Haimar Zubeldia
.jpg) Zubeldia at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné |
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre |
| Born | 1 April 1977 Usurbil, Spain |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | RadioShack-Leopard |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1998–2008 2009 2010–2011 2012– |
Euskaltel-Euskadi Astana Team RadioShack RadioShack-Nissan |
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Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (born 1 April 1977 in Usurbil, Basque Country) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who rides for RadioShack-Leopard on the UCI ProTour.[1]
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Career [edit]
Zubeldia turned professional in 1998. He is a consistent rider on the UCI ProTour especially in the Grand Tours and stage races. His team considers him as a strong climber and time-trialist.[2]
His first success was in 2000, when he won The Euskal Bizikleta and finished 2nd in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in overall classification and winning the Young Rider competition. He finished 4th in the same race in 2002 where he also won the young rider's classifaction for the second time.
In the Tour de France, Zubeldia's highest overall placing is 5th in 2003 and again in 2007. In the 2003 Tour, he had some great finishes against Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich in the mountains and time-trial. After this strong performance he backed it up with a 15th and 8th in the Tour de France in 2005 and 2006 respectively. He finished 16th in The 2011 Tour de France. He also put in a good result in 2012 where he finished 6th overall. Zubeldia has also performed well in the Vuelta a España finishing 10th twice in 2000 and 2002.
Despite the high placings, Zubeldia did not win races in that period; after his win in 2000 in the Bicicleta Vasca, it took him 10 years to win again, until he won the Tour de l'Ain in 2010.[3]
Major results [edit]
- 2000 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 1st
Overall Euskal Bizikleta - 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st
Youth Classification
- 1st
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2001 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2002 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Youth Classification
- 1st
- 11th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2003 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia
- 2004 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 3rd Overall Vuelta Asturias
- 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 2005 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 7th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 15th Overall Tour de France
- 2006 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2007 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 2008 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2009 – Astana
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2010 – Team RadioShack
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Prologue
- 4th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2011 – Team RadioShack
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 16th Overall Tour de France
- 2012 – RadioShack-Nissan
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 10th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
Grand Tour general classification results timeline [edit]
| Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| Giro | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tour | – | 73 | 39 | 5 | WD | 15 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 27 | – | 15 | 6 |
| Vuelta | 10 | 43 | 10 | – | 40 | – | 34 | 44 | – | 14 | – | 25 | – |
References [edit]
- ^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Haimar Zubeldia Bio". Team Radioshack. Livestrong.
- ^ "Haimar Zubeldia wins 2010 Tour de l’Ain by a hair". Velonews. Competitor. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Haimar Zubeldia |
- Haimar Zubeldia profile at Cycling Archives
