Haimar Zubeldia

Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (born 1 April 1977) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist from the Basque Country, who competed professionally between 1998 and 2017 for the , , and teams. During his career, Zubeldia recorded five top-ten finishes in the Tour de France, and one in the Vuelta a España.

Biography Born and raised in Usurbil, Gipuzkoa, Zubeldia currently resides in the neighboring village of Zarautz. His younger brother Joseba Zubeldia also competed as a professional racing cyclist.

At the age of twenty-one, Zubeldia turned professional with in 1998. In 2000, he won the Euskal Bizikleta, and finished second overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. After his win in 2000 in the Euskal Bizikleta, it took him ten years to win again, when he won the Tour de l'Ain.

In 2014, Zubeldia became the Spanish rider with the most starts in the Tour de France, a record previously held by two long-term-servants of what is now the , 5-time-winner Miguel Induráin, and José Vicente García. In his career, Zubeldia started 29 Grand Tours – 16 at the Tour de France, 12 at the Vuelta a España and 1 at the Giro d'Italia – finishing 26.

Major results

Sources:

1998 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1999 6th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya 2000

1st Stage 4 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

4th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja 9th Paris–Camembert 10th Overall Vuelta a Aragón 10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 10th Overall Vuelta a España 2001 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya 2002 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

9th Paris–Camembert 2003 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia 3rd Subida a Urkiola 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 5th Overall Tour de France 10th LuK Challenge Chrono 2004 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 7th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas 2005 7th Clásica de San Sebastián 2006 8th Overall Tour de France 8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 2007 4th Overall Tour de France 8th Overall GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis 8th Gran Premio de Llodio 2008 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya 9th Clásica de San Sebastián 10th Overall Vuelta a Mallorca 9th Trofeo Sóller 2009 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2010

1st Prologue 4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 4th Clásica de San Sebastián 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2011 7th Clásica de San Sebastián 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2012 6th Overall Tour de France 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné 10th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 2014 7th Clásica de San Sebastián 8th Overall Tour de France 2015 6th Overall Tour of California 2017 10th Overall Tour of California

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish DSQ Disqualified