Pedro Horrillo

Pedro Horrillo Muñoz (27 September 1974 in Eibar, Basque Country) is a Spanish retired racing cyclist who rode as a professional for Mapei, Quick-Step and . He was forced to retire from professional cycling after a crash in the 2009 Giro d'Italia. The next day, largely in reaction to Horrillo's dramatic injury, the peloton protested the safety conditions in the Giro, which led to Stage 9 being neutralized. He was taken out of the coma the following day, with scans revealing no brain injury, and Rabobank team doctors stated that he was to be moved to a hospital in Spain within ten days. Five weeks after the crash, after being transferred to Spain, it was announced that Horrillo was able to go home. Although he recovered from the injuries, he retired from professional cycling, unable to compete at the same level.

Outside the peloton A philosophy graduate, Horrillo is known as a good writer and has written columns for Dutch paper de Volkskrant during the Tour de France and has been a regular contributor to the Spanish newspaper El País. In 2009 he wrote a column concerning the UCI's whereabouts system called El Señor Adams for El País. The English version was entitled Mr Adams. He has a wife named Lorena.

Major results

2000 1st Stage 9 Volta a Portugal 2nd Overall Vuelta a Mallorca 2nd Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'es Colomer 2001 3rd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie 5th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 1st Stage 2 6th US Pro Championship 10th Overall Peace Race 2002 1st Stage 1 Euskal Bizikleta 2003 3rd Overall UNIQA Classic 1st Stage 1 2004 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 4 UNIQA Classic 2005 1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya 2006 1st Stage 1 Sachsen-Tour