Koldo Gil
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Gil and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Koldo Gil Pérez | ||
| Born | January 16, 1978  Spain |
||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Retired | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2001–2002 2003–2005 2006–2007 2008 |
Banesto Liberty Seguros Saunier Duval-Prodir Liberty Seguros Continental |
||
| Major wins | |||
|
|||
| Infobox last updated on February 3, 2008 |
|||
Koldo Gil Pérez (born 16 January 1978 in Burlata, Navarra) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental. His career highlights include winning a stage of the Giro d'Italia and leading the overall classification at the Tour de Suisse.
At the 2006 Tour de Suisse, Gil took stage 6 and held the leader's yellow jersey until the final stage when he was overtaken by 2004 winner Jan Ullrich in the final stage's individual time trial. He finished a disappointing second.
After Gil was unable to find a team for the 2009 season, he announced his retirement.[1]
[edit] Major achievements
- 2001 – iBanesto.com
- 2002 – iBanesto.com
- Stage 3 – Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2003 – ONCE-Eroski
- 3rd overall – Volta a Catalunya
- 2004 – Liberty Seguros-Würth Cycling Team
- Overall – Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2005 – Liberty Seguros-Würth
- Overall – Vuelta a Murcia
- Stage 7 – Giro d'Italia
- 2006 – Saunier Duval - Prodir
- Overall and Stage 6 – Tour de Suisse
- Overall and Stages 1 and 4b – Euskal Bizikleta
- 8th – La Flèche Wallonne
- 2007 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
- Overall – Vuelta Asturias
- Subida al Naranco
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Koldo Gil at Trap-Friis.dk
   |
This biographical article relating to Spanish cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
