Gorka Izagirre

Gorka Izagirre Insausti (born 7 October 1987) is a professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana–Premier Tech.[7] He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Ion Izagirre.[8]

Gorka Izagirre
Izagirre at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full nameGorka Izagirre Insausti
Born (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987
Ormaiztegi, Basque Country, Spain
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamAstana–Premier Tech
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2009Contentpolis–Ampo
2010–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi[2]
2014–2017Movistar Team[3]
2018Bahrain–Merida[4]
2019–Astana[5][6]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2017)
Vuelta a España
2 TTT stages (2014, 2019)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2018)
Gran Trittico Lombardo (2020)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Izagirre and the second or maternal family name is Insausti.

Career

Both brothers were signed by the Movistar Team for the 2014 season,[3] with Jon leaving for Bahrain–Merida at the beginning of 2017.

Movistar Team (2014–2017)

Izagirre won the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia for the third time in his career in 2014. His first top 10 in a World Tour stage race came in 2015, when he placed 9th in Paris–Nice. In 2017, Izagirre finished fourth overall at Paris–Nice and won stage 8 in the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia.

Bahrain–Merida (2018)

Izagirre signed with the Bahrain–Merida team for the 2018 season. He started off the season with 7th overall at Tour Down Under, and then took 3rd place overall at the Tour of Oman. He was captain of the Bahrain–Merida team together with his brother Ion Izagirre at Paris–Nice. They attacked on the downhill on the last stage and the brothers looked to finish 1st and 2nd but they both crashed in a turn on the downhill section, meaning their bikes tangled together. They lost their advantage and Gorka finished 3rd overall. In late June, Izagirre finished 2nd in the Spanish National Time Trial Championships, and days later he won the Spanish National Road Race Championships. Going into the Tour de France, Izagirre was a domestique for team captain Vincenzo Nibali, however Nibali went out of the race on stage 13, meaning Izagirre had the chance to hunt stage wins. He managed to get into the breakaway on stage 16 and finished 2nd on the stage, 15 seconds down on stage winner Julian Alaphilippe.

Astana

In August 2018 it was announced that the Izagirre brothers would join Astana in 2019.[9]

Major results
Izagirre at the 2018 Tour de France
2010
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg
2011
2nd Trofeo Deia
9th Trofeo Inca
10th Overall Tour du Haut Var
2012
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2013
7th Overall Tour Down Under
2014
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
2nd Klasika Primavera
2015
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
8th Overall Tour Down Under
9th Overall Paris–Nice
2016
2nd Klasika Primavera
5th Overall Dubai Tour
2017
1st Klasika Primavera
1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
4th Overall Paris–Nice
8th GP Miguel Induráin
2018
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
3rd Overall Tour of Oman
7th Overall Tour Down Under
Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España
2019
1st Overall Tour de la Provence
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Clásica de San Sebastián
9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2020
1st Gran Trittico Lombardo
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
Combativity award Stage 6 Vuelta a España

General classification results timeline
Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia — — — — — 83 — — 28 — — —
Tour de France — — 66 39 DNF — 32 DNF — 24 42 22
/ Vuelta a España — — — — — 37 — — — 29 53 19
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Paris–Nice — — 54 72 18 12 9 19 4 3 DNF —
Tirreno–Adriatico Has not contested during his career
Volta a Catalunya — 87 — — — — — — — — — NH
Tour of the Basque Country DNF — — DNF 52 29 62 DNF 55 41 28
Tour de Romandie — — — — — — — 19 — 22 —
Critérium du Dauphiné — — — — 43 — 19 — — — 18 31
Tour de Suisse — — 18 22 — — — 12 — 32 — NH
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held

References
  1. "Astana – Pro Team". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. "Euskaltel to be led by Izaguirre brothers and Astarloza in Santos Tour Down Under". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. "Ion Izagirre also to ride for Movistar Team". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports, S.L. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  4. "New signings for Bahrain-Merida – Transfer Shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018. Bahrain-Merida has strengthened its team for 2018 by signing Gorka Izagirre and Matej Mohorič.
  5. "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. "Spanish sensations confirmed for Santos Tour Down Under". Tour Down Under. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  9. "Izagirre brothers sign for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

Media related to Gorka Izagirre at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.