Alberto López de Munain

Alberto López de Munain
Personal information
Full name	Alberto López de Munain Ruiz de Gauna
Born	5 December 1972 (age 51); Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team
1996–2005	Equipo Euskadi

Alberto López de Munain Ruiz de Gauna (born December 5, 1972) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He became professional in 1996 and ended his professional career in 2005. He rode his entire career for the Euskaltel–Euskadi team.

During the 2005 Giro d'Italia, he suffered a terrible crash on stage two, and was diagnosed with a hydropneumothorax caused by nine broken ribs, a broken left clavicle, a broken shoulder blade and damage to his left shoulder.^[1] He did not race professionally afterwards.^[2]

Major results[edit]

1997

8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta

1999

6th Subida al Naranco

2000

1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias

1st Stage 1

2001: 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Asturias; 1st Stage 2 Clásica de Alcobendas
2003: 3rd Subida al Naranco; 3rd Subida a Urkiola; 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2004: 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Tour de France	—	—	77	—	98	—	—
Vuelta a España	71	30	129	65	—	91	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References[edit]

^ Trevorrow, John (May 16, 2005). "Lopez De Munain back in Spain". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
^ "Alberto López de Munain". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.