Английская Википедия:Euskaltel–Euskadi (1994–2013)

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Шаблон:Infobox cycling team Euskaltel–Euskadi (Шаблон:UCI code) was a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain, Europe. The team was commercially sponsored, but was also partly funded by the Basque Government until the end of 2013, with riders either from the Basque Country, Navarre, La Rioja, and the French Basque Country, or who had grown up in the cycling culture of those regions: This policy was abandoned to enable retention of World Tour status. Its sponsor was Euskaltel, a Basque telecom company. Euskaltel–Euskadi was famous for its all-orange team kits. Whenever the Tour de France passed through the Basque Country many spectators lined the route dressed in the team's orange or the colours of the Basque flag. The Euskaltel team also has a second team inside the "Fundacion Euskadi", this team rode in a continental category, the name of the team was Orbea. This team was created with the aim of forming the young cyclist before going to the Euskaltel–Euskadi.

History

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Euskaltel-Euskadi team in 2008

Following the creation of the Euskadi Cycling Foundation (June 1993), Euskadi was established in 1994 (as Euskadi-Petronor), and has been recognizable among the peloton for their bright orange kit (which developed later in the team's history). After a financially turbulent first few seasons, in which the team was on the brink of folding multiple times, they secured their long term and most successful sponsor Euskaltel. By 1999, with Roberto Laiseka winning the team's first Grand Tour stage win this investment had paid off. In 2001 they were invited to the Tour de France and achieved another victory for Laiseka in the Pyrénées.

After a 2003 Tour de France breakthrough success during which both Iban Mayo and Haimar Zubeldia finished in the top-10 of the general classification, with Mayo winning the prized Alpe d'Huez stage. Euskaltel–Euskadi was considered to be a strong contender for the 2004 Tour de France as well. Iban Mayo's commanding victory in the 2004 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré stage race (traditionally seen as one of the tests for Tour de France contenders), including defeating Lance Armstrong in the Mont Ventoux hill climb individual time trial stage, further fueled the hype. Unfortunately, Mayo was injured in a crash on a pavé section of an early stage of the Tour de France, and abandoned in the first Pyrénées stage. Zubeldia also failed to deliver in the 2004 Tour de France, to the chagrin of Basque fans lining the road. "I wish that our uniform was not so easy to spot," admitted directeur sportif Julián Gorospe.

In the 2005 season the team recruited Aitor González, who won the Tour de Suisse. They again failed to make an impression in the 2005 Tour de France. In 2006 the sporting director Julián Gorospe was replaced by Igor González de Galdeano, who became technical secretary. Euskaltel–Euskadi ranked 13th in the UCI World Tour rankings among 18 teams, but only the top 15 teams automatically qualify for the World Tour for the following year ^(source?). The other teams qualify based on a variety of criteria, including team points and a dedication to clean racing, but the most important are points earned by individual riders.

Under points pressure, Euskaltel confirmed in 2012 that it would break with its long-standing policy of signing a majority of Basque riders and would employ riders of other countries to assure its UCI World Tour standing. This has had knock on effects for the makeup of other traditionally Basque teams such as Orbea and Caja Rural. For example, in the 2013 season Euskaltel's Amets Txurruka and Iván Velasco moved to Шаблон:UCI team code.

The withdrawal of sponsorship via government funds prompted the team to announce it would be unable to continue after the 2013 season. In September 2013 Formula One racing driver Fernando Alonso expressed a wish to ensure the team's survival by buying their UCI World Tour license but reached no agreement with the team.

In 2018 Mikel Landa, the President of the Euskadi Cycling Foundation, established Team Fundación Euskadi on the Continental tour. In 2020, Euskaltel revived its sponsorship, thereby rebranding the team with the name of its predecessor, Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Major wins

1995

Stages 4 & 8 Volta ao Algarve, Asier Guenetxea

1996

Memorial Manuel Galera, Iñaki Ayarzagüena

Txitxarro Igoera, Iñaki Ayarzagüena

Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias, Álvaro González de Galdeano

Шаблон:Flagu Time Trial Championship, Iñigo González de Heredia

1997

Stage 4 Vuelta a los Valles Mineros, Igor González de Galdeano

1998

Stage 8 Tour de l'Avenir, Txema Del Olmo Zendegi

Stages 7 & 12 Volta a Portugal, Unai Etxebarria

Clásica de Sabiñánigo, Igor González de Galdeano

Stage 5 Volta a Galicia, Igor González de Galdeano

1999

Stage 1 GP Mitsubishi, Aitor Silloniz

Stage 4 GP Jornal de Noticias, José Alberto Martínez

Stage 1 GP du Midi-Libre, José Alberto Martínez

Stage 18 Vuelta a España, Roberto Laiseka

2000

Overall, GP Jornal de Noticias, Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga

Stages 1 & 4 GP Jornal de Noticias, Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga

Klasika Primavera, Unai Etxebarria

Overall Tour de l'Avenir, Iker Flores

Stage 8, Aitor Kintana

Stage 9, Iker Flores

Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Alberto Lopez de Munain Ruiz de Gauna

Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias, Alberto Lopez de Munain Ruiz de Gauna

Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos, José Alberto Martínez

Overall Euskal Bizikleta, Haimar Zubeldia

Stage 4b, Haimar Zubeldia

2001

Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía, Mikel Artetxe

Stage 3 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, David Etxebarria

Stage 3 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Aitor Silloniz

Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country, Angel Castresana

Stage 4 Vuelta a La Rioja, Igor Flores

Stage 5 Vuelta a Asturias, Alberto López de Munain

Overall GP du Midi-Libre, Iban Mayo

Classique des Alpes, Iban Mayo

Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Unai Etxebarria

Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Iban Mayo

Stage 14 Tour de France, Roberto Laiseka

2002

Trofeo Manacor, Igor Flores

Overall Critérium International, José Alberto Martínez

Stages 5a & 5b Tour of the Basque Country, David Etxebarria

Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León, David Herrero

Stage 4a Euskal Bizikleta, David Etxebarria

Stage 5 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Mikel Artetxe

Stage 7 Tour de l'Avenir, Aitor Silloniz

2003

Overall Tour of the Basque Country, Iban Mayo

Stages 1, 5a & 5b Iban Mayo

Stage 1 Vuelta a La Rioja, David Herrero

Stage 1 Euskal Bizikleta, David Etxebarria

Prologue & Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Iban Mayo

Stage 1 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Lander Euba

Stage 8 Tour de France, Iban Mayo

Stage 5 Vuelta a Burgos, Gorka González

Overall Tour de l'Avenir, Egoi Martínez

2004

Trofeo Calvià, Unai Etxebarria

Overall Clásica de Alcobendas, Iban Mayo

Stages 1 & 2, Iban Mayo

Subida al Naranco, Iban Mayo

GP Llodio, Unai Etxebarria

Overall Vuelta a Asturias, Iban Mayo

Stage 5 Euskal Bizikleta, Roberto Laiseka

Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Iban Mayo

Prologue & Stage 4, Iban Mayo

2005

Stage 2 Clásica de Alcobendas, David Herrero

GP Llodio, David Herrero

Stage 4b Euskal Bizikleta, David Herrero

Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Iñigo Landaluze

Overall Tour de Suisse, Aitor González

Stage 9, Aitor González

Stage 5 Vuelta a Burgos, David Herrero

Stage 11 Vuelta a España, Roberto Laiseka

Stage 13 Vuelta a España, Samuel Sánchez

Escalada a Montjuïc, Samuel Sánchez

2006

Stages 2 & 3 Tour of the Basque Country, Samuel Sánchez

Stage 5 Euskal Bizikleta, David Herrero

Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Iban Mayo

Stage 3 Vuelta a Asturias, Samuel Sánchez

Overall Vuelta a Burgos, Iban Mayo

Stage 4, Iban Mayo

Subida a Urkiola, Iban Mayo

Stage 13 Vuelta a España, Samuel Sánchez

Stage 16 Vuelta a España, Igor Antón

Züri-Metzgete, Samuel Sánchez

Escalada a Montjuïc, Igor Antón

2007

Trofeo Calvià, Unai Etxebarria

Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico, Koldo Fernández

Stage 6 Tour of the Basque Country, Samuel Sánchez

Stage 4 Tour de Romandie, Igor Antón

Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya, Samuel Sánchez

Stages 15, 19 & 20 Vuelta a España, Samuel Sánchez

2008

Stage 5 Vuelta a Murcia, Koldo Fernández

Stage 5 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Koldo Fernández

Stage 2b Vuelta a Asturias, Samuel Sánchez

Stage 2 Euskal Bizikleta, Koldo Fernández

Stage 2 Tour de Suisse, Igor Antón

Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos, Koldo Fernández

Tour de Vendée, Koldo Fernández

2009

Stage 2 Volta ao Algarve, Koldo Fernández

GP Llodio, Samuel Sánchez

Circuito de Getxo, Koldo Fernández

Subida a Urkiola, Igor Antón

Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos, Koldo Fernández

2010

Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country, Samuel Sánchez

Klasika Primavera, Samuel Sánchez

Stage 3 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Igor Antón

Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias, Pablo Urtasun

Stage 3b Vuelta a Asturias, Beñat Intxausti

Stage 5 Tour de Romandie, Igor Antón

Stage 1 Bayern Rundfahrt, Rubén Pérez

Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg, Gorka Izagirre

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Gorka Izagirre

Overall Vuelta a Burgos, Samuel Sánchez

Stage 1, Koldo Fernández

Stages 2 & 5, Samuel Sánchez

Stages 4 & 11 Vuelta a España, Igor Antón

Stage 16 Vuelta a España, Mikel Nieve

Tour de Vendée, Koldo Fernández

2011

GP Miguel Induráin, Samuel Sánchez

Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country, Samuel Sánchez

Prologue Tour de Romandie, Jonathan Castroviejo

Stage 1 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, Jonathan Castroviejo

Stage 14 Giro d'Italia, Igor Antón

Stage 15 Giro d'Italia, Mikel Nieve

Stage 12 Tour de France, Samuel Sánchez

Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos, Samuel Sánchez

Stage 5 Vuelta a Burgos, Mikel Landa

Stage 19 Vuelta a España, Igor Antón

2012

Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya, Samuel Sánchez

Файл:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of the Basque Country, Samuel Sánchez

Stages 3 & 6 (ITT), Samuel Sánchez

Stage 2b (ITT) Vuelta a Asturias, Jon Izagirre

Stage 16 Giro d'Italia, Jon Izagirre

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Gorka Izagirre

Stage 7 Tour of Britain, Pablo Urtasun

2013

Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Pablo Urtasun

Stage 2 Vuelta a Castilla y León, Juan José Lobato

Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné, Samuel Sánchez

Шаблон:GRE Time Trial Championships, Ioannis Tamouridis

Шаблон:GRE Road Race Championships, Ioannis Tamouridis

Circuito de Getxo, Juan José Lobato

See also

• List of cycling teams in Spain
• Orbea (cycling team)
• Шаблон:UCI team code
• Athletic Bilbao, football club with a similar Basque player hiring policy

External links

• Шаблон:Official website
• UCI Team profile