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Igor Astarloa Astarloa

Key Stats

Team: Milram
Nationality: Spanish
Born: March 29, 1976
Hometown: Ermua, Spain
Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 147 pounds
Turned Pro: 2000

Palmares

Career Highlights:

1st, world road championship 2003
1st, Fleche Wallonne 2003

2007
3rd, stage 2, Tour Mediterranean

2006
1st, Milano-Torino
2nd, stage 3, Tirreno-Adriatico
3rd, stage 2, Clasica Alcobendas
5th, stage 6, Tirreno-Adriatico
6th overall, Criterium International

2005
1st, points competition, Vuelta a Burgos (plus stage 2)
2nd, stages 1 and 5, Vuelta a Burgos
2nd, stage 2, Vuelta Asturias
3rd, stage 1, Brixia Tour
3rd, stage 1, Vuelta Asturias

2004
1st, points competition, Brixia Tour (plus stage 1)
2nd, stage 4, Tirreno-Adriatico
2nd, stage 2, Tour Mediterranean
3rd, HEW Cyclassics
4th overall, Tirenno-Adriatico
4th, stage 2, Giro d’Italia
6th, Milan-San Remo

2003
1st, world road championship
1st, Fleche Wallonne
2nd, stage 2, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
2nd, stage 3, Brixia Tour
2nd, stage 1, Clasica Alcobendas
3rd, Rund um den Henninger Turm
4th, HEW Cyclassics
10th, Amstel Gold Race

2002
1st overall, Brixia Tour (plus stage 2a)
2nd, Clasica San Sebastian
2nd, HEW Cyclassics
2nd, Japan Cup
7th, Paris-Tours

2001
1st, Grand Prix Primavera
2nd, stages 1 and 5a, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
3rd, stage 2, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
5th, GP Miguel Indurain
7th, HEW Cyclassics

Biography

Astarloa got his start in 1999 with Riso Scotti-Vinavil as a stagiaire. He went pro the following year with Mercatone Uno, where he stayed until moving to Saeco in 2002. After winning the world championship, he signed with Lampre for 2004, then bounced to Barloworld until coming to Milram in 2007.