Iñigo Cuesta

Iñigo Cuesta at the 2009 Tour de France

Iñigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro (born June 3, 1969 in Villarcayo , Burgos ) is a former Spanish cyclist .

In 1994 Cuesta became a professional with the Euskadi-Petronor cycling team . He celebrated his greatest success in 1998 with the overall victory of the Tour of the Basque Country . He achieved further success with stage victories in the Tour of Catalonia and the Dauphiné Libéré . In 2010 he started his 17th Vuelta a España with starting number 1 , which he only had to break off prematurely three times. In 2001 he achieved his best result with 13th place overall. Since 1994 he has started his home tour every year, making him the record participant in this Grand Tour .

His last season as a professional cyclist was with the Spanish Professional Continental Team Caja Rural . His last bike race was the Burgos Tour in August 2011 .

successes

1998

• Overall ranking of the Tour of the Basque Country

2000

• a stage Dauphiné Libéré

2005

• one stage tour of Catalonia

Placement in the Grand Tours

Grand Tour	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	-	-	-	85	-
Tour de France	-	-	DNF	70	-	-	-	63	49	127	-	-	-	51	-	87	-	-
Vuelta a España	15th	DNF	46	60	52	45	DNF	13	25th	22nd	DNF	29	27	41	37	35	26th	-

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

• 1994 Euskadi-Petronor
• 1995 Equipo Euskadi
• 1996-1998 ONCE
• 1999–2000 ONCE-Deutsche Bank
• 2001-2004 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
• 2005 Saunier Duval-Prodir
• 2006–2008 Team CSC
• 2009–2010 Cervélo TestTeam
• 2011 Caja Rural

Web links

• Iñigo Cuesta in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Iñigo Cuesta in the ProCyclingStats.com database