Pello Bilbao

Pello Bilbao

Personal information
Full name Pello Bilbao López De Armentia
Born (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990
Guernica, Spain
Team information
Current team Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics rider
Amateur team(s)
2009–2010 Naturgas Energia
Professional team(s)
2011 Orbea Continental Team
2011–2013 Euskaltel–Euskadi[1]
2014– Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
Infobox last updated on
25 May 2014
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bilbao and the second or maternal family name is López de Armentia.

Pello Bilbao López de Armentia (born 25 February 1990) is a Spanish cyclist who rides for the UCI Professional Continental team Caja Rural–Seguros RGA.[2]

Career

Bilbao joined Caja Rural–Seguros RGA for the 2014 season, after his previous team Euskaltel–Euskadi – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[2] In 2015, Bilbao won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey, concluding his effort atop a steep climb.[3]

Palmarès

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
7th Overall Tour of Norway
8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
2015
1st Mountains classification Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 6 Tour of Turkey
1st Overall Tour de Beauce
4th overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 1
1st Points classification
7th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
2016
1st Stage 2 Tour of Turkey

References

  1. "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.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. "Tour of Turkey: Bilbao wins stage 6 in Selçuk". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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