Koldo Gil
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gil and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Koldo Gil Pérez |
| Born |
16 January 1978 Burlada, Spain |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2001–2002 | Banesto |
| 2003–2005 | Liberty Seguros |
| 2006–2007 | Saunier Duval-Prodir |
| 2008 | Liberty Seguros Continental |
| Major wins | |
|
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage Vuelta Asturias (2007) Euskal Bizikleta (2006) Vuelta a Murcia (2005) Vuelta a Castilla y León (2004) | |
|
Infobox last updated on 3 February 2008 | |
Koldo Gil Pérez (born 16 January 1978 in Burlata, Navarra) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental. His career highlights include winning a stage of the Giro d'Italia and leading the overall classification at the Tour de Suisse.
At the 2006 Tour de Suisse, Gil took stage 6 and held the leader's yellow jersey until the final stage when he was overtaken by 2004 winner Jan Ullrich in the final stage's individual time trial. He finished a disappointing second.
After Gil was unable to find a team for the 2009 season, he announced his retirement.[1]
Major achievements
- 2001 – iBanesto.com
- 2002 – iBanesto.com
- Stage 3 – Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2003 – ONCE-Eroski
- 3rd overall – Volta a Catalunya
- 2004 – Liberty Seguros-Würth Cycling Team
- Overall – Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2005 – Liberty Seguros-Würth
- Overall – Vuelta a Murcia
- Stage 7 – Giro d'Italia
- 2006 – Saunier Duval - Prodir
- Overall and Stages 1 and 4b – Euskal Bizikleta
- Stage 6 – Tour de Suisse
- 8th – La Flèche Wallonne
- 2007 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
- Overall – Vuelta Asturias
- Subida al Naranco
References
External links
- Koldo Gil at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)
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