fullname ridertype updated proteam birth_place weight majorwins height discipline birth_date proyears role image article_title name currentteam
Íñigo cuesta lópez de castro domestique/climber 9 january 2012 eus 2006 ctt 2009 cjr 2011 1994 onc 1996 cof 2001 fot 2005 sax villarcayo , spain 62 kg lb on tour of the basque country -lrb- 1998 -rrb- 1.76 m ftin on road 2 june 1969 1994 2005 2006 -- 2008 2009 -- 2010 2011 -- 1995 1996 -- 2000 2001 -- 2004 rider inigo 17 -rrb- . jpg cuesta -lrb- tour de france 2009 - stage Íñigo cuesta
 Íñigo cuesta retired
Íñigo cuesta

Íñigo cuesta lópez de castro -lrb- born 2 june 1969 in villarcayo , burgos -rrb- is a former spanish professional road bicycle racer .
cuesta turned professional in 1994 for the basque team .
here his results included a second place in 1995 vuelta a asturias , and in 1996 he signed a contract with spanish team .
cuesta would have to wait until 1998 before he won his first race , the overall victory in the stage race tour of the basque country .
in securing the stage race win , he proved his talent as both a climber and time trialist , though not on the level of the grand tours .
even though he won a second triumph , a stage in the 2000 dauphiné libéré , he did n't get his contract renewed .
instead he signed with , after his initial new employer , `` linda mccartney racing team '' , went bankrupt before the season started .
his four years at cofidis did n't provide cuesta with any more wins , his biggest result a 13th place in the 2001 vuelta a españa .
in 2005 he changed to , where he won stage 5 in volta a catalunya , during the early protour season .
though he still had one year remaining of his contract , Íñigo cuesta changed to before the 2006 season .
here he assisted team captain carlos sastre in the vuelta a españa .
cuesta continued to help sastre in 2009 , after the announcement that he changed team and joined the new .
during the 2010 vuelta a españa , cuesta started for the 17th consecutive year , a new record .
to commemorate this , the race organizers gave him jersey number one , normally worn by the winner of the previous edition .
he announced his retirement in august 2011 after his team were not selected for the 2011 vuelta a españa .
