Xabier Zandio

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zandio and the second or maternal family name is Echaide.
Xabier Zandio

Personal information
Full name Xabier Zandio Echaide
Born (1977-03-17) 17 March 1977
Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Sky
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climbing Domestique
Professional team(s)
2001–2010 iBanesto.com
2011– Team Sky
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 TTT stage (2013)

Stage races

Vuelta a Burgos (2008)
Infobox last updated on
4 January 2014

Xabier Zandio Echaide (born 17 March 1977) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Team Sky.[1]

Biography

Born in Pamplona, Zandio grew up in a sporting family—one brother is a footballer and another a pelota player—and decided at the age of 17 to become a cyclist rather than work for his parents' butchery business.

He began his professional career in 2001 with the iBanesto.com team (which was renamed Illes Balears–Banesto in 2004, and Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne in 2005). After a difficult 2004 season in which injuries drained him physically and emotionally, he returned with a strong performance in the 2005 Tour de France. Finishing in 22nd place overall, he managed 4th in the 18th stage, and 2nd in the 16th, behind Óscar Pereiro.

He currently resides in Pamplona and is married with two children.[2]

In September 2015 Zandio announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of the 2016 season after he signed a one-year contract extension with Team Sky.[2]

Major results

2002
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Portugal
2005
1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
22nd Overall Tour de France
2008
1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
2013
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino

References

  1. ↑ "Sky Procycling (SKY) – GBR". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "News shorts: Zandio to retire at end of 2016, Veikkenan announces retirement". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

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