Pello Bilbao

Pello Bilbao López de Armentia (born 25 February 1990) is a Spanish cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has finished in the top ten five times in Grand Tours — twice in the Tour de France (2021, 2023); and three times in the Giro d'Italia (2018, 2020, 2022).

Career Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (2014–16) Bilbao joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season.

Astana (2017–2019) He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He finished 10th overall in the Tour de Suisse, which was his first general classification top 10 in a major stage race.

Bilbao finished 7th overall at the 2018 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Months later he finished 8th overall at the Tour of the Basque Country. He won stage 1 of the Tour of the Alps, therefore riding stage 2 in the leader's jersey. He continued this form at the Giro d'Italia, supporting Miguel Ángel López, and finishing 6th overall. He took his first World Tour victory on stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.

Bahrain–McLaren (2020–present) In October 2019, it was announced that Bilbao was joining , later renamed as for the 2020 season. before Landa had to withdraw from the race after a crash on the fifth stage. Damiano Caruso then took over as team leader, and following teamwork by Bilbao won the penultimate stage of the race on his way to second overall; Bilbao finished 13th overall.

Bilbao finished on the overall podium at the 2022 UAE Tour, taking a third-place stage finish at Jebel Hafeet on the final day. At the Tour of the Basque Country, Bilbao won a small group sprint on the third stage into Amurrio; he finished the race in fifth overall. His next start was at the Tour of the Alps, where he again won a small group sprint, winning the second stage into Lana. Having finished second on the first stage, Bilbao assumed the race lead – which he would hold until the final day, when he lost forty seconds to three riders who moved ahead of him in the general classification. At the Giro d'Italia, Bilbao finished in third place on the opening stage in Hungary, behind Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay. Bilbao held a top-ten position in the general classification for the duration of the race, finishing fifth overall for the second time in three editions.

Bilbao took an early season win on stage three of the 2023 Tour Down Under, going on to finish third overall. In July he won his first Tour de France stage on stage 10 from the breakaway. He dedicated his victory to teammate Gino Mäder following his death at the Tour de Suisse earlier that year.

Bilbao is taking part in the 2024 Tour de France.

Major results

2011 2nd Tour de Vendée 7th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 2012 10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 2013 7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 2014 (1 pro win) 1st Klasika Primavera 3rd Circuito de Getxo 6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 7th Overall Tour of Norway 7th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 2015 (2) 1st Overall Tour de Beauce 1st Mountains classification, Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stage 6 Tour of Turkey 4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1 7th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 10th GP Miguel Induráin 2016 (1) 1st Stage 2 Tour of Turkey 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 5th Circuito de Getxo 6th GP Miguel Induráin 7th Milano–Torino 8th Klasika Primavera 9th Overall Tour of Norway 9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 2017 10th Overall Tour de Suisse 2018 (2) 1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Alps 6th Overall Giro d'Italia 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 2019 (3) Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 7 & 20 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia 1st Stage 1 3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2020 (1) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Overall Giro d'Italia 6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 6th Circuito de Getxo 2021 (1) 2nd Overall Tour of the Alps 1st Stage 4 4th GP Miguel Induráin 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 9th Overall Tour de France 10th Strade Bianche 2022 (3) 2nd Overall Deutschland Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stage 4 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne 3rd Overall UAE Tour 4th Overall Tour of the Alps 1st Stage 2 5th Overall Giro d'Italia 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1st Stage 3 5th Strade Bianche 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2023 (2) 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián 3rd Overall Tour Down Under 1st Stage 3 4th Overall UAE Tour 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 6th Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 10 7th Strade Bianche 2024 (1) 2nd Overall Tour of Slovenia 1st Stage 4 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 3rd Overall UAE Tour 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 9th Amstel Gold Race 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2025 3rd Overall UAE Tour 3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 5th Strade Bianche 8th Overall Tour of Guangxi 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 9th Overall Tour de Pologne 9th Overall Tour of Britain 2026 4th Eschborn–Frankfurt 5th Clásica de San Sebastián 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 6th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior

General classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia — — — — — — 666 315 135 — — 30 — Tour de France — — — — — — — — 54 169 —6 DNF — — Vuelta a España — — — 60 97 78 23 27 — — — — — — — Major stage race general classification results Race 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Paris–Nice — DNF — — — — — — — DNF — — — 23 — — Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — — 89 — — — — 619 — —9 24 Volta a Catalunya — — — — — — DNF 48 28NH — — — — — — Tour of the Basque Country — — — — 56 17 1108 5365 DNF6 836 Tour de Romandie — — 103 — — — 24 — — — — — — — — Critérium du Dauphiné 92 146 73 — — — — 27 — 33 — — — — — 64 Tour de Suisse — — — — — —10 — —NH — — DNF — 57 —

Classics results timeline Monument 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Milan–San Remo — — — — — — — — — — — — 43 — — — Tour of Flanders — 90 DNF — — — — — — — — — — — — — Paris–Roubaix — — DNF — — — — — — — — — — — — — Liège–Bastogne–Liège — — — — — — 58 — — — — — 439 296 Giro di Lombardia — 54 — — — — 29 — — — — — — — 68 Classic 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Strade Bianche — — — — — — — — — —1057 —5 18 Amstel Gold Race — 137 — — — — — — — — — — —9 25 15 La Flèche Wallonne — 44 — — — — 57 — — — — — 91 DNF 57 18 Eschborn–Frankfurt — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —4 Clásica de San Sebastián — — — 38 93 46 DNF 18 19NH — —2 — DNF5 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec — DNF DNF — — — — — 64 Not held 12 809 22 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal — 39 38 — — — — — DNF9 292 28 Milano–Torino — — — — —7 15 — — — — — — — — —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish IP In progress NH Not held