Jorge Azanza

Jorge Azanza
Azanza at the 2007 Tour de France.
Personal information
Full name Jorge Azanza Soto
Born (1982-06-16) 16 June 1982
Alsasua, Navarre, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2005–2006 Kaiku-Caja Rural
2007–2013 Euskaltel–Euskadi
Major wins
Vuelta a Cordoba 2004

Jorge Azanza Soto (born 16 June 1982 in Alsasua, Navarre) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He last competed for the UCI ProTour team Euskaltel–Euskadi.[1]

In 2004, Azanza won his first and still only races, when he finished first in the overall rankings of the Vuelta a Córdoba. He also won Part A of the third stage in the Bidasoa Itzulia in that same year. In 2007 he made his Tour de France debut.

Career achievements

Major results

2004
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Cordoba
  • 1st Stage 3a Bidasoa Itzulia
2005
9th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — 67 — 33
A yellow jersey Tour de France 81 — — — — 74 —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — 97 — 90
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
Azanza at the 2007 Tour de France, during the seventh stage of the race.

References

  1. ↑ "Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 5 January 2013.


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