Gorka Izagirre Insausti (born 7 October 1987) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who rides for

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. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist

Ion Izagirre Ion Izagirre Insausti (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 . He is sometimes referred to as Jon Izagirre, to retain the correct ...

Career

Both Izagirre brothers were signed by the for the 2014 season, with Ion leaving for at the beginning of 2017.

Movistar Team (2014–17)

Izagirre won the

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for the third time in his career in 2014. His first top 10 in a World Tour stage race came in 2015, when he placed 9th in Paris–Nice. In 2017, Izagirre finished fourth overall at Paris–Nice, and won stage 8 in the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia.

Bahrain–Merida (2018)

Izagirre signed with the team for the 2018 season. He started off the season with 7th overall at

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, and then took 3rd place overall at the

Tour of Oman The Tour of Oman is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Oman since 2010 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was scheduled to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, but both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled ...

. He was captain of the team together with his brother

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

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, and days later he won the

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. Going into the

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, Izagirre was a domestique for team captain

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, 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

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Astana (2019–21)

In August 2018 it was announced that the Izagirre brothers would join in 2019. He took two individual victories with the team – the

2019 Tour de la Provence The 2019 Tour de la Provence was a road cycling stage race that took place between 14 and 17 February 2019. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour, and was the fourth edition of the Tour de la Provence. The race ...

, and the 2020 Gran Trittico Lombardo.

Return to Movistar Team

In October 2021, Izagirre signed a two-year contract to return to the , from the 2022 season.

Major results

Road

2018 Tour de France -19 Col d'Aubisque (41908336700)

Source: ;2010 : 1st

: 1st Stage 4

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), th ...

;2011 : 2nd Trofeo Deia : 9th Trofeo Inca : 10th Overall

Tour du Haut Var The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed ...

;2012 : 1st

;2013 : 7th Overall

;2014 : 1st

: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

: 2nd

Klasika Primavera The Klasika Primavera ( en, Spring classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Amorebieta, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

;2015 : 2nd

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, National Road Championships : 8th Overall

: 9th Overall Paris–Nice ;2016 : 2nd

: 5th Overall

Dubai Tour The Dubai Tour is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Dubai, which began in 2014 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. History The race was classified as a 2.1. in 2014. The race is organized by the Dubai Sports Council in par ...

;2017 : 1st

: 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia : 4th Overall Paris–Nice : 8th

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin ( es, Gran Premio Miguel Induráin), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after ...

;2018 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotEspaña

Road race ::2nd

: 3rd Overall Paris–Nice : 3rd Overall

: 7th Overall

Combativity award Stage 13

;2019 : 1st Overall Tour de la Provence : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

: 3rd

, National Road Championships : 4th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the m ...

: 9th Road race,

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events ...

;2020 : 1st Gran Trittico Lombardo : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd

Combativity award Stage 6

;2022 : 10th

;2023 : 9th Overall

General classification results timeline

Cyclo-cross

;2007–2008 : 3rd National Under-23 Championships ;2019–2020 : 1st Abadino : 3rd National Championships ;2021–2022 : 1st Abadino

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Izagirre, Gorka 1987 births Living people Spanish male cyclists People from Goierri Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Spanish Giro d'Italia stage winners Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa Olympic cyclists of Spain Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics