Javier Otxoa Palacios was a Spanish cyclist who was a member of the Kelme cycling team. His name was sometimes spelled Javier Ochoa in media reports.
Getxo is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 77,946 inhabitants (2019). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the third largest municipality of Biscay.
Julián Berrendero Martín was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He is most famous for having won the third and fourth editions of the Vuelta a España in 1941 and 1942. He won the 1941 race after having spent 18 months in a Francoist concentration camp. In addition, he won a total of three mountains jerseys at the Vuelta and the Tour de France
- “Berrendero was a marked man, a public figure who had supported the Republican cause. As soon as he reached the Spanish border, Franco’s men arrested him and threw him into a concentration camp, where he remained for 18 months. He survived the camps, which were characterized by disease, malnourishment and frequent beatings, but to what physical and mental cost? He was only 27 and should have been at the height of his cycling career.”
Koldo Fernández de Larrea is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2014 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi and Garmin–Sharp teams. He now works as a transfer agent within the sport.
Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2009, entirely for the Euskaltel–Euskadi team. During the 2009 season, Landaluze tested positive for the use of Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) at the 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He received a two-year ban for this, and was disqualified from his results at the race.
José Joaquín Rojas Gil is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.
Pavel Aleksandrovich Brutt is a Russian former professional track and road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2017 for six different teams.
Constantino Zaballa Gutiérrez is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, best known for winning Clásica de San Sebastián in 2005. Towards the end of his career, Zaballa ventured into cyclocross with the Club Ciclistica Udías.
Stéphane Poulhies is a French former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2017 for the Ag2r–La Mondiale, Saur–Sojasun, Cofidis, and Armée de Terre teams.
Ángel Edo Alsina is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed from 1992 to 2007 as a professional. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Fédérico Ezquerra was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Born at Gordexola, he was the brother of cyclist Arturo Ezquerra. He died at Güeñes in 1986.
Juan José Lobato del Valle is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel–Euskadi.
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.
Carlos Barbero Cuesta is a Spanish former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2022. He rode in the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Francisco Cepeda was a Spanish cyclist. He died while being transported to a hospital after a fall in the Tour de France on the descent of the Col du Galibier.
Alexander Aranburu Deba is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team. In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.
Ricardo Otxoa Palacios was a Spanish cyclist.
Antonio Barrutia Iturriagoitia was a Spanish cyclist. Professional from 1953 to 1966, he won the Vuelta a Andalucía in 1963 and seven stages of the Vuelta a España. He rode in eight editions of the Vuelta a España and three editions of the Tour de France.
Fausto Iza is a Spanish former road cyclist. He notably won Stage 12 of the 1958 Vuelta a España. In 1958 he also won the Circuito de Getxo.
Domingo Gutierrez (ESP)
Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)
