| Euskaltel-Euskadi |  | | Team information | | UCI code | EUS | | Based |  Spain | | Founded | 1994 | | Discipline(s) | Road | | Status | ProTour | | Key personnel | | General manager | Miguel Madariga | | Team name history | 2005–
ProTour
2001–2004
Div. I
1998–2000
1995–1997
1994 | Euskaltel-Euskadi
(EUS)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
(EUS)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Equipo Euskadi
Euskadi-Petronor | | | Euskaltel-Euskadi (UCI Team Code: EUS) is a professional road bicycle racing team. The team is commercially sponsored, but also works as an unofficial Basque national team and is partly funded by the Basque Government. Its riders are either Basque, or at least have grown up in the Basque cycling culture. Its sponsor is Euskaltel, a Basque telecom company. Euskatel-Euskadi is famous for its all-orange team kits, and it has been known to hand out orange Euskaltel t-shirts and Basque flags to fans when the Tour de France makes a swing into the Basque Country. After a breakthrough 2003 Tour de France during which both Iban Mayo and Haimar Zubeldia finished in the top-10 of the general classification, with Mayo winning the Alpe d'Huez stage, Euskaltel-Euskadi was considered to be a strong contender for the 2004 Tour de France. Iban Mayo's commanding victory in the Dauphiné Libéré stage race (traditionally seen as one of the tests for Tour de France contenders), including defeating Lance Armstrong in the Mont Ventoux hill climb individual time trial stage, further fueled the hype. Unfortunately, Mayo was injured in a crash on a pavé section of an early stage of the Tour de France, and abandoned in the first Pyrénées stage. Zubeldia also failed to deliver in the same edition of Tour de France, to the chagrin of Basque fans lining the road. "I wish that our uniform was not so easy to spot," admitted directeur sportif Julian Gorospe. In the 2005 season the team recruited Aitor González, who won the Tour de Suisse. They again failed to make an impression in the 2005 Tour de France. Created in 1994, the team has participated in seven Tours de France with three stage wins, most recently in 2009. In 2006 the sporting director Julian Gorospe was replaced by Igor González de Galdeano, who became technical secretary, and the team budget is $7.8 million. [edit] Results - 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- GP Jornal de Noticias, Stage 1 - Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga
- GP Jornal de Noticias, Stage 4 - Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga
- GP Jornal de Noticias, General classification - Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga
- Klasika Primavera - Unai Etxebarria
- Tour de l'Avenir, Stage 8 - Aitor Kintana Zarate
- Tour de l'Avenir, Stage 9 - Iker Flores
- Tour de l'Avenir, General classification - Iker Flores
- Dauphiné Libéré, Prologue - Alberto Lopez de Munain Ruiz de Gauna
- Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 1 - Alberto Lopez de Munain Ruiz de Gauna
- Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 1 - José Alberto Martinez Trinidad
- Euskal Bizikleta, Stage 4b - Haimar Zubeldia
- Euskal Bizikleta, General classification - Haimar Zubeldia
- 2001
- Ruta del Sol, Stage 5 - Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga
- Vuelta al País Vasco, Stage 4 - Angel Castresana del Val
- Vuelta Valenciana, Stage 3 - David Etxebarria
- Dauphiné Libéré, Stage 3 - Unai Etxebarria
- Dauphiné Libéré, Stage 6 - Iban Mayo
- Vuelta a la Rioja, Stage 4 - Igor Flores
- Tour de France, Stage 14 - Roberto Laiseka
- Clasica Alcobendas, Stage 2 - Alberto Lopez de Munain Ruiz de Gauna
- Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 5 - Alberto Lopez de Munain Ruiz de Gauna
- Classique des Alpes - Iban Mayo
- GP du Midi-Libre - Iban Mayo
- Setmana Catalana, Stage 3 - Aitor Silloniz Aresti
- 2002
- 2003
- Euskal Bizikleta, Stage 1 - David Etxebarria
- Troféu Joaquim Agostinho - GP de Ciclismo de Torres Vedras, Stage 1 - Lander Euba Ziarrusta
- Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 5 - Gorka Gonzalez Larrañaga
- Vuelta a la Rioja, Stage 1 - David Herrero
- Tour de l'Avenir, General classification - Egoi Martínez
- Dauphiné Libéré, Prologue - Iban Mayo
- Dauphiné Libéré, Stage 4 (TT) - Iban Mayo
- Tour de France, Stage 8 (L'Alpe d'Huez) - Iban Mayo
- Vuelta al País Vasco, Stage 1 - Iban Mayo
- Vuelta al País Vasco, Stage 5a - Iban Mayo
- Vuelta al País Vasco, Stage 5b - Iban Mayo
- Vuelta al País Vasco, General Classification - Iban Mayo
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
[edit] Grand Tour results [edit] Stage race results Top 3 General Classification finishes [edit] 2009 ProTeam As of 25 January 2009.[1] | Rider | Date of Birth | | Josu Agirre (ESP) | May 23, 1981 (1981-05-23) (age 28) | | Igor Antón (ESP) | March 2, 1983 (1983-03-02) (age 26) | | Javier Aramendia (ESP) | December 5, 1986 (1986-12-05) (age 23) | | Mikel Astarloza (ESP) | November 17, 1979 (1979-11-17) (age 30) | | Jorge Azanza (ESP) | June 16, 1982 (1982-06-16) (age 27) | | Sergio De Lis (ESP) | May 9, 1986 (1986-05-09) (age 23) | | Koldo Fernández (ESP) | September 13, 1981 (1981-09-13) (age 28) | | Aitor Galdós (ESP) | November 8, 1979 (1979-11-08) (age 30) | | Aitor Hernández (ESP) | January 24, 1982 (1982-01-24) (age 27) | | Markel Irizar (ESP) | February 5, 1980 (1980-02-05) (age 29) | | Iñaki Isasi (ESP) | April 20, 1977 (1977-04-20) (age 32) | | Andoni Lafuente (ESP) | September 6, 1985 (1985-09-06) (age 24) | | | | Rider | Date of Birth | | Iñigo Landaluze (ESP) | May 9, 1977 (1977-05-09) (age 32) | | Egoi Martínez (ESP) | May 15, 1978 (1978-05-15) (age 31) | | Mikel Nieve (ESP) | May 26, 1984 (1984-05-26) (age 25) | | Juan José Oroz (ESP) | November 7, 1980 (1980-11-07) (age 29) | | Alan Pérez (ESP) | July 15, 1982 (1982-07-15) (age 27) | | Rubén Pérez (ESP) | October 30, 1981 (1981-10-30) (age 28) | | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | February 5, 1978 (1978-02-05) (age 31) | | Amets Txurruka (ESP) | November 10, 1982 (1982-11-10) (age 27) | | Pablo Urtasun (ESP) | March 29, 1980 (1980-03-29) (age 29) | | Iván Velasco (ESP) | February 8, 1980 (1980-02-08) (age 29) | | Gorka Verdugo (ESP) | November 4, 1978 (1978-11-04) (age 31) | | [edit] Team equipment - Bike: Orbea
- Components: Shimano
- Wheels: Shimano
- Apparel: Etxe-Ondo
- Saddles: Selle Italia
- Helmets: Catlike
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