Jorge Azanza
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| Jorge Azanza at the 2007 Tour de France | |
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| Date of birth | June 16, 1982 |
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 Spain
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| discipline | Street |
| Driver type | Mountain riders |
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| Current team | Fundación-Orbea |
| function | Sports director |
| Team (s) | |
| 2005–2006 2007–2013 |
Kaiku Euskaltel-Euskadi |
| Last updated: December 24, 2019 | |
Jorge Azanza Soto (born June 16, 1982 in Alsasua ) is a sports director and former Spanish cyclist .
Career
Jorge Azanza began his international career in 2005 with the Spanish Professional Continental Team Kaiku , after winning the overall ranking of the Vuelta a Córdoba last year and having achieved a stage win and a second stage place at the Bidasoa Itzulia . At the Mallorca Challenge 2006 he came eighth in the unofficial overall ranking. At the Trofeo Calvia he was sixth.
In 2007 he then moved to the Basque Euskaltel-Euskadi team. In the same year he went to the Tour de France for the first time , which he finished 82nd. In 2011 he rode the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España and in 2012 he took part in the Tour de France for the second time . In his last career year in 2013 he competed again in the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España 2013 and finished these tours in 33rd and 90th places.
In 2018 Azana became the sporting director of the UCI Continental Team Euskadi , which received a license as a UCI ProTeam for the 2020 season under the name Fundación-Orbea .
successes
- 2004
- Overall ranking Vuelta a Córdoba
- a stage of Bidasoa Itzulia
Web links
- Jorge Anzana as a cyclist in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Jorge Anzana as sporting director in the Radsportseiten.net database
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Azanza, Jorge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soto Azanza, Jorge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cyclist and sports director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alsasua |