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Joane Somarriba Arrola (born 11 August 1972 in
National Road Race Championship (Juniors)
;1988
:1st National Road Race Championship (Juniors)
:3rd Overall 
Overall National Road Race Championship
;1996
:1st National Time Trial Championship
:3rd Overall 
Overall Overall Tour de France Feminine
::1st Stages 4 & 6
:1st Overall Overall 
World Time Trial Championship
:1st Emakumen Saria
:3rd Overall Overall Overall
Gernika
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, Biscay
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) is a former Spanish cyclist
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.
She won the Grande Boucle
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in 2000, 2001 and 2003. She achieved a time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
victory at the 2003 World Championships
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, Canada. Additionally, she was a time trial silver medallist at the 2005 World Championships in Madrid
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and took a road race bronze medal at the 2002 World Championships in Zolder
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/Hasselt
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, Belgium.
She retired from cycling in 2005.
Major results
;1987 :1st National Road Race Championship (Juniors)
;1988
:1st National Road Race Championship (Juniors)
:3rd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
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::1st Prologue
;1989
:2nd National Road Race Championship
;1991
:1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
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:1st Stages 2 & 3
;1993
:3rd National Road Race Championship
;1994
:1st National Road Race Championship
;1996
:1st National Time Trial Championship
:3rd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
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:3rd National Road Race Championship
;1997
:2nd National Time Trial Championship
:3rd National Road Race Championship
;1998
:2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
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:3rd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol
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;1999
:1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
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::1st Stage 10b
;2000
:1st Overall Tour de France Feminine
::1st Stages 4 & 6
:1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
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::1st Stage 6b
;2001
:1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
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;2002
:1st Emakumen Saria
:3rd World Championship Road Race
;2003
:1st World Time Trial Championship
:1st Emakumen Saria
:3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
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:3rd National Road Race Championship
;2004
:1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
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::1st Stages 2, 3a & 3b
:1st Emakumen Saria
:7th Olympic Games Road Race
:7th Olympic Games Time Trial
;2005
:1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
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::1st Stage 3
:2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
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:2nd World Championship Time Trial
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Somarriba, Joane 1972 births Living people Spanish female cyclists Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Spain UCI Road World Champions (women) People from Guernica Sportspeople from Biscay 20th-century Spanish women