Ion Izagirre Insausti[7] (born 4 February 1989) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer and cyclo-cross rider from the Basque Country, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[8] He is sometimes referred to as Jon Izaguirre,[9] to retain the correct pronunciation under Castilian orthography.[10]
 Izagirre in Espelette, 2024 Itzulia. | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ion Izagirre Insausti | |||||||||||
| Born | 4 February 1989 Ormaiztegi, Basque Country, Spain | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||
| Current team | Cofidis | |||||||||||
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||
| Amateur teams | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Seguros Bilbao | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Orbea (stagiaire) | |||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Orbea | |||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi[1] | |||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Movistar Team[2] | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Bahrain–Merida | |||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Astana[3][4][5] | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Cofidis[6] | |||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
editBorn in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Izagirre comes from a family of professional cyclists, as both his father José Ramón and brother Gorka have competed professionally on the roads and in cyclo-cross. Having joined the Euskaltel–Euskadi team – alongside brother Gorka – from the 2011 season onwards,[11]
Izagirre won his first professional races in the spring of 2012; he won the individual time trial at the Vuelta a Asturias in April,[12] before taking a victory during his Grand Tour début at the Giro d'Italia. During the sixteenth stage, Izagirre made a solo breakaway with 4 km (2.5 mi) remaining, before winning the stage by sixteen seconds from his nearest competitor.[13][14]
Following the collapse of the Euskaltel–Euskadi team at the end of the 2013 season, both Izagirre brothers were signed by the Movistar Team for the 2014 season.[2]
In 2015, Izagirre won the Tour de Pologne. He started the final stage sixth on general classification but overhauled race leader Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and the others above him by virtue of a superior time trial performance on the rolling 25-kilometre (16-mile) circuit.[15]
Izagirre won Stage 20 of the 2016 Tour de France in Morzine, after attacking on the wet descent from a three rider group that led over the final climb of Col de Joux Plane.[16]
Izagirre moved to the newly formed Bahrain–Merida team for the 2017 season. He was the team's GC leader at the Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 1, an individual time trial in Düsseldorf, suffering a lumbar fracture which ended his season.[17]
He was joined at Bahrain–Merida by his brother Gorka for the 2018 season. In August 2018 it was announced that the brothers would join Astana in 2019.[18] In his first year with Astana, Izagirre won the overall titles of the Tour of the Basque Country and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana as well as the final stage of Paris–Nice.[19] His win at the Basque Country made him the first Basque rider to win the race since Iban Mayo in 2003. The following season, he won his third Grand Tour stage and first in the Vuelta a España, completing the trio. In June 2021, he won his second national time trial championship, before signing an initial one-year contract to ride for Cofidis in 2022 three months later.[20]
His first win with Cofidis came on stage six of the 2022 Tour of the Basque Country.[21] In 2023, he GP Miguel Induráin one-day race as well as his second Tour de France stage, in a solo victory on stage 12.[22]
Major results
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- 2006
- 3rd National Junior Cyclo-cross Championships
- 2008
- 1st Gipuzkoa Individual Time Trial
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2009
- 1st Basque Under-23 Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st Memorial Angel Mantecon
- 1st Stage 4 Bizkaiko Bira
- 5th Overall Bidasoa Itzulia
- 2011
- 4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2012 (2 pro wins)
- 1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 2b (ITT) Vuelta a Asturias
- 3rd Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 7th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2014 (1)
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 6th Overall Tour of Britain
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2015 (1)
- 1st
Overall Tour de Pologne - 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
- 2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 3rd
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships - 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2016 (5)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st GP Miguel Induráin
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 8 (ITT)
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue
- 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 8th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 8th Overall Eneco Tour
- 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2017
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 6th Vuelta a Murcia
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 2018
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 4th Overall Paris–Nice
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2019 (3)
- 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2020 (1)
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2021 (2)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 4
- 2022 (1)
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 6
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall O Gran Camiño
- 6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 7th GP Miguel Induráin
- 2023 (2)
- 1st GP Miguel Induráin
- 1st Stage 12 Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 5th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 7th Circuito de Getxo
- 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 8th Tre Valli Varesine
- 10th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2024
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 4th GP Miguel Induráin
- 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | 48 | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
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— | — | 69 | 41 | — | 47 | DNF | 22 | — | DNF | 26 | 40 | 45 | DNF |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 16 | 29 | 26 | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||||||||
| Race | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice
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— | — | 55 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | — | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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24 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Volta a Catalunya
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DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country
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— | — | 47 | 55 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tour de Romandie
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103 | — | — | 8 | — | 3 | 5 | 89 | — | 7 | 64 | DNF | ||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse
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— | — | 34 | 43 | DNF | 2 | 6 | 15 | — | NH | — | 34 | 12 | |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ "Euskaltel to be led by Izaguirre brothers and Astarloza in Santos Tour Down Under". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Ion Izagirre also to ride for Movistar Team". Movistar Team. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Barclay, Ryan (24 September 2021). "Ion Izagirre signs for Cofidis". Blaze Trends. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Spain's Jon Izagirre wins maiden grand tour stage on day 16 as Joaquim Rodríguez retains lead". The Daily Telegraph. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "COFIDIS". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "16ª etapa Giro de Italia: Ion Izagirre le da la primera victoria a Euskaltel Euskadi en el Giro 2012" [Giro d'Italia Stage 16: Ion Izagirre gives Euskaltel Euskadi its first victory in the Giro]. Euskaltel–Euskadi (in Spanish). Fundación Euskadi. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Izenak & Abizenak: Basque names & surnames". nabasque.org. North American Basque Organizations. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Hood, Andrew (23 November 2010). "Euskaltel-Euskadi celebrates best season in team history". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Izagirre wins time trial in Piedras Blancas". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Westemeyer, Susan (22 May 2012). "Izagirre triumphs in Giro stage 16 to Falzes". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (22 May 2012). "Jon Izagirre takes breakaway stage sixteen as the peloton sleeps". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Third time lucky for overall winner Izagirre at the Tour de Pologne". 8 August 2015.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (23 July 2016). "Froome set to win 2016 Tour de France ahead of procession to Paris". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Ion Izagirre sustains lumbar fracture in Tour de France crash". 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Izagirre brothers sign for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Izagirre wins Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana". Cycling News. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "L'Espagnol Ion Izagirre signe chez Cofidis" [Spaniard Ion Izagirre signs with Cofidis]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (9 April 2022). "Daniel Martínez wins Itzulia Basque Country". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Spanish rider Ion Izagirre wins Tour de France stage 12". France 24. 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
External links
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- Ion Izaguirre at ProCyclingStats
- Jon Izaguirre at Olympedia
- Ion Izaguirre Insausti at UCI
- Ion Izaguirre Insausti at CQ Ranking
- Ion Izaguirre Insausti at CycleBase
- Jon Izaguirre Insausti at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Jon Izaguirre Insausti at Olympics.com
- Jon Izaguirre Insausti at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Jon Izaguirre Insausti at Euskaltel-Euskadi at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 March 2012)
