Pablo Urtasun

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urtasun and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Pablo Urtasun
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Urtasun at the 2009 Tour Down Under.
Personal information
Full namePablo Urtasun Pérez
Born (1980-03-29) 29 March 1980 (age 41)
Urdiain, Spain
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Team information
Current teamEquipo Kern Pharma
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
2003Team CSC (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2005–2006Kaiku
2007–2008Liberty Seguros Continental
2009–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi
2014PinoRoad
2015Team Ukyo
2016Funvic Soul Cycles–Carrefour
Managerial team
2020–Equipo Kern Pharma

Pablo Urtasun Pérez (born 29 March 1980) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Equipo Kern Pharma.[1]

Career[]

Urtasun was born in Urdiain, Navarre. In 2013, Urtasun earned his team's first victory of the season by outsprinting his rivals in the first stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León.[2]

Urtasun joined the PinoRoad squad for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi[3] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[4] For the 2015 season, he joined the Japanese UCI Continental team Team Ukyo.[5]

After retiring, Urtasun became a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Equipo Kern Pharma in 2020, during their first season of competition.

Major results[]

2004
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Navarra
2006
1st Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo
2nd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
2007
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a La Rioja
2008
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Asturias
5th Gran Premio de Llodio
2009
3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2010
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias
2012
1st Stage 7 Tour of Britain
2nd Vuelta a La Rioja
3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
2013
2nd Klasika Primavera
4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 1
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 6 Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 148 134 —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 100 — — 122
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

  1. ^ "Equipo Kern Pharma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ Peter Hymas (12 April 2013). "Urtasun wins opening stage at Vuelta a Castilla y Leon". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Oroz, Urtasun join new pro team in Chile". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Pablo Urtasun correrá en 2015 en el Team Ukyo continental japonés". Deia. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

External links[]

Media related to Pablo Urtasun at Wikimedia Commons


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