Ordizia, formerly known as Villafranca de Ordizia, is a town and municipality located in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, northern Spain.
The professional cycle road race Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia is held yearly in Ordizia.
Goierri or "Basque Highlands" is one of the eight comarcas in the Spanish province of Gipuzkoa. It is composed of 18 municipalities, Beasain, Ordizia and Lazkao being the main towns. The main administrative center is Beasain.
Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga is a retired Basque professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of the Clásica de San Sebastián, which is now considered a one-day classic. In 1989, Lejarreta captured the Volta a Catalunya repeating one of his first professional wins in 1980 at the same event.
Faustino Rupérez Rincón is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1979 and 1985. Ruperez is most famous for capturing the overall title at the 1980 Vuelta a España.
Kelme was a professional cycling team based in Spain.
Domingo Perurena Telletxea or Txomin Perurena was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He was most famous for winning the overall mountains classification of 1974 Tour de France. He also finished second at the 1975 Vuelta a España and won a total of 12 stages in this race.
Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clásica de Ordizia is a Spanish professional cycle road race held in Ordizia, Basque Country. The first edition was held in 1922. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga is a Spanish former road bicycle racer.
Neil Stephens is an Australian former road bicycle racer. He won the Australian national road race title in 1991 and 1994.
Aitor Osa Eizaguirre is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He is an older brother of Unai Osa. He was involved in the Operación Puerto doping case.
Miguel María Lasa Urquía is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He was born in Oiartzun. He won four stages in the Vuelta a España as well as the Points classification in 1975 Vuelta a España. He also finished on the podium of Vuelta a España four times. He also won two stages in the Tour de France and three stages in the Giro d'Italia.
Francisco Galdós Gauna is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He finished second in the 1975 Giro d'Italia and 1979 Vuelta a España, third in 1972 Giro d'Italia, sixth in the 1976 Tour de France, and fourth in the 1977 Tour de France. He finished in the top 10 of eleven Grand Tours, including three podium finishes.
David Herrero Llorente is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2009 for the Costa de Almería–Paternina, Euskaltel–Euskadi and Xacobeo–Galicia.
Luis Otaño Arcelus is a former Spanish Basque professional road bicycle racer. In 1964, Otaño lost the 1964 Vuelta a España to Raymond Poulidor by only 33 seconds.
Ordizia Kirol Elkartea is a football team based in Ordizia in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1941, the team plays in Preferente. The club's home ground is Altamira, which has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.
Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel–Euskadi. In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.
Aitor Garmendia is a former Spanish racing cyclist. 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.
Ricardo Montero was a Spanish racing cyclist. In 1925 he won the Vuelta a Andalucía.
The 2016 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia was the 93rd edition of the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia road bicycle race. The race took place on 25 July 2016. It was won by British rider Simon Yates.
José Enrique Cima Prado is a Spanish former cyclist.
José Luis Uribezubia is a Spanish former racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France, as well as seven editions of the Vuelta a España and three of the Giro d'Italia.
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