Alberto López de Munain Ruiz de Gauna (born December 5, 1972) is a Spanish former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. He became professional in 1996 and ended his professional career in 2005. He rode his entire career for the team. During the

2005 Giro d'Italia The 2005 Giro d'Italia was the 88th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Reggio Calabria with a prologue. The race came to a close with a mass-start road stage that stretched from Albese con Cassano to M ...

, he suffered a terrible crash on stage two, and was diagnosed with a

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caused by nine broken ribs, a broken left

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, a broken shoulder blade and damage to his left shoulder. He did not race professionally afterwards.

Major results

;1997 : 8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ;1999 : 6th

Subida al Naranco Subida al Naranco is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early June each year. The event was first run in 1941 but was not held consistently until 1981. Between 2005 and 2010, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Euro ...

;2000 : 1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias ::1st Stage 1 ;2001 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Asturias : 1st Stage 2 Clásica de Alcobendas ;2003 : 3rd

: 3rd Subida a Urkiola : 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;2004 : 7th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

1972 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Sportspeople from Vitoria-Gasteiz {{Spain-cycling-bio-1970s-stub