Roberto Laiseka Jaio (born 17 June 1969) is a Spanish former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

. He retired in 2006, after 13 seasons as a professional with the team, after he could not recover from a knee injury suffered in the

2006 Giro d'Italia The 2006 Giro d'Italia was the 89th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in the Belgian city of Seraing with a individual time trial. The race came to a close with a mass-start road stage that stretched from ...

. Over his 13-year career Laiseka only achieved five professional victories, four of them in Grand Tours.

Career

Laiseka started riding for the Amateur Euskatel team in 1989 before the team became professional in 1994. Laiseka only rode for one team over his career the team. He was a founding rider of the team and the last of the original team to retire. In 2001 His team, , got invited to their first

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

. He won stage 14 of the

. His final professional win came in 2005 at the

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

, he jumped away with 3 km to go in Stage 11 to win by 15 seconds ahead of the favorites group. Having not raced since he crashed out of the

, Laiseka underwent a second surgery in October to remove bone remnants remaining from the crash.

Major results

Sources: ;1993 : 3rd Subida a Gorla-Bergara ;1995 : 10th Overall

Troféu Joaquim Agostinho The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Cont ...

;1997 : 6th Overall

Vuelta a los Valles Mineros The Vuelta a los Valles Mineros was a road bicycle race held annually in Asturias, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de T ...

: 7th

Subida al Naranco Subida al Naranco is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early June each year. The event was first run in 1941 but was not held consistently until 1981. Between 2005 and 2010, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...

;1998 : 4th Overall

Grande Prémio Internacional de Ciclismo MR Cortez-Mitsubishi The Grande Prémio Internacional de Ciclismo MR Cortez-Mitsubishi was a professional cycling race held annually in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring ...

;1999 : 1st Subida al Txitxarro : 1st Stage 18

: 3rd

: 6th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

: 6th Overall

Euskal Bizikleta Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: ''Bicicleta Vasca'', English: ''Basque Bicycle'') was an annual road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, it ...

;2000 : 6th Overall

::1st Stage 11 : 9th

;2001 : 1st Stage 14

: 5th Overall

Escalada a Montjuïc The Escalada a Montjuïc (in Catalan, English: ''Scaling of Montjuïc'', Spanish: ''Escalada a Montjuïc'') was a one-day, two-stage road bicycle racing race held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1965. It was held in the middle of October, as ...

: 9th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas : 9th Overall

;2003 : 5th Overall

: 9th Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

: 9th Overall

;2004 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Overall

: 9th Overall Clasica a Alcobendas ;2005 : 1st Stage 11

: 1st Mountain classification

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...

References

External links

Roberto Laiseka Palmarès by urtekaria.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laiseka, Roberto Spanish Tour de France stage winners Spanish male cyclists 1969 births Living people Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners People from Guernica Cyclists from Biscay 20th-century Spanish sportsmen