Joseba Albizu

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Albizuand the second or maternal family name is Lizaso.

Joseba Albizu

Albizu in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Joseba Albizu Lizaso
Born	(1978-07-06) 6 July 1978 (age 46) Azpeitia, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
1999–2002	Café Baques
Professional teams
2003	Mercatone Uno–Scanavino
2004–2006	Euskaltel–Euskadi

Joseba Albizu Lizaso (born 6 July 1978 in Azpeitia, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2006 for the Mercatone Uno–Scanavino and Euskaltel–Euskadi teams. Albizu won the Giro del Friuli in 2003.

Biography

He turned professional in 2003 with the Italian Mercatone Uno–Scanavino team. That year, he won the Giro del Friuli, his only professional victory.

In 2004, he joined the Euskaltel–Euskadi (1994–2013) team and took part in the 2004 Vuelta a España, his only major tour, which he did not finish.

He was involved in a traffic accident in October 2004 in which his friend Jokin Ormaetxea, a rider with the Paternina-Costa de Almería team, was killed when their car went off the road. ^[1]

He stopped his professional career in 2006. After his retirement, he took part in endurance events, notably mountain biking, with the amateur MMR Powerade team.

In 2018, in mountain biking, he became European Mountain Bike Championships.

Major results

2002

2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

2003

1st Overall Giro del Friuli

2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie

7th GP Ouest–France

2005

1st Mountains classification Euskal Bizikleta

7th Subida a Urkiola

9th Gran Premio de Llodio

References

1. "«Tragique accident en Espagne»". 25 October 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

External links

• Team Profile (in Spanish)
• Eurosport Profile
• Joseba Albizu at ProCyclingStats
• Palmarès