Pello Bilbao
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia (born 25 February 1990) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[6]
 Bilbao at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné. | |
| 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
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Career
Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (2014–16)
Bilbao 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)
He 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
In 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 date, placing fifth overall at the 2020 Giro d'Italia.
Major results
- 2011
- 2nd Tour de Vendée
- 7th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2012
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2013
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2014
- 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
- 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
- 1st Stage 2 Presidential 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
- 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
- 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
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 6th Circuito de Getxo
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 6 | 31 | 5 |
| Tour de France |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | 16 |
 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 |
| Paris–Nice |
— | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
 Tirreno–Adriatico |
— | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | — |
 Volta a Catalunya |
— | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 48 | 28 | NH |
| Tour of the Basque Country |
— | — | — | — | 56 | 17 | 110 | 8 | 53 | |
| Tour de Romandie |
— | — | 103 | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné |
92 | 146 | 73 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 33 |
| Tour de Suisse |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | NH |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
References
- "Astana – Pro Team". 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.
- "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. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- "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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peio Bilbao. |
- Pello Bilbao at ProCyclingStats
- Pello Bilbao at Cycling Archives