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Roberto Laiseka

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Roberto Laiseka Jaio (born 17 June 1969) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He retired in 2006, after 13 seasons as a professional with the Euskaltel–Euskadi team, after he could not recover from a knee injury suffered in the 2006 Giro d'Italia.[2] Over his 13-year career Laiseka only achieved five professional victories, four of them in Grand Tours.

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Career

Laiseka started riding for the Amateur Euskatel team in 1989 before the team became professional in 1994.[3]

Laiseka only rode for one team over his career the Euskaltel–Euskadi team.[1] He was a founding rider of the team and the last of the original team to retire.[2]

In 2001 His team, Euskaltel–Euskadi, got invited to their first Tour de France.[4] He won stage 14 of the Tour de France.[5]

His final professional win came in 2005 at the Vuelta a España, he jumped away with 3 km to go in Stage 11 to win by 15 seconds ahead of the favorites group.[6]

Having not raced since he crashed out of the 2006 Giro d'Italia, Laiseka underwent a second surgery in October to remove bone remnants remaining from the crash.[7]

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Major results

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1993
3rd Subida a Gorla-Bergara
1995
10th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
1997
6th Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
7th Subida al Naranco
1998
4th Overall Grande Prémio Internacional de Ciclismo MR Cortez-Mitsubishi
1999
1st Subida al Txitxarro
1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España
3rd Subida al Naranco
6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
2000
6th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 11
9th Subida al Naranco
2001
1st Stage 14 Tour de France
5th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
9th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
9th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
2003
5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
9th Overall Tour de Romandie
9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
2004
2nd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
1st Stage 5
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
9th Overall Clasica a Alcobendas
2005
1st Stage 11 Vuelta a España
1st Mountain classification Tour de Suisse
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References

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