In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Verdugo and the second or maternal family name is Markotegui.
Born in Etxarri-Aranatz, Navarre, Verdugo has not yet won any races, but made his Giro d'Italia debut in 2005 (86th) and his Tour de France debut in 2006 (75th). His highest placing in the Tour de France was in 2011 (25th), however despite completing it an impressive 6 times he has never had a top ten finish in any stage of the race. Considered a reliable team rider, his is best individual tour performance was on stage 16 in the 2007 Tour de France where in a breakaway he gained enough points in the mountains classification to finish 11th overall in Paris. He finished 11th overall in the 2012 Vuelta a Espana, marking his best grand tour finish yet.
^Urraburu, Benito (21 October 2012). "Euskaltel ya tiene completo su equipo para 2013 con diez nuevos fichajes" [Euskaltel team already full for 2013 with ten new signings]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Grupo Vocento. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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gorka, verdugo, markotegui, born, november, 1978, spanish, professional, road, bicycle, racer, last, rode, protour, team, euskaltel, euskadi, verdugo, 2007, tour, francepersonal, informationfull, name, markoteguiborn, 1978, november, 1978, etxarri, aranatz, sp. Gorka Verdugo Markotegui born 4 November 1978 is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel Euskadi 1 Gorka VerdugoVerdugo at the 2007 Tour de FrancePersonal informationFull nameGorka Verdugo MarkoteguiBorn 1978 11 04 4 November 1978 age 45 Etxarri Aranatz SpainHeight1 81 m 5 ft 11 in Weight69 kg 152 lb Team informationDisciplineRoadRoleRiderRider typeClimberProfessional team2004 2013Euskaltel EuskadiIn this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Verdugo and the second or maternal family name is Markotegui Born in Etxarri Aranatz Navarre Verdugo has not yet won any races but made his Giro d Italia debut in 2005 86th and his Tour de France debut in 2006 75th His highest placing in the Tour de France was in 2011 25th however despite completing it an impressive 6 times he has never had a top ten finish in any stage of the race Considered a reliable team rider his is best individual tour performance was on stage 16 in the 2007 Tour de France where in a breakaway he gained enough points in the mountains classification to finish 11th overall in Paris He finished 11th overall in the 2012 Vuelta a Espana marking his best grand tour finish yet Contents 1 Career achievements 1 1 Major results 1 2 Grand Tour general classification results timeline 2 References 3 External linksCareer achievements editMajor results edit 2006 10th Overall Clasica Internacional de Alcobendas 2008 5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 7th Overall Paris Nice 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya 10th Subida a Urkiola 2009 8th Klasika Primavera 2012 3rd Gran Piemonte 2013 7th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 nbsp Giro d Italia 68 64 nbsp Tour de France 74 47 70 60 35 24 DNF nbsp Vuelta a Espana 83 36 11 63Legend Did not competeDNF Did not finishReferences edit Urraburu Benito 21 October 2012 Euskaltel ya tiene completo su equipo para 2013 con diez nuevos fichajes Euskaltel team already full for 2013 with ten new signings El Diario Vasco in Spanish Grupo Vocento Retrieved 4 January 2013 External links edit nbsp Media related to Gorka Verdugo at Wikimedia Commons Gorka Verdugo at Cycling Archives nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Spanish cycling person born in the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gorka Verdugo amp oldid 1199186342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
