2013 Euskaltel–Euskadi season

The 2013 season for Euskaltel–Euskadi began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2013 Euskaltel–Euskadi season
Manager	Igor González de Galdeano
One-day victories	1
Stage race overall victories	–
Stage race stage victories	3
Previous season

2013 roster

As of 9 September 2013.[1][2]

Rider Date of birth  Jon Aberasturi (ESP) (1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 23)  Igor Antón (ESP) (1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 29)  Mikel Astarloza (ESP) (1979-11-17)17 November 1979 (aged 33)  Jorge Azanza (ESP) (1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 30)  Pello Bilbao (ESP) (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 22)  Garikoitz Bravo (ESP) (1989-07-31)31 July 1989 (aged 23)  Tarik Chaoufi[N 1] (MAR) (1986-02-26)26 February 1986 (aged 26)  Ricardo García (ESP) (1988-02-26)26 February 1988 (aged 24)  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 25)  Ion Izagirre (ESP) (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 23)  Jure Kocjan (SLO) (1984-10-18)18 October 1984 (aged 28)  Mikel Landa (ESP) (1989-12-13)13 December 1989 (aged 23)  Juan José Lobato (ESP) (1988-12-29)29 December 1988 (aged 24)  Egoi Martínez (ESP) (1978-05-15)15 May 1978 (aged 34)  Ricardo Mestre (POR) (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 (aged 29)

Rider Date of birth  Miguel Mínguez (ESP) (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 (aged 24)  Mikel Nieve (ESP) (1984-05-26)26 May 1984 (aged 28)  Juan José Oroz (ESP) (1980-11-07)7 November 1980 (aged 32)  Rubén Pérez (ESP) (1981-10-30)30 October 1981 (aged 31)  Steffen Radochla (GER) (1978-10-19)19 October 1978 (aged 34)  Adrián Sáez (ESP) (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 26)  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) (1978-02-05)5 February 1978 (aged 34)  André Schulze (GER) (1974-11-21)21 November 1974 (aged 38)  Alexander Serebryakov[N 2] (RUS) (1987-09-25)25 September 1987 (aged 25)  Romain Sicard (FRA) (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 25)  Ioannis Tamouridis (GRE) (1980-06-03)3 June 1980 (aged 32)  Pablo Urtasun (ESP) (1980-03-29)29 March 1980 (aged 32)  Gorka Verdugo (ESP) (1978-11-04)4 November 1978 (aged 34)  Robert Vrečer (SLO) (1980-10-08)8 October 1980 (aged 32)

1. Chaoufi left the team on 13 August.[3]
2. Serebryakov was suspended from the team on 6 April, adverse analytical finding in an out-of-competition drugs test in March.[2] He was later sacked.

Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season Rider 2012 team Jon Aberasturi Orbea Garikoitz Bravo Caja Rural Tarik Chaoufi[4] neo-pro Jure Kocjan[5] Team Type 1–Sanofi Juan José Lobato[5] Andalucía Ricardo Mestre Carmim–Prio Steffen Radochla[6] Team NSP-Ghost André Schulze[5] Team NetApp Alexander Serebryakov Team Type 1–Sanofi Ioannis Tamouridis SP Tableware Robert Vrečer Team Vorarlberg

Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season Rider 2013 team Víctor Cabedo[7] Deceased Pierre Cazaux[8] GSC Blagnac Alan Pérez Retired Amets Txurruka[9] Caja Rural Iván Velasco[9] Caja Rural

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
12 April	Vuelta a Castilla y León, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Pablo Urtasun (ESP)	Spain	Valladolid
13 April	Vuelta a Castilla y León, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Juan José Lobato (ESP)	Spain	Palencia
12 May	Vuelta a Asturias, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Spain
8 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Samuel Sánchez (ESP)	Spain	SuperDévoluy
16 June	Tour de Suisse, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Robert Vrečer (SLO)	Switzerland
16 June	Tour de Suisse, Sprints classification	UCI World Tour	Robert Vrečer (SLO)	Switzerland
31 July	Circuito de Getxo	UCI Europe Tour	Juan José Lobato (ESP)	Spain	Getxo
15 September	Vuelta a España, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 1]	Spain

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Samuel Sánchez, Igor Antón, Jorge Azanza, Mikel Landa, Egoi Martínez, Mikel Nieve, Juan José Oroz, Pablo Urtasun and Gorka Verdugo

References

1. "Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
2. "Serebryakov returns positive out of competition test". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
3. "Chaoufi released by Euskaltel Euskadi". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
4. van Eyck, Xylon (22 October 2012). "UCI Africa Tour winner Chaoufi signs with Euskaltel-Euskadi". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
5. Brown, Gregor (10 December 2012). "Euskaltel to sell team vehicles to balance books". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Ltd. Retrieved 5 January 2013. It signed 11 new cyclists: Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spain), Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spain), Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spain), Tarik Chaoufi (Morocco), Jure Kocjan (Slovenia), Robert Vrecer (Slovenia), Ricardo Jorge Correia Mestre (Portugal), Steffen Radochla (Germany), André Schulze (Germany), Alexander Serebryakov (Russia) and Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece).
6. Urraburu, Benito (21 October 2012). "Euskaltel ya tiene completo su equipo para 2013 con diez nuevos fichajes" [Euskaltel team already full for 2013 with ten new signings]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Grupo Vocento. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
7. "Euskaltel's Cabedo killed in training accident". Cyclingnews. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
8. "Euskaltel-Euskadi has lost its soul, says Cazaux". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
9. Cossins, Peter (24 September 2012). "Txurruka critical of new Euskaltel philosophy". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 24 September 2012.