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Euskadi (Continental cycling team)

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UCI code
  
ORB

Discipline
  
Road

Founded
  
1932

Registered
  
Spain

Status
  
UCI Continental Tour

2005–2006 2007–2008 2009–2011 2012 2013–2014
  
Orbea Orbea-Oreka SDA Orbea Orbea Continental Euskadi

General manager
  
Álvaro González de Galdeano

Euskadi (UCI team code: ORB) is a Spanish cycling team based in Basque Country that existed from 2005 to 2014. It was one of the European teams in UCI Continental Tour.

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The team functioned as the development team of Euskaltel–Euskadi, the unofficial national squad of Basque Country. Orbea's team manager Álvaro González de Galdeano is the older brother of Igor González de Galdeano, the last manager of Euskaltel. The team focused primarily on young riders, of whom the most successful usually made the transfer to Euskaltel–Euskadi.

Sponsorship

Main sponsor Orbea is a bicycle manufacturer based in Mallabia. Throughout cycling history, Orbea has sponsored numerous cycling teams.

Major wins

  • Mountains classification Vuelta a España 1984 – Felipe Yanez de la Torre
  • Vuelta a España 1985 – Pedro Delgado
  • Tour of the Basque Country 1985 – Pello Ruiz Cabestany

    • Major results

    2005
    1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir, Jesús Del Nero
    2006
    1st Stage 1 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, Josu Agirre 1st Stage 3 Euskal Bizikleta, Aaron Villegas 1st Stage 7 Circuito Montañés, Vidal Celis
    2007
    1st Stage 2 Circuito Montañés, Xabat Otxotorena 1st Stage 7 Circuito Montañés, Ivan Melero
    2008
    1st Stage 1a Vuelta a Navarra, Team Time Trial
    2009
    1st Subida al Naranco, Romain Sicard 1st Stage 3 Tour du Haut Anjou, Jonathan Castroviejo 1st Prologue Ronde de l'Isard, Jonathan Castroviejo 1st Stage 2 Ronde de l'Isard, Romain Sicard
    2010
    2011
    1st Stage 1 GP Costa Azul, Jon Aberasturi 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias, Victor Cabedo 1st Stage 2 Cinturo de l'Emporda, Ricardo García
    2013
    1st Stage 2 Ronde de l'Isard, Carlos Barbero 1st Overall Tour de Gironde, Jon Larrinaga 1st Stage 2 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Jon Larrinaga
    2014
    1st Overall Volta ao Alentejo, Carlos Barbero 1st Stage 1 Tour de Gironde, Team time trial

    2013 team

    As of 23 January 2013.

    References

    Euskadi (Continental cycling team) Wikipedia
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