2024 Edition
Riders EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
The history
It seems odd to speak of Euskaltel-Euskadi as a team that is making its debut in La Vuelta. The Basques rose from the ashes through the Fundación Euskadi, led by the rider from Álava Mikel Landa. Little by little, with effort and hard work, the team has made it into the UCI ProTeam category and was invited to participate in La Vuelta 21, the first Grand Tour they participated in since their creation in 2018.
Although the majority of the team members are Basque, Euskaltel-Euskadi also has some impressive riders from outside the Basque Country, Luis Ángel Maté, who will retire after La Vuelta 24. Only one team member knows what it is like to win a stage of the Spanish tour: Mikel Iturria. The rider from Urnieta won in Urdax-Dantxarinea in 2019. During the orange team’s return to La Vuelta, it fulfilled its attacking role and was rewarded for it with the Most Combative Rider award going to Joan Bou for Stage 6. In 2022, the Catalan again took the prize for conbativity on stage 13, while the Andalusian Luis Ángel Maté did so on stage 16.
- Final victory0
- Stages victory0
- Red jersey0
- Other race Won0
Overall victories: 0
Stage victories: 0
Leader jersey: 0
Victories in secondary classifications: 0
IN FIGURES:
- 8: The number of years between the old Euskaltel-Euskadi’s last participation in La Vuelta and their return as a new team in 2021. The team has included notable riders such as Samuel Sánchez, Igor Antón, Mikel Landa, the Izagirre brothers, Mikel Nieve, and Pello Bilbao, among others.
KEY DATES:
- January 15th, 2018: The Basque ‘orange tide’ made its comeback to the international peloton with the creation of a new professional team by Fundación Euskadi, nearly five years after the original Euskaltel-Euskadi team's dissolution.
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