Gorka Izagirre

Gorka Izagirre Insausti (born 7 October 1987) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Ion Izagirre.

Career
Both Izagirre brothers were signed by the for the 2014 season, with Ion leaving for  at the beginning of 2017.

Movistar Team (2014–17)
Izagirre won the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia for the third time in his career in 2014. His first top 10 in a World Tour stage race came in 2015, when he placed 9th in Paris–Nice. In 2017, Izagirre finished fourth overall at Paris–Nice, and won stage 8 in the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia.

Bahrain–Merida (2018)
Izagirre signed with the team for the 2018 season. He started off the season with 7th overall at Tour Down Under, and then took 3rd place overall at the Tour of Oman. He was captain of the team together with his brother Ion Izagirre at Paris–Nice. They attacked on the downhill on the last stage and the brothers looked to finish 1st and 2nd but they both crashed in a turn on the downhill section, meaning their bikes tangled together. They lost their advantage and Gorka finished 3rd overall. In late June, Izagirre finished 2nd in the Spanish National Time Trial Championships, and days later he won the Spanish National Road Race Championships. Going into the Tour de France, Izagirre was a domestique for team captain Vincenzo Nibali, however Nibali went out of the race on stage 13, meaning Izagirre had the chance to hunt stage wins. He managed to get into the breakaway on stage 16 and finished 2nd on the stage, 15 seconds down on stage winner Julian Alaphilippe.

Astana (2019–21)
In August 2018 it was announced that the Izagirre brothers would join in 2019. He took two individual victories with the team – the 2019 Tour de la Provence, and the 2020 Gran Trittico Lombardo.

Return to Movistar Team
In October 2021, Izagirre signed a two-year contract to return to the, from the 2022 season.

Road
Source:


 * 2010 (2 pro wins)
 * 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg


 * 2011
 * 2nd Trofeo Deia
 * 9th Trofeo Inca
 * 10th Overall Tour du Haut Var


 * 2012 (1)
 * 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia


 * 2013
 * 7th Overall Tour Down Under


 * 2014 (1)
 * 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
 * 2nd Klasika Primavera


 * 2015
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 8th Overall Tour Down Under
 * 9th Overall Paris–Nice


 * 2016
 * 2nd Klasika Primavera
 * 5th Overall Dubai Tour


 * 2017 (2)
 * 1st Klasika Primavera
 * 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
 * 4th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 8th GP Miguel Induráin


 * 2018 (1)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEspaña.PNG Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Oman
 * 7th Overall Tour Down Under
 * Jersey green number.svg Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España


 * 2019 (1)
 * 1st Overall Tour de la Provence
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 4th Clásica de San Sebastián
 * 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships


 * 2020 (1)
 * 1st Gran Trittico Lombardo
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 3rd Time trial
 * Jersey yellow number.svg Combativity award Stage 6 Vuelta a España


 * 2022
 * 10th GP Miguel Induráin


 * 2023
 * 9th Overall Tour Down Under
 * 10th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
 * 10th Vuelta a Murcia

Cyclo-cross

 * 2007–2008
 * 3rd National Under-23 Championships


 * 2019–2020
 * 1st Abadino
 * 3rd National Championships


 * 2021–2022
 * 1st Abadino