# Gorka Izagirre

Gorka Izagirre Insausti (born 7 October 1987) is a Spanish former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Ion Izagirre.

## Career

Both Izagirre brothers were signed by the Movistar Team for the 2014 season, with Ion leaving for Bahrain–Merida at the beginning of 2017.

### Movistar Team (2014–17)

Izagirre won the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia for the third time in his career in 2014. His first top 10 in a World Tour stage race came in 2015, when he placed 9th in Paris–Nice. In 2017, Izagirre finished fourth overall at Paris–Nice, and won stage 8 in the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia.

### Bahrain–Merida (2018)

Izagirre signed with the Bahrain–Merida team for the 2018 season. He started off the season with 7th overall at Tour Down Under, and then took 3rd place overall at the Tour of Oman. He was captain of the Bahrain–Merida team together with his brother Ion Izagirre at Paris–Nice. They attacked on the downhill on the last stage and the brothers looked to finish 1st and 2nd but they both crashed in a turn on the downhill section, meaning their bikes tangled together. They lost their advantage and Gorka finished 3rd overall. In late June, Izagirre finished 2nd in the Spanish National Time Trial Championships, and days later he won the Spanish National Road Race Championships. Going into the Tour de France, Izagirre was a domestique for team captain Vincenzo Nibali, however Nibali went out of the race on stage 13, meaning Izagirre had the chance to hunt stage wins. He managed to get into the breakaway on stage 16 and finished 2nd on the stage, 15 seconds down on stage winner Julian Alaphilippe.

### Astana (2019–21)

In August 2018 it was announced that the Izagirre brothers would join Astana in 2019. He took two individual victories with the team – the 2019 Tour de la Provence, and the 2020 Gran Trittico Lombardo.

### Return to Movistar Team

In October 2021, Izagirre signed a two-year contract to return to the Movistar Team, from the 2022 season.

## Major results
### Road

Source:

#### 2010 (2 pro wins)

    1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg

#### 2011

    2nd Trofeo Deia
    9th Trofeo Inca
    10th Overall Tour du Haut Var

#### 2012 (1)

    1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

#### 2013

    7th Overall Tour Down Under

#### 2014 (1)

    1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
    2nd Klasika Primavera

#### 2015

    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    8th Overall Tour Down Under
    9th Overall Paris–Nice

#### 2016

    2nd Klasika Primavera
    5th Overall Dubai Tour

#### 2017 (2)

    1st Klasika Primavera
    1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
    4th Overall Paris–Nice
    8th GP Miguel Induráin

#### 2018 (1)

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    3rd Overall Paris–Nice
    3rd Overall Tour of Oman
    7th Overall Tour Down Under
    Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España

#### 2019 (1)

    1st Overall Tour de la Provence
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    4th Clásica de San Sebastián
    9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

#### 2020 (1)

    1st Gran Trittico Lombardo
    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       3rd Time trial
    Combativity award Stage 6 Vuelta a España

#### 2022

    10th GP Miguel Induráin

#### 2023

    9th Overall Tour Down Under
    10th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
    10th Vuelta a Murcia

#### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | 66 | 39 | DNF | — | 32 | DNF | — | 24 | 42 | 22 | — | DNF | 37 |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | 29 | 53 | 19 | 27 | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | 54 | 72 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 3 | DNF | — | — | 29 | 33 |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | DNF | — | — | DNF | 52 | 29 | 62 | DNS | 55 | 41 | 28 | NH | — | 30 | 41 |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | 22 | — | NH | DNF | — | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | 19 | — | — | — | 18 | 31 | — | 64 | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | 18 | 22 | — | — | — | 12 | — | 32 | — | NH | — | — | 19 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |
| NH | Not held |

### Cyclo-cross
#### 2007–2008

    3rd National Under-23 Championships

#### 2019–2020

    1st Abadino
    3rd National Championships

#### 2021–2022

    1st Abadino