Gorka Izagirre
{{short description|Spanish racing cyclist}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Gorka Izagirre
| image = Ion Izagirre at the rider presentation of Itzulia Basque Country stage 3.jpg
| caption = Izagirre in Espelette, 2024 Itzulia.
| fullname = Gorka Izagirre Insausti
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|10|07}}
| birth_place = Ormaiztegi, Basque Country, Spain
| weight = {{convert|66|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Cyclo-cross}}
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Climber
| amateuryears1 = 2008
| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|NGC|2008}} (stagiaire)
| proyears1 = 2009
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|CNM|2009}}
| proyears2 = 2010–2013
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|EUS|2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13621/Euskaltel-to-be-led-by-Izaguirre-brothers-and-Astarloza-in-Santos-Tour-Down-Under.aspx|title=Euskaltel to be led by Izaguirre brothers and Astarloza in Santos Tour Down Under|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=4 January 2013|access-date=4 January 2013}}
| proyears3 = 2014–2017
| proyears4 = 2018
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TBM|2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/new-signings-for-bahrain-merida-transfer-shorts/|title=New signings for Bahrain-Merida – Transfer Shorts|date=7 August 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|quote=Bahrain-Merida has strengthened its team for 2018 by signing Gorka Izagirre and Matej Mohorič.}}
| proyears5 = 2019–2021
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|AST|2019}}{{cite news|url=http://www.astanaproteam.kz/modules.php?name=astana&page=news&id=2321|title=Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019|work={{UCI team code|AST|2019}}|publisher=Apgrade|date=16 December 2018|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327222946/http://www.astanaproteam.kz/modules.php?name=astana&page=news&id=2321|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13981/1001249/260|title=Astana Pro Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=1 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101021635/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13981/1001249/260|archive-date=1 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15228/1001249/279|title=Astana - Premier Tech|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101032049/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15228/1001249/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}
| proyears6 = 2022–2023
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|MOV men|2022}}{{cite web |title=Gorka Izagirre rejoins Movistar on a two-year deal |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gorka-izagirre-rejoins-movistar-on-a-two-year-deal/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en |date=7 October 2021}}{{cite web |title=MOVISTAR TEAM |url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17183 |website=UCI |access-date=3 January 2022}}
| proyears7 = 2024
| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|COF men|2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/19538|title=Cofidis|publisher=UCI|access-date=9 January 2024}}
| majorwins = Grand Tours
::1 individual stage (2017)
: {{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2018)}}
: {{nowrap|Gran Trittico Lombardo (2020)}}
}}
{{family name hatnote|Izagirre|Insausti|lang=Spanish}}
Gorka Izagirre Insausti (born 7 October 1987) is a Spanish former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Ion Izagirre.{{cite web|url=http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/spanish-sensations-confirmed-santos-tour-down-under%20.htm |title=Spanish sensations confirmed for Santos Tour Down Under |publisher=Tour Down Under |access-date=4 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104085805/http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/spanish-sensations-confirmed-santos-tour-down-under%20.htm |archive-date=4 November 2013 }}
Career
= Movistar Team (2014–17) =
Izagirre won the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia for the third time in his career in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/prueba-villafranca-ordiziako-klasika-2014/results/|title=Gorka Izagirre wins Ordiziako Klasika|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=25 June 2014|accessdate=8 November 2022}} His first top 10 in a World Tour stage race came in 2015, when he placed 9th in Paris–Nice.{{cite news|url=https://movistarteam.com/en/2015-03-15/gorka-9th-in-unlucky-paris-nice-for-blues|title=Gorka 9th in unlucky Paris-Nice for Blues|work={{UCI team code|MOV men|2015}}|publisher=Abarca Sports S.L.|date=15 March 2015|accessdate=8 November 2022}} In 2017, Izagirre finished fourth overall at Paris–Nice,{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-nice-2017/stage-8/results/|title=Henao wins Paris-Nice as Contador comes up just short|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=12 March 2017|accessdate=8 November 2022}} and won stage 8 in the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/13/giro-d-italia-stage-eight-gorka-izagirre|title=Giro d'Italia: Gorka Izagirre wins stage eight amid drama for home riders|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian Media Group|agency=Reuters|date=13 May 2017|accessdate=8 November 2022}}
= Bahrain–Merida (2018) =
Izagirre signed with the {{UCI team code|TBM|2018}} team for the 2018 season. He started off the season with 7th overall at Tour Down Under, and then took 3rd place overall at the Tour of Oman.{{cite news|first=Susan|last=Westemeyer|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-oman-2018/stage-6/results/|title=Lutsenko secures overall victory for Astana at Tour of Oman|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=18 February 2018|accessdate=8 November 2022}} He was captain of the {{UCI team code|TBM|2018|nolink=yes}} team together with his brother Ion Izagirre at Paris–Nice. They attacked on the downhill on the last stage and the brothers looked to finish 1st and 2nd but they both crashed in a turn on the downhill section, meaning their bikes tangled together. They lost their advantage and Gorka finished 3rd overall. In late June, Izagirre finished 2nd in the Spanish National Time Trial Championships,{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/spanish-road-championships-2018/time-trial-men/results/|title=Castroviejo wins Spanish time trial title in Vall d'Alba|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=22 June 2018|accessdate=8 November 2022}} and days later he won the Spanish National Road Race Championships.{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/spanish-road-championships-2018/road-race-men/results/|title=Gorka Izagirre takes Spanish road race title|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=24 June 2018|accessdate=8 November 2022}} Going into the Tour de France, Izagirre was a domestique for team captain Vincenzo Nibali, however Nibali went out of the race on stage 13, meaning Izagirre had the chance to hunt stage wins. He managed to get into the breakaway on stage 16 and finished 2nd on the stage, 15 seconds down on stage winner Julian Alaphilippe.
=Astana (2019–21)=
In August 2018 it was announced that the Izagirre brothers would join {{UCI team code|AST|2019}} in 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/izagirre-brothers-sign-for-astana/ |title=Izagirre brothers sign for Astana|date=27 August 2018 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=8 September 2018}} He took two individual victories with the team – the 2019 Tour de la Provence,{{cite news|first=Jean-François|last=Quénet|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-la-provence-2019/stage-4/results/|title=Gorka Izagirre wins 2019 Tour de La Provence|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=17 February 2019|accessdate=8 November 2022}} and the 2020 Gran Trittico Lombardo.{{cite news|first=Barry|last=Ryan|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gran-trittico-lombardo-2020/elite-men/results/|title=Gorka Izagirre wins Gran Trittico Lombardo|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=3 August 2020|accessdate=8 November 2022}}
=Return to Movistar Team=
In October 2021, Izagirre signed a two-year contract to return to the {{UCI team code|MOV men|2022}}, from the 2022 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/gorka-izagirre-completes-return-home-to-movistar-following-three-years-with-kazakh-team-astana-premi_sto8574668/story.shtml|title=Gorka Izagirre completes return 'home' to Movistar following three years with Kazakh team Astana-Premier Tech|work=Eurosport|publisher=Discovery, Inc.|date=7 October 2021|accessdate=8 November 2022}}
Major results
=Road=
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;2010 (2 pro wins)
: 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
: 1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg
;2011
: 2nd Trofeo Deia
: 9th Trofeo Inca
: 10th Overall Tour du Haut Var
;2012 (1)
: 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
;2013
: 7th Overall Tour Down Under
;2014 (1)
: 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
: 2nd Klasika Primavera
;2015
: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 8th Overall Tour Down Under
: 9th Overall Paris–Nice
;2016
: 2nd Klasika Primavera
: 5th Overall Dubai Tour
;2017 (2)
: 1st Klasika Primavera
: 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
: 4th Overall Paris–Nice
: 8th GP Miguel Induráin
;2018 (1)
: National Road Championships
::2nd Time trial
: 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
: 3rd Overall Tour of Oman
: 7th Overall Tour Down Under
: 20px Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España
;2019 (1)
: 1st {{cjersey|Tour De La Provence Leader}} Overall Tour de la Provence
: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 4th Clásica de San Sebastián
: 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
;2020 (1)
: 1st Gran Trittico Lombardo
: National Road Championships
::2nd Road race
::3rd Time trial
: 20px Combativity award Stage 6 Vuelta a España
;2022
: 10th GP Miguel Induráin
;2023
: 9th Overall Tour Down Under
: 10th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
: 10th Vuelta a Murcia
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==General classification results timeline==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|colspan=16 align="center"|Grand Tour general classification results |
| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France | — | — | 66 | 39 | DNF | — | 32 | DNF | — | 24 | 42 | 22 | — | DNF | 37 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey gold.svg/File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | 29 | 53 | 19 | 27 | — | |
| colspan=16 align="center"|Major stage race general classification results |
| scope="col" | Race
! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Paris–Nice | — | — | 54 | 72 | 18 | 12 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | 19 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | style="background:#ddf;" |3 | DNF | — | — | 29 | 33 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|azul}} Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Volta a Catalunya}} Volta a Catalunya | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=3|NH | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour of the Basque Country | DNF | — | — | DNF | 52 | 29 | 62 | DNS | 55 | 41 | 28 | — | 30 | 41 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | 22 | — | DNF | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Dauphine}} Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | 19 | — | — | — | 18 | 31 | — | 64 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de Suisse | — | — | 18 | 22 | — | — | — | 12 | — | 32 | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | — | — | 19 |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF |
| scope="row" | DNS
| Did not start |
| scope="row" | NH
| Not held |
=Cyclo-cross=
;2007–2008
: 3rd National Under-23 Championships
;2019–2020
: 1st Abadino
: 3rd National Championships
;2021–2022
: 1st Abadino
References
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