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**José Luis Arrieta**
	Arrieta at the 2008 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name	José Luis Arrieta Lujambio
Date of birth	June 15, 1971 (age 38)
Country	Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Ag2r-La Mondiale
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)1
1993–2005; 2006–	Banesto; AG2R Prévoyance
Major wins
	Vuelta a España, 1 stage
	Infobox last updated on:
	December 24, 2007 1 Team names given are those prevailing; at time of rider beginning association with that team.

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Arrieta and the second is Lujambio.

José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (born 15 June 1971, in San Sebastián) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Ag2r-La Mondiale. He has been a professional since 1993.

Arrieta was a devoted domestique for Miguel Indurain. L'Équipe said of him:

"He no longer counts the hours, the years, spent with his nose in the wind trying to protect his leader for as long as possible."^[1]

Arrieta said:

“

When you have the chance to start your career in so big a team and at the side of a champion as great as Indurain, you grow in the service of sacrifice. I don't complain. To the contrary, I had the chance to live some wonderful moments. When Indurain won, or another rider for whom we had decided to work, it was a victory for all the team men as well."^[1]

”

[edit] Major achievements

1993 – Banesto: First year as a professional
1994 – Banesto
1997 – Banesto
1998 – Banesto
2000 – Banesto
2001 – iBanesto.com
2002 – iBanesto.com: 1st, Metas Volantes Classification, Grande Premio M.R. Cortez/Mitsubishi (2.3); 1st, Stage 1, Vuelta Asturias (2.3)
2003 – iBanesto.com
2004 – Illes Balears-Banesto
2005 – Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
2006 – AG2R Prévoyance: 1st, Stage 19, 2006 Vuelta a España

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b L'Équipe, 7 July 2007

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