Ion Izagirre
Ion Izagirre (2014) | |
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Date of birth | 4th February 1989 |
nation | Spain |
discipline | Street |
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Current team | Astana |
function | driver |
Team (s) | |
2009–2010 2011–2013 2014–2016 2017–2018 2019– |
Orbea Euskaltel-Euskadi Movistar Team Bahrain-Merida Astana |
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Last updated: February 10, 2019 |
Ion Izagirre Insausti , also Ion Izaguirre , Jon Izagirre or Jon Izaguirre , (born February 4, 1989 in Ormáiztegui , Basque Country ) is a Spanish cyclist . He is the younger brother of the cyclist Gorka Izagirre .
Career
Ion Izagirre joined the Basque Continental Team Orbea in 2009 and moved to the Basque ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi in 2011 . For this team he won a stage each in the Vuelta a Asturias and the Giro d'Italia in 2012 . After the dissolution of the Euskaltel team, Izagirre switched to the Movistar team in 2014 and won the Spanish road racing championships in the same year. In the 2015 season he took over the overall lead in the final individual time trial of the Tour of Poland and thus won the tour by just two seconds over runner-up Bart De Clercq . In 2016 he won a. a. the one-day race Gran Premio Miguel Induráin , a stage of the Tour de Suisse , the Spanish time trial championship and the mountainous 20th stage of the Tour de France after an attack on the finish line. In spring 2019, he won the overall ranking of the Tour of Valencia , a stage from Paris-Nice and, after a general attack 60 kilometers from the final stage, the overall ranking of the Tour of the Basque Country, ahead of Emanuel Buchmann, who had been the leader until then .
successes
- 2012
- one stage tour of the Asturias
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
- 2014
- 2015
- Overall ranking Tour of Poland
- World Championship - Team Time Trial
- 2016
- Gran Premio Miguel Induráin
- Prologue Tour de Romandie
- one stage Tour de Suisse
- Spanish champion - individual time trial
- a stage Tour de France
- 2019
- Overall rating Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- a stage Paris – Nice
- Overall ranking of the Tour of the Basque Country
- Team time trial Vuelta a España
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | 48 | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | 36 |
Tour de France | - | 62 | 41 | - | 47 | DNF | 22nd | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 16 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Izaguirre triumphs after downhill attack in Morzine. radsport-news.com, July 23, 2016, accessed on July 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Suspended and misdirected: Buchmann still has to hand over yellow. In: radsport-news.com. April 13, 2019, accessed April 13, 2019 .
Web links
- Ion Izagirre in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Ion Izagirre in the ProCyclingStats.com database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Izagirre, Ion |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Izagirre Insausti, Ion (full name); Izagirre, Jon (alternative spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th February 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ormáiztegui |