Roberto Laiseka

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Laiseka and the second or maternal family name is Jaio.

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.

Roberto Laiseka

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Laiseka Jaio
Born	(1969-06-17) June 17, 1969 (age 56) Guernica, Spain
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional team
1994–2006	Euskadi–Petronor[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2001) Vuelta a España 3 individual stages (1999, 2000 & 2005)

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]

Major results

Sources:^[8][9]

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