, Zubeldia currently resides in the neighboring village of Zarautz.[4] His younger brother Joseba Zubeldia also competed as a professional racing cyclist.[5]

At the age of twenty-one, Zubeldia turned professional with Euskaltel–Euskadi in 1998. His first success were in 2000, when he won the Euskal Bizikleta, and finished second overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. In the following years, Zubeldia rode to five top-ten finishes in the Tour de France, and two more in the Vuelta a España. However, despite these high placings, Zubeldia did not win races during this period; after his win in 2000 in the Euskal Bizikleta, it took him ten years to win again, until he won the Tour de l'Ain.[6] Since his 2014 participation, Zubeldia is also the spanish rider with the most starts in the Tour de France, a record previously held by two long-term-servants of what is now the Movistar team, 5-time-winner Miguel Indurain, and José Vicente García Acosta.

Palmarés

Sources:[4][7][8]

1999
9th Vuelta a Burgos
10th Volta a Catalunya
2000
1st Overall Euskal Bizikleta
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
10th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
10th Overall Vuelta a España
2001
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2002
4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
9th Paris–Camembert
10th Overall Vuelta a España
2003
5th Overall Tour de France
3rd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia
3rd Subida a Urkiola
4th Euskal Bizikleta
10th LuK Challenge Chrono
2004
3rd Overall Vuelta Asturias
5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
7th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
2005
7th Clásica de San Sebastián
2006
8th Overall Tour de France
8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
2007
5th Overall Tour de France
8th Gran Premio de Llodio
8th GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis
2008
5th Overall Critérium Du Dauphiné Libéré
6th Overall Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
9th Clásica de San Sebastián
10th Overall Volta a Mallorca
2009
1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2010
1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Prologue
4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
4th Clásica de San Sebastián
4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
2011
7th Clásica de San Sebastián
8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2012
6th Overall Tour de France
8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
10th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
2014
7th Clásica de San Sebastián
8th Overall Tour de France
2015
6th Overall Tour of California

Grand Tour general classification results timeline:

Grand Tour 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Pink jersey Giro  —  —  —  —  — 49  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —
Yellow jersey Tour  — 73 39 5 WD 15 8 4 44 25 — 15 6 36 8
golden jersey Vuelta 10 43 10 — 40 — 34 44 — 14 — 25 — WD WD

Withdrew = WD; In Progress = IP.

References

  1. 1 2 "Haimar Zubeldia - Trek Factory Racing". Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  2. ↑ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Trek Factory Racing (TFR) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Haimar Zubeldia at RadioShack-Nissan-Trek". RadioShack-Nissan-Trek. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Giro Countdown: Cunego ready; Zubeldia resolute; Osa, Beloki realistic". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 6 May 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Haimar Zubeldia wins 2010 Tour de l’Ain by a hair". Velonews. Competitor. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  7. ↑ "Haimar Zubeldia at Cycling Archives". Cycling Archives (California). 28 December 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "Haimar Zubeldia at Cycling Base". Cycling Base (California). 28 December 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

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