.jpg) Bilbao in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pello Bilbao López de Armentia |
| Nickname | The Puppy of Guernica |
| Born | 25 February 1990 Guernica, Spain |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Bahrain Victorious |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team | |
| 2009–2010 | Naturgas Energía |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011 | Orbea |
| 2011–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi[2] |
| 2014–2016 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA[3] |
| 2017–2019 | Astana[4] |
| 2020– | Bahrain–McLaren[5] |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2023) Giro d'Italia 2 individual stages (2019) National Time Trial Championships (2020) | |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia (born 25 February 1990) is a Spanish cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[6] He has finished in the top ten five times in Grand Tours — twice in the Tour de France (2021, 2023); and three times in the Giro d'Italia (2018, 2020, 2022).
Career
[edit]Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (2014–16)
[edit]Bilbao joined Caja Rural–Seguros RGA for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[3] In 2015, Bilbao won the sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey, concluding his effort atop a steep climb.[7]
Astana (2017–2019)
[edit]He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[8] He finished 10th overall in the Tour de Suisse, which was his first top 10 in a general classification in a major stage race.
Bilbao finished 7th overall at the 2018 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Months later he finished 8th overall at the Tour of the Basque Country. He won stage 1 of the Tour of the Alps, therefore riding stage 2 in the leader's jersey. He continued his great form at the Giro d'Italia, supporting Miguel Ángel López, and finishing 6th overall. Weeks later Bilbao won stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, which was his first World Tour victory.
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Bilbao at the 2021 Giro d'Italia
In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[9]
Bahrain–McLaren (2020–present)
[edit]In October 2019, it was announced that Bilbao was to join Bahrain–Merida, later renamed as Bahrain–McLaren, for the 2020 season.[5] He finished sixteenth at the 2020 Tour de France, before recording his best Grand Tour result to that point, placing fifth overall at the 2020 Giro d'Italia. He entered the 2021 Giro d'Italia as a domestique – initially for team leader Mikel Landa,[10] before Landa had to withdraw from the race after a crash on the fifth stage.[11] Damiano Caruso then took over as team leader, and following teamwork by Bilbao, won the penultimate stage of the race on his way to second overall; Bilbao ultimately finished 13th overall.[12][13]
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Bilbao at the 2023 Tour de France
Bilbao finished on the overall podium at the 2022 UAE Tour, taking a third-place stage finish at Jebel Hafeet on the final day.[14] At the Tour of the Basque Country, Bilbao won a small group sprint on the third stage into Amurrio; he ultimately finished the race in fifth overall.[15][16] His next start was at the Tour of the Alps, where he again won a small group sprint, winning the second stage into Lana.[17] Having finished second on the first stage,[18] Bilbao assumed the race lead – which he would hold until the final day, when he lost forty seconds to three riders, who ultimately moved ahead of him in the general classification.[19] At the Giro d'Italia, Bilbao finished in third place on the opening stage in Hungary,[20] behind Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay. Bilbao held a top-ten position in the general classification for the duration of the race, ultimately finishing fifth overall,[21] for the second time in three editions.
Bilbao took an early season win on stage three of the 2023 Tour Down Under, going on to finish third overall.[22] In July he won his first Tour de France stage on stage 10 from the breakaway. He dedicated his victory to fellow teammate Gino Mäder following his death at the Tour de Suisse weeks prior.[23]
Bilbao is taking part in the 2024 Tour de France.
Major results
[edit]
Overall Tour de Beauce
1st 
Mountains classification, Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 6 Tour of Turkey
4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
7th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
10th GP Miguel Induráin
2016 (1)
1st Stage 2 Tour of Turkey
2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
5th Circuito de Getxo
6th GP Miguel Induráin
7th Milano–Torino
8th Klasika Primavera
9th Overall Tour of Norway
9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2017
10th Overall Tour de Suisse
2018 (2)
1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 1 Tour of the Alps
6th Overall Giro d'Italia
7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
2019 (3)
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 7 & 20
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stage 1
3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2020 (1)
1st 
Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Giro d'Italia
6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
6th Circuito de Getxo
2021 (1)
2nd Overall Tour of the Alps
1st Stage 4
4th GP Miguel Induráin
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
9th Overall Tour de France
10th Strade Bianche
2022 (3)
2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 4
3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
3rd Overall UAE Tour
4th Overall Tour of the Alps
1st Stage 2
5th Overall Giro d'Italia
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 3
5th Strade Bianche
9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
2023 (2)
2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
3rd Overall Tour Down Under
1st Stage 3
4th Overall UAE Tour
4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
6th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 10
7th Strade Bianche
2024 (1)
2nd Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Stage 4
2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
3rd Overall UAE Tour
6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
9th Amstel Gold Race
9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
2025
3rd Overall UAE Tour
3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
5th Strade Bianche
8th Overall Tour of Guangxi
9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
9th Overall Tour de Pologne
9th Overall Tour of Britain
General classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 5 | — | — | |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | 16 | 9 | — | 6 | DNF | |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | 60 | 97 | 78 | 23 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||||||||
| Race | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
 Paris–Nice
|
— | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 23 | — |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
— | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | 61 | 9 | — | — | 9 |
 Volta a Catalunya
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 48 | 28 | NH | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
— | — | — | — | 56 | 17 | 110 | 8 | 53 | 6 | 5 | DNF | 6 | ||
| Tour de Romandie
|
— | — | 103 | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
92 | 146 | 73 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | NH | — | — | DNF | — | |
Classics results timeline
[edit]| Monument | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | |
| Tour of Flanders | — | 90 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 9 | |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | 7 | — | 5 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | DNF | |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | — | 38 | 93 | 46 | DNF | 18 | 19 | NH | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | Not held | 12 | 80 | 9 | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 39 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 9 | 29 | 2 | |||
| Milano–Torino | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Astana – Pro Team". Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Basque Country's Euskaltel present UCI World Tour team". EITB. EiTB Group. 23 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013. The Basque backbone remains with Samuel Sanchez, Igor Anton, Ion Izagirre, Mikel Landa, Gorka Izagirre, Pello Bilbao, Mikel Astarloza and Mikel Nieve.
- ^ a b "Caja Rural-Seguros RGA ficha a Pello Bilbao y Lluís Más" [Caja Rural-Seguros RGA sign Pello Bilbao and Lluís Más]. Marca.com (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Bahrain-Merida announce six new signings, including Pello Bilbao, Eros Capecchi and Marco Haller". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Tour of Turkey: Bilbao wins stage 6 in Selçuk". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (3 May 2021). "Bahrain Victorious 'all-in' for Mikel Landa at Giro d'Italia". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Bonville-Ginn, Tim (12 May 2021). "Mikel Landa crashes out of the Giro d'Italia 2021". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (30 May 2021). "Bilbao: Nobody deserved Giro d'Italia stage win more than Caruso". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (30 May 2021). "Egan Bernal seals Giro d'Italia victory". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Bilbao Claims Podium on UAE Tour". Team Bahrain Victorious. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (6 April 2022). "Itzulia Basque Country: Pello Bilbao wins hilly stage 3". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (9 April 2022). "Daniel Martínez wins Itzulia Basque Country". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (19 April 2022). "Tour of the Alps: Pello Bilbao wins stage 2". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (18 April 2022). "Bilbao shows early ambitions at Tour of the Alps". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (22 April 2022). "Tour of the Alps: Pinot surges to stage 5 win as Bardet grabs overall title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Pello Bilbao Third On Giro d'Italia Opener". Team Bahrain Victorious. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Becket, Adam (30 May 2022). "Giro d'Italia 2022 standings: Final results from the 105th edition after stage 21". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Giuliani, Simone; Beard, Clara (20 January 2023). "Pello Bilbao wins Tour Down Under stage 3". CyclingNews. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (11 July 2023). "Tour de France: Pello Bilbao scorches sprint from breakaway to win stage 10". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
External links
[edit]
- Pello Bilbao at UCI
- Pello Bilbao at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Pello Bilbao at ProCyclingStats
- Pello Bilbao at CQ Ranking
- Pello Bilbao at CycleBase (archive)
