Pello Bilbao

Pello Bilbao
Bilbao in 2022
Personal information
Full namePello Bilbao López de Armentia
NicknameThe Puppy of Guernica
Born (1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 34)
Guernica, Spain
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamTeam Bahrain Victorious
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
2009–2010Naturgas Energía
Professional teams
2011Orbea
2011–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi[2]
2014–2016Caja Rural–Seguros RGA[3]
2017–2019Astana[4]
2020–Bahrain–McLaren[5]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2023)
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2019)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2020)

Pello Bilbao López de Armentia (born 25 February 1990) is a Spanish Basque cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Astana – Pro Team". Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Basque Country's Euskaltel present UCI World Tour team". EITB. EiTB Group. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013. The Basque backbone remains with Samuel Sanchez, Igor Anton, Ion Izagirre, Mikel Landa, Gorka Izagirre, Pello Bilbao, Mikel Astarloza and Mikel Nieve.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Caja Rural-Seguros RGA ficha a Pello Bilbao y Lluís Más" [Caja Rural-Seguros RGA sign Pello Bilbao and Lluís Más]. Marca.com (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Bahrain-Merida announce six new signings, including Pello Bilbao, Eros Capecchi and Marco Haller". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.