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]

Pello Bilbao
Personal information
Full namePello Bilbao López De Armentia
NicknameThe Puppy of Guernica
Born (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990
Guernica, Spain
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamTeam Bahrain Victorious
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll Rounder
Amateur team
2009–2010Naturgas Energía
Professional teams
2011Orbea
2011–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi[2]
2014–2016Caja Rural–Seguros RGA[3]
2017–2019Astana[4]
2020–Bahrain–McLaren[5]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2019)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2020)

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
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
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress
NH Not held

References

  1. "Astana – Pro Team". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. "Tour of Turkey: Bilbao wins stage 6 in Selçuk". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  8. "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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