Ion Izagirre

Ion Izagirre Insausti[4] (born 4 February 1989) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer and cyclo-cross rider, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana.[5] He is sometimes referred to as Jon Izaguirre,[6] to retain the correct pronunciation under Castilian orthography.[7]

Ion Izagirre
Izagirre at the 2014 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameIon Izagirre Insausti
Born (1989-02-04) 4 February 1989
Ormaiztegi, Basque Country, Spain
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current teamAstana
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2009Seguros Bilbao
2009Orbea (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2010Orbea
2011–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi[1]
2014–2016Movistar Team[2]
2017–2018Bahrain–Merida
2019–Astana[3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2016)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2012)
Vuelta a España
1 TTT stage (2019)

Stage races

Tour of the Basque Country (2019)
Tour de Pologne (2015)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2014)
National Time Trial Championships (2016)
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Izagirre and the second or maternal family name is Insausti.

Career

Born in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Izagirre comes from a family of professional cyclists, as both his father José Ramón and brother Gorka have competed professionally on the roads and in cyclo-cross. Having joined the Euskaltel–Euskadi team – alongside brother Gorka – from the 2011 season onwards,[8]

Izagirre won his first professional races in the spring of 2012; he won the individual time trial at the Vuelta a Asturias in April,[9] before taking a victory during his Grand Tour début at the Giro d'Italia. During the sixteenth stage, Izagirre made a solo breakaway with 4 km (2.5 mi) remaining, before winning the stage by sixteen seconds from his nearest competitor.[10][11]

Following the collapse of the Euskatel-Euskadi team at the end of the 2013 season, both Izagirre brothers were signed by the Movistar Team for the 2014 season.[2]

In 2015, Izagirre won the Tour de Pologne. He started the final stage sixth on general classification but overhauled race leader Sergio Henao (Team Sky) and the others above him by virtue of a superior time trial performance on the rolling 25km circuit.[12]

Izagirre won Stage 20 of the 2016 Tour de France in Morzine, after attacking on the wet descent from a three rider group that led over the final climb of Col de Joux Plane.[13]

Izagirre moved to the newly-formed Bahrain–Merida team for the 2017 season. He was the team's GC leader at the 2017 Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 1, an individual time trial in Düsseldorf, suffering a lumbar fracture which ended his season.[14]

He was joined at Bahrain–Merida by his brother Gorka for the 2018 season. In August 2018 it was announced that the brothers would join Astana in 2019.[15]

Major results
Izagirre at the 2017 Paris–Nice, where he finished in seventh place.
2006
3rd Junior race, National Cyclo-cross Championships
2008
1st Gipuzkoa Individual Time Trial
3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2009
1st Under-23 race, Basque Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Memorial Angel Mantecon
1st Stage 4 Bizkaiko Bira
5th Overall Bidasoa Itzulia
2011
4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2012
1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 2b (ITT) Vuelta a Asturias
3rd Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
7th Overall Tour de Pologne
2013
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
4th Overall Tour Down Under
9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
2014
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
6th Overall Tour of Britain
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
2015
1st Overall Tour de Pologne
2nd GP Miguel Induráin
2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2016
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st GP Miguel Induráin
1st Stage 20 Tour de France
2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 8 (ITT)
3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Prologue
4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
5th Overall Paris–Nice
8th Time trial, Olympic Games
8th Overall Eneco Tour
8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
2017
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
5th Overall Tour de Romandie
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
6th Overall Tour de Suisse
6th Vuelta a Murcia
7th Overall Paris–Nice
7th Amstel Gold Race
2018
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
4th Overall Paris–Nice
6th Il Lombardia
7th Clásica de San Sebastián
9th Overall Vuelta a España
2019
1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2020
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

General classification results timeline
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia — 48 — — 27 — — — 36
Tour de France — — 69 41 — 47 DNF 22 —
Vuelta a España — — — — — — — 9 16
Major stage race general classification results timeline
Race 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Paris–Nice — — 55 19 26 5 7 4 21 —
Tirreno–Adriatico 24 16 — — — — — — —
Volta a Catalunya DNF — — — — — — — — NH
Tour of the Basque Country — — 47 55 3 — 3 3 1 NH
Tour de Romandie 103 — — 8 — 3 5 89 — NH
Critérium du Dauphiné Has not contested during career
Tour de Suisse — — 34 43 DNF 2 6 15 — NH
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified

References
  1. "Euskaltel to be led by Izaguirre brothers and Astarloza in Santos Tour Down Under". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. "Ion Izagirre also to ride for Movistar Team". Movistar Team. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. "Spain's Jon Izagirre wins maiden grand tour stage on day 16 as Joaquim Rodríguez retains lead". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  5. "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  6. "16ª etapa Giro de Italia: Ion Izagirre le da la primera victoria a Euskaltel Euskadi en el Giro 2012" [Giro d'Italia Stage 16: Ion Izagirre gives Euskaltel Euskadi its first victory in the Giro]. Euskaltel–Euskadi (in Spanish). Fundación Euskadi. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  7. "Izenak & Abizenak: Basque names & surnames". nabasque.org. North American Basque Organizations. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  8. Hood, Andrew (23 November 2010). "Euskaltel-Euskadi celebrates best season in team history". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  9. "Izagirre wins time trial in Piedras Blancas". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  10. Westemeyer, Susan (22 May 2012). "Izagirre triumphs in Giro stage 16 to Falzes". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  11. Atkins, Ben (22 May 2012). "Jon Izagirre takes breakaway stage sixteen as the peloton sleeps". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  12. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/third-time-lucky-for-overall-winner-izagirre-at-the-tour-de-pologne/
  13. Benson, Daniel (23 July 2016). "Froome set to win 2016 Tour de France ahead of procession to Paris". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  14. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ion-izagirre-sustains-lumbar-fracture-in-tour-de-france-crash/
  15. "Izagirre brothers sign for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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