Ion Izagirre

Ion Izagirre Insausti (born 4 February 1989) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer and cyclo-cross rider from the Basque Country, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is sometimes referred to as Jon Izaguirre, to retain the correct pronunciation under Castilian orthography.
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 team – alongside brother Gorka – from the 2011 season onwards,
Izagirre won his first professional races in the spring of 2012; he won the individual time trial at the Vuelta a Asturias in April, before taking a victory during his Grand Tour début at the Giro d'Italia. During the sixteenth stage, Izagirre made a solo breakaway with remaining, before winning the stage by sixteen seconds from his nearest competitor.
Following the collapse of the team at the end of the 2013 season, both Izagirre brothers were signed by the for the 2014 season.
In 2015, Izagirre won the Tour de Pologne. He started the final stage sixth on general classification but overhauled race leader Sergio Henao and the others above him by virtue of a superior time trial performance on the rolling circuit.
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.
Izagirre moved to the newly formed team for the 2017 season. He was the team's GC leader at the Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 1, an individual time trial in Düsseldorf, suffering a lumbar fracture which ended his season.
He was joined at by his brother Gorka for the 2018 season. In August 2018 it was announced that the brothers would join in 2019. In September 2021, Izagirre signed a one-year contract to ride for in 2022.
Major results
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 (2 pro wins)
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
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
4th Overall Tour Down Under
9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
2014 (1)
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 (1)
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 (5)
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 Giro di Lombardia
7th Clásica de San Sebastián
9th Overall Vuelta a España
2019 (3)
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 (1)
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2021 (2)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
7th Overall Tour de Romandie
10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 4
2022 (1)
2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 6
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Overall O Gran Camiño
6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
7th Overall Paris–Nice
7th GP Miguel Induráin
2023 (2)
1st GP Miguel Induráin
1st Stage 12 Tour de France
3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
5th Clásica de San Sebastián
7th Circuito de Getxo
8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
8th Tre Valli Varesine
10th Coppa Bernocchi
General classification results timeline
References
External links
1989 births
Living people
People from Goierri
Spanish Tour de France stage winners
Spanish Giro d'Italia stage winners
Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Spain
Cyclists from Gipuzkoa
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tour de Suisse stage winners