Álvaro González de Galdeano

Álvaro González de Galdeano Aranzábal (born 3 January 1970) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He was the manager of the cycling team Euskaltel–Euskadi until it disbanded in 2013. He is the brother of Igor González de Galdeano.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González de Galdeano and the second or maternal family name is Aranzábal.

Álvaro González de Galdeano
Personal information
Full nameÁlvaro González de Galdeano Aranzábal
Born (1970-01-03) 3 January 1970
Vitoria
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1992–1994Artiach–Royal
1995–1998Equipo Euskadi
1999–2000Vitalicio Seguros
2000–2004ONCE–Deutsche Bank
Managerial teams
2007–2009Orbea–Oreka SDA
2010–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi
Major wins
2 stages Vuelta a España (1998, 2000), stage Giro d'Italia (2000), Spanish National Road Race Championships (2000)[1]

Career

Galdeano began his career as a professional cyclist in 1992 with the Spanish team Artiach–Royal. He competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

In 1995, he joined Equipo Euskadi with his brother Igor. The two brothers then stayed together and went to teams Vitalicio Seguros and ONCE–Deutsche Bank.

He had his best season in 2000, when he won the Spanish National Road Race Championships, and a stage of the Vuelta a España and Giro d'Italia. He was to a suspended for three months when he was caught doping.

After putting an end to his cycling career, he became manager of the Basque team Orbea–Oreka SDA.

Major results
1994
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a México
1996
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
1998
1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Jornal de Noticias
5th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
7th Overall Vuelta a España
1999
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2000
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
2002
1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — 49 70 — —
Tour de France — — — — — — 24 — DNF DNF 122
Vuelta a España DNF 94 72 62 DNF 7 56 DNF — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
gollark: Mining time. Nobody is safe.
gollark: !q take 30 bricks <@!258639553357676545>
gollark: Nope.
gollark: !q give 30 bricks <@!258639553357676545>
gollark: !q take 60 clay <@!258639553357676545>

References
  1. "Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano Aranzabal". Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Álvaro González de Galdeano Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2016.


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