Pedro Horrillo

Pedro Horrillo at the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2007

Pedro Horrillo Muñoz (born September 27, 1974 in Eibar ) is a former Spanish cyclist .

Life

Pedro Horrillo began his career in 1998 with the Vitalicio Seguros cycling team . His first stage win was in the Tour of Portugal in 2000 . He then switched to the Italian-Belgian team Mapei-Quick Step . In four years he won stages at the Euskal Bizikleta , the Uniqa Classic and at Paris – Nice . From 2005 Horrillo drove for the Dutch ProTeam Rabobank . At the Tour of Catalonia he was able to celebrate a stage win.

On May 16, 2009, Horrillo had a serious accident on the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia 2009 . On the descent of the Passo Culmine San Pietro, he broke through a barrier and fell 60 meters deep into a ravine. He survived seriously injured.

In January 2010, the Spaniard announced that he would end his career as a professional cyclist, as he could no longer build on his previous achievements after the fall.

Palmarès

2000

• one stage tour of Portugal

2001

• a stage tour of Lower Saxony

2002

• a stage in Euskal Bizikleta

2003

• one stage Uniqa Classic

2004

• a stage Paris – Nice
• one stage Uniqa Classic

2005

• one stage tour of Catalonia

2006

• a stage Saxony tour

Teams

• 1998-2000 Vitalicio Seguros
• 2001-2002 Mapei-Quick Step
• 2003-2004 Quick Step Davitamon
• 2005–2009 Rabobank

Web links

• Pedro Horrillo in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Pedro Horrillo in the Tour de France database(French / English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 60 meters deep into a gorge. (No longer available online.) Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 17, 2009, archived from the original on June 27, 2009 ; Retrieved December 26, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Horrillo ends his career. radsport-news.com, January 8, 2010, accessed December 26, 2013 .