Ion Izagirre Explained
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 .[8] He is sometimes referred to as Jon Izaguirre,[9] to retain the correct pronunciation under Castilian orthography.[10]
Career
Born 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 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 4km (02miles) remaining, before winning the stage by sixteen seconds from his nearest competitor.[13] [14]
Following the collapse of the team at the end of the 2013 season, both Izagirre brothers were signed by the 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 and the others above him by virtue of a superior time trial performance on the rolling 25km (16miles) 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 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 by his brother Gorka for the 2018 season. In August 2018 it was announced that the brothers would join 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 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
- 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
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 GP Miguel Induráin
9th Overall Tour of the Basque CountryGeneral classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
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Notes and References
- News: Euskaltel to be led by Izaguirre brothers and Astarloza in Santos Tour Down Under. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 4 January 2013. 4 January 2013.
- News: Ion Izagirre also to ride for Movistar Team. 4 October 2013. . 6 October 2013. https://archive.today/20131008005329/http://www.movistarteam.com/news/2013-10-4/ion-izagirre-also-to-ride-for-movistar-team. 8 October 2013. dead.
- News: Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019. . Apgrade. 16 December 2018. 1 January 2019. 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327222946/http://www.astanaproteam.kz/modules.php?name=astana&page=news&id=2321. dead.
- Web site: Astana Pro Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200101021635/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13981/1001249/260. 1 January 2020.
- Web site: Astana - Premier Tech. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101032049/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15228/1001249/279. 1 January 2021.
- Web site: Barclay . Ryan . Ion Izagirre signs for Cofidis . Blaze Trends . 3 January 2022 . 24 September 2021.
- News: Spain's Jon Izagirre wins maiden grand tour stage on day 16 as Joaquim Rodríguez retains lead. The Daily Telegraph. 22 May 2012. 23 May 2012.
- Web site: COFIDIS . UCI . 3 January 2022.
- News: 16ª etapa Giro de Italia: Ion Izagirre le da la primera victoria a Euskaltel Euskadi en el Giro 2012. es. 22 May 2012. 23 May 2012. Giro d'Italia Stage 16: Ion Izagirre gives Euskaltel Euskadi its first victory in the Giro. . Fundación Euskadi.
- Web site: Izenak & Abizenak: Basque names & surnames . nabasque.org . North American Basque Organizations . 23 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120520162709/http://www.nabasque.org/NABO/names.htm . May 20, 2012 .
- News: Euskaltel-Euskadi celebrates best season in team history. Andrew. Hood. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. 23 November 2010. 23 May 2012.
- News: Izagirre wins time trial in Piedras Blancas. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 April 2012. 23 May 2012.
- News: Izagirre triumphs in Giro stage 16 to Falzes. Susan. Westemeyer. 22 May 2012. 23 May 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
- News: Jon Izagirre takes breakaway stage sixteen as the peloton sleeps. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 22 May 2012. 23 May 2012. Ben. Atkins.
- Web site: Third time lucky for overall winner Izagirre at the Tour de Pologne. 8 August 2015.
- News: Benson. Daniel. Froome set to win 2016 Tour de France ahead of procession to Paris. 25 July 2016. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 July 2016.
- Web site: Ion Izagirre sustains lumbar fracture in Tour de France crash. 2 July 2017.
- Web site: Izagirre brothers sign for Astana. 27 August 2018 . cyclingnews.com. 8 September 2018.
- News: Izagirre wins Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Cycling News. 11 March 2019.
- News: L'Espagnol Ion Izagirre signe chez Cofidis. French. Spaniard Ion Izagirre signs with Cofidis. L'Équipe. Éditions Philippe Amaury. 24 September 2021. 21 December 2021.
- Web site: Daniel Martínez wins Itzulia Basque Country. Patrick. Fletcher. CyclingNews. Future plc. 9 April 2022. 9 April 2022.
- Web site: 2023-07-13 . Spanish rider Ion Izagirre wins Tour de France stage 12 . 2023-07-24 . France 24 . en.
