Gorka Verdugo

Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (born 4 November 1978, as Etxarri- Aranatz ) is a Spanish cyclist.

Career

Gorka Verdugo made ​​in 2001 for the first time attention to himself, as he finished second on the first stage of the Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra. In the years 2002 and 2003, he won the Spanish -day race Bayonne - Pamplona. In 2003 he was additionally finished third overall in the Bizkaiko Bira after he was second on the third leg.

Verdugo began his professional career in 2004 in the Basque Euskaltel -Euskadi cycling team. The team participates in the UCI ProTour since 2005. In the Tour of Poland, he finished in tenth place in the mountains classification.

2005 Verdugo participated in his first three-week tour of the country in part, the Giro d' Italia, and ended it as 68th in the overall standings. In the coming year Verdugo first took part in the Tour de France and finished it on the 74th rank with two and a half hours behind. In the following years he always took part in the Tour de France and was able to drive up to 2012, when he was forced to retire due to fall consequences, always to the end. His best result he drove what the 25th place in the overall standings of the 2011., The Vuelta a España in 2010, 2011 and 2012. 2012, he reached it the 11th place in the overall standings.

2008 Verdugo could surprise 7th place in the overall standings of the major long-distance trip Paris - Nice.