Egoitz García

Egoitz García
	Egoitz García (2014).
Personal information
Full name	Egoitz García Echeguibel
Born	31 March 1986; Barakaldo, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team	Equipo Bolivia
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
2009	ECP
2009	Andorra–Grandvalira
Professional team(s)
2010–2011	Caja Rural
2012–2014	Cofidis[1]
2015	Murias Taldea
2016	Al Marakeb Cycling Team
2017–	Equipo Bolivia
Major wins
	Paris–Corrèze (2012)

Egoitz García Echeguibel (born 31 March 1986) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI Continental team Equipo Bolivia. He formerly rode for UCI Professional Continental Team Cofidis.^[2]

Born in Barakaldo, García has competed as a professional since the start of the 2010 season, riding as a member of the Caja Rural squad for two seasons before joining Cofidis for the 2012 season.^[3] In August 2012, García took his first victory for the team, by winning the two-stage Paris–Corrèze race in France; having finished with the peloton in stage one, García finished second to FDJ–BigMat's Kenny Elissonde on the final stage, after the pair had broken away from the main field.^[4] In December 2014 it was announced that García would join the new Basque-based Murias Taldea team for 2015.^[5]

Career achievements

Major results

2004: 3rd National Junior Time Trial Championships
2007: 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a Valladolid
2009: 1st GP Macario
2010: 7th Gran Premio de Llodio
2011: 7th Overall Tour of Turkey; 8th Cholet-Pays de Loire
2012: 1st Overall Paris–Corrèze
2013: 3rd Circuito de Getxo; 4th Trofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines; 4th Trofeo Platja de Muro; 7th Overall Tour du Haut Var; 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad; 10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2014: 3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo; 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2015: 7th National Road Race Championships; 9th Circuito de Getxo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013
Giro d'Italia	—	—
Tour de France	—	115
Vuelta a España	101	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

↑ "Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne (COF) – FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
↑ "Cofidis, Solutions Credits (COF) - FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
↑ "Egoitz García firma con el Cofidis Francés para la próxima campaña" [Egoitz García signed with the French Cofidis team for next season]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
↑ "Garcia wins Paris-Correze". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
↑ Windsor, Richard (1 December 2014). "New Pro Continental team hopes to replace Euskaltel-Euskadi as the 'model for Basque cycling'". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

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[1] "Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne (COF) – FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

[2] "Cofidis, Solutions Credits (COF) - FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

[3] "Egoitz García firma con el Cofidis Francés para la próxima campaña" [Egoitz García signed with the French Cofidis team for next season]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

[4] "Garcia wins Paris-Correze". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

[5] Windsor, Richard (1 December 2014). "New Pro Continental team hopes to replace Euskaltel-Euskadi as the 'model for Basque cycling'". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 13 December 2014.