Haimar Zubeldia
Haimar Zubeldia Agirre is a Spanish former road racing cyclist from the Basque Country, who competed professionally between 1998 and 2017 for the,, and teams. During his career, Zubeldia recorded five top-ten finishes in the Tour de France, and one in the Vuelta a España.Biography
Born and raised in Usurbil, Gipuzkoa, Zubeldia currently resides in the neighboring village of Zarautz. His younger brother Joseba Zubeldia also competed as a professional racing cyclist.
At the age of twenty-one, Zubeldia turned professional with in 1998. In 2000, he won the Euskal Bizikleta, and finished second overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. After his win in 2000 in the Euskal Bizikleta, it took him ten years to win again, when he won the Tour de l'Ain.
In 2014, Zubeldia became the Spanish rider with the most starts in the Tour de France, a record previously held by two long-term-servants of what is now the, 5-time-winner Miguel Indurain, and José Vicente García. In his career, Zubeldia started 29 Grand Tours – 16 at the Tour de France, 12 at the Vuelta a Espana and 1 at the Giro d'Italia – finishing 26.Major results
Sources:
;1998
;1999
;2000
;2001
;2002
;2003
;2004
;2005
;2006
;2007
;2008
;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2014
;2015
;2017| Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 73 | 39 | 5 | DNF | 15 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 25 | — | 15 | 6 | 36 | 8 | 62 | 24 | 52 |
| Vuelta a España | 10 | 43 | 11 | — | 40 | — | 34 | 44 | — | 14 | — | 25 | — | DNF | DNF | 23 | 19 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
