Pello Bilbao López de Armentia (born 25 February 1990) is a Spanish Basque cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[6]
 Bilbao in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pello Bilbao López de Armentia |
| Nickname | The Puppy of Guernica |
| Born | 25 February 1990 Guernica, Spain |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Bahrain Victorious |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team | |
| 2009–2010 | Naturgas Energía |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011 | Orbea |
| 2011–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi[2] |
| 2014–2016 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA[3] |
| 2017–2019 | Astana[4] |
| 2020– | Bahrain–McLaren[5] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Career
editCaja Rural–Seguros RGA (2014–16)
editBilbao joined Caja Rural–Seguros RGA for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[3] In 2015, Bilbao won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey, concluding his effort atop a steep climb.[7]
Astana (2017–2019)
editHe was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[8] He finished 10th overall in the Tour de Suisse, which was his first top 10 in a general classification 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 his great form at the Giro d'Italia, supporting Miguel Ángel López, and finishing 6th overall. Weeks later Bilbao won stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, which was his first World Tour victory.
In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[9]
Bahrain–McLaren (2020–present)
editIn October 2019, it was announced that Bilbao was to join Bahrain–Merida, later renamed as Bahrain–McLaren, for the 2020 season.[5] He finished sixteenth at the 2020 Tour de France, before recording his best Grand Tour result to that point, placing fifth overall at the 2020 Giro d'Italia. He entered the 2021 Giro d'Italia as a domestique – initially for team leader Mikel Landa,[10] before Landa had to withdraw from the race after a crash on the fifth stage.[11] 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 ultimately finished 13th overall.[12][13]
Bilbao finished on the overall podium at the 2022 UAE Tour, taking a third-place stage finish at Jebel Hafeet on the final day.[14] At the Tour of the Basque Country, Bilbao won a small group sprint on the third stage into Amurrio; he ultimately finished the race in fifth overall.[15][16] His next start was at the Tour of the Alps, where he again won a small group sprint, winning the second stage into Lana.[17] Having finished second on the first stage,[18] Bilbao assumed the race lead – which he would hold until the final day, when he lost forty seconds to three riders, who ultimately moved ahead of him in the general classification.[19] At the Giro d'Italia, Bilbao finished in third place on the opening stage in Hungary,[20] behind Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay. Bilbao held a top-ten position in the general classification for the duration of the race, ultimately finishing fifth overall,[21] 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.[22] In July he won his first Tour de France stage on stage 10 from the breakaway. He dedicated his victory to fellow teammate Gino Mäder following his death at the Tour de Suisse weeks prior.[23]
Bilbao is taking part in the 2024 Tour de France.
Major results
edit- 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
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 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
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 5 | — | — |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | 16 | 9 | — | 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 |
| Paris–Nice
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— | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 23 |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
— | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | 61 | 9 | — | — |
 Volta a Catalunya
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 48 | 28 | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
— | — | — | — | 56 | 17 | 110 | 8 | 53 | 6 | 5 | DNF | 6 | |
| Tour de Romandie
|
— | — | 103 | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
92 | 146 | 73 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 33 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | NH | — | — | DNF | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | 90 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 9 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | 7 | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | — | 38 | 93 | 46 | DNF | 18 | 19 | NH | — | — | 2 | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | Not held | 12 | 80 | 9 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 39 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 9 | 29 | 2 | ||
| Milano–Torino | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ a b "Astana – Pro Team". Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Basque Country's Euskaltel present UCI World Tour team". EITB. EiTB Group. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
The Basque backbone remains with Samuel Sanchez, Igor Anton, Ion Izagirre, Mikel Landa, Gorka Izagirre, Pello Bilbao, Mikel Astarloza and Mikel Nieve.
[permanent dead link] - ^ a b "Caja Rural-Seguros RGA ficha a Pello Bilbao y Lluís Más" [Caja Rural-Seguros RGA sign Pello Bilbao and Lluís Más]. Marca.com (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Bahrain-Merida announce six new signings, including Pello Bilbao, Eros Capecchi and Marco Haller". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Tour of Turkey: Bilbao wins stage 6 in Selçuk". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (3 May 2021). "Bahrain Victorious 'all-in' for Mikel Landa at Giro d'Italia". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Bonville-Ginn, Tim (12 May 2021). "Mikel Landa crashes out of the Giro d'Italia 2021". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (30 May 2021). "Bilbao: Nobody deserved Giro d'Italia stage win more than Caruso". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (30 May 2021). "Egan Bernal seals Giro d'Italia victory". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Bilbao Claims Podium on UAE Tour". Team Bahrain Victorious. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (6 April 2022). "Itzulia Basque Country: Pello Bilbao wins hilly stage 3". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (9 April 2022). "Daniel Martínez wins Itzulia Basque Country". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (19 April 2022). "Tour of the Alps: Pello Bilbao wins stage 2". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (18 April 2022). "Bilbao shows early ambitions at Tour of the Alps". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (22 April 2022). "Tour of the Alps: Pinot surges to stage 5 win as Bardet grabs overall title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Pello Bilbao Third On Giro d'Italia Opener". Team Bahrain Victorious. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Becket, Adam (30 May 2022). "Giro d'Italia 2022 standings: Final results from the 105th edition after stage 21". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Giuliani, Simone; Beard, Clara (20 January 2023). "Pello Bilbao wins Tour Down Under stage 3". CyclingNews. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (11 July 2023). "Tour de France: Pello Bilbao scorches sprint from breakaway to win stage 10". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
External links
edit
- Pello Bilbao at UCI
- Pello Bilbao at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Pello Bilbao at ProCyclingStats
- Pello Bilbao at CQ Ranking
- Pello Bilbao at CycleBase
