Roberto Laiseka

Roberto Laiseka
Personal information
Full nameRoberto Laiseka Jaio
Born (1969-06-17) June 17, 1969 (age 55)
Guernica, Spain
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Professional team
1994–2006Euskadi–Petronor[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2001)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (1999, 2000 & 2005)

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.

  1. ^ "Roberto LAISEKA JAIO". UCI. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ Stokes, Shane (10 January 2007). "UCI take ProTour issue to European Commission". www.autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 April 2024.