Aitor Garmendia

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Aitor Garmendia
Personal information
Full nameAitor Garmendia Arbilla
Born (1968-03-03) 3 March 1968 (age 56)
Itsasondo, Spain
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime-trialist
Professional teams
1990–1995 Banesto
1996–1997 ONCE
1998–2000 Banesto
2001–2003 Team Coast

Aitor Garmendia (born 3 March 1968, in Itsasondo) is a former Spanish racing cyclist. [1] He rode in 6 editions of the Tour de France, 8 editions of the Vuelta a España, and 1 edition of the Giro d'Italia.

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Major results

1990
1st GP Llodio
5th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
8th Overall Tour de la Communauté Européenne
1991
8th Subida a Urkiola
1992
9th Subida a Urkiola
1993
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1994
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Volta a Catalunya
2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th GP Villafranca de Ordizia
6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1995
1st Subida a Txitxarro
2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
4th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
10th Overall Ronde van Nederland
1996
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 2
6th Overall Critérium International
9th Trofeo Luis Puig
1997
1st Overall Volta ao Alentejo
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 4b (ITT)
1st Overall Tour of Galicia
1st Stage 3b (ITT)
4th GP Llodio
7th Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra
9th Chrono des Herbiers
10th Overall Critérium International
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
1998
1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 2
1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
7th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
1999
3rd Trofeo Luis Ocana
2000
1st Stage 4 Euskal Bizikleta
2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
7th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
8th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
2001
2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
2nd Overall Peace Race
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2002
2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 3
2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
3rd Overall Peace Race
5th Overall Paris–Nice
2003
7th Luk-Cup Bühl

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 89
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 108 DNF 95 35 63 70
Jersey gold.svg Vuelta a España 46 DNF 72 121 DNF DNF 85 122

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References

  1. "Aitor Garmendia". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 March 2015.