# Pello Bilbao

Pello Bilbao López de Armentia (born 25 February 1990) is a Spanish Basque cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.

## Career
### Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (2014–16)

Bilbao joined Caja Rural–Seguros RGA for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi – folded at the end of the 2013 season. In 2015, Bilbao won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey, concluding his effort atop a steep climb.

### Astana (2017–2019)

He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He finished 10th overall in the Tour de Suisse, which was his first top 10 in a general classification in a major stage race.
Bilbao finished 7th overall at the 2018 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Months later he finished 8th overall at the Tour of the Basque Country. He won stage 1 of the Tour of the Alps, therefore riding stage 2 in the leader's jersey. He continued his great form at the Giro d'Italia, supporting Miguel Ángel López, and finishing 6th overall. Weeks later Bilbao won stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, which was his first World Tour victory.
In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.

### Bahrain–McLaren (2020–present)

In October 2019, it was announced that Bilbao was to join Bahrain–Merida, later renamed as Bahrain–McLaren, for the 2020 season. He finished sixteenth at the 2020 Tour de France, before recording his best Grand Tour result to that point, placing fifth overall at the 2020 Giro d'Italia. He entered the 2021 Giro d'Italia as a domestique – initially for team leader Mikel Landa, before Landa had to withdraw from the race after a crash on the fifth stage. Damiano Caruso then took over as team leader, and following teamwork by Bilbao, won the penultimate stage of the race on his way to second overall; Bilbao ultimately finished 13th overall.
Bilbao finished on the overall podium at the 2022 UAE Tour, taking a third-place stage finish at Jebel Hafeet on the final day. At the Tour of the Basque Country, Bilbao won a small group sprint on the third stage into Amurrio; he ultimately finished the race in fifth overall. His next start was at the Tour of the Alps, where he again won a small group sprint, winning the second stage into Lana. Having finished second on the first stage, Bilbao assumed the race lead – which he would hold until the final day, when he lost forty seconds to three riders, who ultimately moved ahead of him in the general classification. At the Giro d'Italia, Bilbao finished in third place on the opening stage in Hungary, behind Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay. Bilbao held a top-ten position in the general classification for the duration of the race, ultimately finishing fifth overall, for the second time in three editions.
Bilbao took an early season win on stage three of the 2023 Tour Down Under, going on to finish third overall. In July he won his first Tour de France stage on stage 10 from the breakaway. He dedicated his victory to fellow teammate Gino Mäder following his death at the Tour de Suisse weeks prior.
Bilbao is taking part in the 2024 Tour de France.

## Major results
### 2011

    2nd Tour de Vendée
    7th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

### 2012

    10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

### 2013

    7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

### 2014 (1 pro win)

    1st Klasika Primavera
    3rd Circuito de Getxo
    6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    7th Overall Tour of Norway
    7th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
    8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

### 2015 (2)

    1st Overall Tour de Beauce
    1st Mountains classification, Vuelta a Andalucía
    1st Stage 6 Tour of Turkey
    4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    7th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
    10th GP Miguel Induráin

### 2016 (1)

    1st Stage 2 Tour of Turkey
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
    5th Circuito de Getxo
    6th GP Miguel Induráin
    7th Milano–Torino
    8th Klasika Primavera
    9th Overall Tour of Norway
    9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

### 2017

    10th Overall Tour de Suisse

### 2018 (2)

    1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné
    1st Stage 1 Tour of the Alps
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia
    7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

### 2019 (3)

    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 7 & 20
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

### 2020 (1)

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    5th Overall Giro d'Italia
    6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    6th Circuito de Getxo

### 2021 (1)

    2nd Overall Tour of the Alps
       1st Stage 4
    4th GP Miguel Induráin
    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    9th Overall Tour de France
    10th Strade Bianche

### 2022 (3)

    2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 4
    3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
    3rd Overall UAE Tour
    4th Overall Tour of the Alps
       1st Stage 2
    5th Overall Giro d'Italia
    5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
       1st Stage 3
    5th Strade Bianche
    9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

### 2023 (2)

    2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
    3rd Overall Tour Down Under
       1st Stage 3
    4th Overall UAE Tour
    4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    6th Overall Tour de France
       1st Stage 10
    7th Strade Bianche

### 2024 (1)

    2nd Overall Tour of Slovenia
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    3rd Overall UAE Tour
    6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    9th Amstel Gold Race
    9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

### 2025

    3rd Overall UAE Tour
    3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    5th Strade Bianche
    9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 5 | — | — | |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | 16 | 9 | — | 6 | DNF | |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 60 | 97 | 78 | 23 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Paris–Nice | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 23 | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | 61 | 9 | — | — | 9 |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 48 | 28 | NH | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | — | 56 | 17 | 110 | 8 | 53 | NH | 6 | 5 | DNF | 6 | |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | 103 | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 92 | 146 | 73 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | NH | — | — | DNF | — | |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | |
| Tour of Flanders | — | 90 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 9 | |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | DNF | |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | — | 38 | 93 | 46 | DNF | 18 | 19 | NH | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | Not held | Not held | 12 | 80 | 9 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 39 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | Not held | Not held | 9 | 29 | 2 | |
| Milano–Torino | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |