# Haimar Zubeldia

Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (born 1 April 1977) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist from the Basque Country, who competed professionally between 1998 and 2017 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi, Astana, Team RadioShack and Trek–Segafredo 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 Euskaltel–Euskadi 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 Movistar Team, 5-time-winner Miguel Induráin, and José Vicente García. In his career, Zubeldia started 29 Grand Tours – 16 at the Tour de France, 12 at the Vuelta a España and 1 at the Giro d'Italia – finishing 26.

## Major results

Sources:

### 1998

    10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

### 1999

    6th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
    9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

### 2000

    1st Overall Euskal Bizikleta
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
       1st Young rider classification
    4th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
    9th Paris–Camembert
    10th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
    10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
    10th Overall Vuelta a España

### 2001

    7th Overall Volta a Catalunya

### 2002

    4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
       1st Young rider classification
    9th Paris–Camembert

### 2003

    3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
    3rd Subida a Urkiola
    4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
    5th Overall Tour de France
    10th LuK Challenge Chrono

### 2004

    3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
    5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
    7th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas

### 2005

    7th Clásica de San Sebastián

### 2006

    8th Overall Tour de France
    8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
    10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

### 2007

    4th Overall Tour de France
    8th Overall GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis
    8th Gran Premio de Llodio

### 2008

    5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
    6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    9th Clásica de San Sebastián
    10th Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
       9th Trofeo Sóller

### 2009

    1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
    3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
    8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

### 2010

    1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
       1st Prologue
    4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    4th Clásica de San Sebastián
    4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

### 2011

    7th Clásica de San Sebastián
    8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

### 2012

    6th Overall Tour de France
    8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
    10th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt

### 2014

    7th Clásica de San Sebastián
    8th Overall Tour de France

### 2015

    6th Overall Tour of California

### 2017

    10th Overall Tour of California

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| 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 | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |