Koldo Gil

Koldo Gil Pérez (born 16 January 1978 in Burlata, Navarra) is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist who last rode for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental. His career highlights include winning a stage of the Giro d'Italia and leading the overall classification at the Tour de Suisse.

At the 2006 Tour de Suisse, Gil took stage 6 and held the leader's yellow jersey until the final stage when he was overtaken by 2004 winner Jan Ullrich in the final stage's individual time trial. He finished a disappointing second.

After Gil was unable to find a team for the 2009 season, he announced his retirement.

Major achievements

2000 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Navarra 2002 8th Overall Route du Sud 9th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja 1st Stage 3 9th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama 2003 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 2004

4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 4th Overall Vuelta a Aragón 5th Trofeo Manacor 6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana 8th Klasika Primavera 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 2005

1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia 5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 6th Overall Tour de Suisse 2006

1st Stages 1 & 4b 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 6 3rd GP Llodio 8th La Flèche Wallonne 2007

1st Subida al Naranco 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 4th Overall Vuelta a Murcia 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 2008 2nd Subida al Naranco 4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 5th Overall Volta a Portugal 5th Overall GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis 10th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 1st Stage 3 10th GP Llodio

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish