Pello Bilbao
 Bilbao at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pello Bilbao López De Armentia |
| Born |
25 February 1990 Guernica, Spain |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Astana |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2009–2010 | Naturgas Energia |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2011 | Orbea Continental Team |
| 2011–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi[1] |
| 2014–2016 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA |
| 2017– | Astana |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia (born 25 February 1990) is a Spanish cyclist who rides for the UCI World Tour team Astana.[2]
Career
Bilbao joined Caja Rural–Seguros RGA for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[2] In 2015, Bilbao won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey, concluding his effort atop a steep climb.[3] He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[4]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2011
- 2nd Tour de Vendée
- 7th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2012
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2013
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2014
- 1st Klasika Primavera
- 7th Overall Tour of Norway
- 8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Tour de Beauce - 1st
Mountains classification Vuelta a Andalucía - 1st Stage 6 Tour of Turkey
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 2016
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Turkey
- 7th Milano–Torino
- 9th Overall Tour of Norway
- 2017
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | 66 |
| Tour de France |
— | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
60 | 97 | 78 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Basque Country's Euskaltel present UCI World Tour team". EITB. EiTB Group. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
The Basque backbone remains with Samuel Sanchez, Igor Anton, Ion Izagirre, Mikel Landa, Gorka Izagirre, Pello Bilbao, Mikel Astarloza and Mikel Nieve.
- 1 2 "Caja Rural-Seguros RGA ficha a Pello Bilbao y Lluís Más" [Caja Rural-Seguros RGA sign Pello Bilbao and Lluís Más]. Marca.com (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Tour of Turkey: Bilbao wins stage 6 in Selçuk". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
External links
- Pello Bilbao at Cycling Archives
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