Ion Izagirre
.JPG) Izagirre at the 2014 Tour de France | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Ion Izagirre Insausti | ||||||||||
| Born |
4 February 1989 Ormaiztegi, Basque Country, Spain | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
| Current team | Bahrain–Merida | ||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and cyclo-cross | ||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||
| Amateur team(s) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Seguros Bilbao | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Orbea (stagiaire) | ||||||||||
| Professional team(s) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Orbea | ||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi[1] | ||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Movistar Team[2] | ||||||||||
| 2017– | Bahrain–Merida | ||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ion Izagirre Insausti[3] (born 4 February 1989) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer and cyclo-cross rider, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–Merida. He is sometimes referred to as Jon Izaguirre,[4] to retain the correct pronunciation under Castilian orthography.[5]
Career
Born in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Izagirre comes from a family of professional cyclists, as both his father José Ramón and brother Gorka have competed professionally on the roads and in cyclo-cross. Having joined the Euskaltel–Euskadi team – alongside brother Gorka – from the 2011 season onwards,[6]
Izagirre won his first professional races in the spring of 2012; he won the individual time trial at the Vuelta a Asturias in April,[7] before taking a victory during his Grand Tour début at the Giro d'Italia. During the sixteenth stage, Izagirre made a solo breakaway with 4 km (2.5 mi) remaining, before winning the stage by sixteen seconds from his nearest competitor.[8][9]
Following the collapse of the Euskatel-Euskadi team at the end of the 2013 season, both Izagirre brothers were signed by the Movistar Team for the 2014 season.[2]
In 2015, Izaguirre won the Tour de Pologne. He started the final stage sixth on general classification but overhauled race leader Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and the others above him by virtue of a superior time trial performance on the rolling 25km circuit.[10]
Izaguirre won Stage 20 of the 2016 Tour de France in Morzine, after attacking on the wet descent from a three rider group that led over the final climb of Col de Joux Plane.[11]
Izaguirre moved to the newly-formed Bahrain-Merida Pro Cycling Team for the 2017 season. He was the team's GC leader at the 2017 Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 1, an individual time trial in Düsseldorf, suffering a lumbar fracture which ended his season.[12]
He was joined at Bahrain-Merida by his brother Gorka for the 2018 season. In August 2018 it was announced that the brothers would join Astana in 2019.[13]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2006
- 3rd National Junior Cyclo–cross Championships
- 2008
- 1st Gipuzkoa Individual Time Trial
- 3rd Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 2009
- 1st Basque Under–23 Cyclo–cross Championships
- 1st Memorial Angel Mantecon
- 1st Stage 4 Bizkaiko Bira
- 5th Overall Bidasoa Itzulia
- 2011
- 4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2012
- 1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 2b (ITT) Vuelta a Asturias
- 3rd Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 7th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2013
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 6th Overall Tour of Britain
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2015
- 1st
- 2nd GP Miguel Indurain
- 2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 3rd
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2016
- 1st
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France
- 1st GP Miguel Indurain
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 8 (ITT)
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue
- 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 8th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 8th Overall Eneco Tour
- 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2017
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 6th Vuelta a Murcia
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 2018
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 4th Overall Paris–Nice
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 9th Overall Vuelta a España
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results timeline | ||||||||
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| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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— | 48 | — | — | 27 | — | — | — |
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— | — | 69 | 41 | — | 47 | DNF | 22 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Major stage race general classification results timeline | ||||||||
| Race | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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— | — | 55 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
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24 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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— | — | 47 | 55 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 |
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103 | — | — | 8 | — | 3 | 5 | 11 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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— | — | 34 | 43 | DNF | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
References
- ↑ "Euskaltel to be led by Izaguirre brothers and Astarloza in Santos Tour Down Under". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- 1 2 "Ion Izagirre also to ride for Movistar Team". Movistar Team. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "Spain's Jon Izagirre wins maiden grand tour stage on day 16 as Joaquim Rodríguez retains lead". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ "16ª etapa Giro de Italia: Ion Izagirre le da la primera victoria a Euskaltel Euskadi en el Giro 2012" [Giro d'Italia Stage 16: Ion Izagirre gives Euskaltel Euskadi its first victory in the Giro]. Euskaltel–Euskadi (in Spanish). Fundación Euskadi. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ "Izenak & Abizenak: Basque names & surnames". nabasque.org. North American Basque Organizations. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ Hood, Andrew (23 November 2010). "Euskaltel-Euskadi celebrates best season in team history". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ "Izagirre wins time trial in Piedras Blancas". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ Westemeyer, Susan (22 May 2012). "Izagirre triumphs in Giro stage 16 to Falzes". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ Atkins, Ben (22 May 2012). "Jon Izagirre takes breakaway stage sixteen as the peloton sleeps". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/third-time-lucky-for-overall-winner-izagirre-at-the-tour-de-pologne/
- ↑ Benson, Daniel (23 July 2016). "Froome set to win 2016 Tour de France ahead of procession to Paris". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ion-izagirre-sustains-lumbar-fracture-in-tour-de-france-crash/
- ↑ "Izagirre brothers sign for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
External links
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- Euskaltel-Euskadi profile
- Ion Izagirre at Cycling Archives
- Cycling Quotient profile