Joseba Albizu

Joseba Albizu Lizaso (born 6 July 1978 in Azpeitia, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2006 for the and teams. Albizu won the Giro del Friuli in 2003.

Biography He turned professional in 2003 with the Italian Mercatone Uno–Scanavino team. That year, he won the Giro del Friuli, his only professional victory.

In 2004, he joined the Euskaltel–Euskadi (1994–2013) team and took part in the 2004 Vuelta a España, his only major tour, which he did not finish.

He was involved in a traffic accident in October 2004 in which his friend Jokin Ormaetxea, a rider with the Paternina-Costa de Almería team, was killed when their car went off the road.

He stopped his professional career in 2006. After his retirement, he took part in endurance events, notably mountain biking, with the amateur MMR Powerade team.

In 2018, in mountain biking, he became European Mountain Bike Championships.

Major results

2002 2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 2003 1st Overall Giro del Friuli 2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie 7th GP Ouest–France 2005 1st Mountains classification Euskal Bizikleta 7th Subida a Urkiola 9th Gran Premio de Llodio