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Alex Aranburu

Suited to every scenario

ATTACHED TO HIS ROOTS. Alex Aranburu has spent his entire life in Ezkio, a small village in the Gipuzkoa mountains of the Basque Country, always with a very active lifestyle. A brother of Mikel, a rally co-driver, he took up all kinds of sports since he was a little child (soccer, basketball, pelota). He got on a bike at age 8, first as mere amusement, then -through cyclo-cross- as a competitive discipline. He combined the mud with the road -he even became Spanish junior road race champion- before taking the step towards amateur racing, first with AMPO and then with Baqué, showing abilities that earned him an early jump towards the pro peloton, as a trainee, with Murias in late 2015.

A SIGNIFICANT STEP EVERY YEAR. In 2016, his debut pro season, he shone in the Tour de l’Avenir, doing well against the top climbers over the legendary Croix-de-Fer (Bernal, Gaudu, Geoghegan Hart, Storer). In 2017, when he joined the Caja Rural squad, he showed himself strong in the Spanish calendar -racing his first Itzulia- and coming close to a maiden win in Rhône-Alpes. In 2018, despite a pre-season injury, he opened his victory account with a strong sprint in Getxo, then went on to 3rd place atop the Castillo de Burgos and completed his first La Vuelta, and in 2019, he doubled his win tally -one stage in Burgos, another one in Madrid- and came twice 2nd at La Vuelta stages. His arrival to the WorldTour, with Astana, saw him shining in Sanremo -7th in 2020-, Het Nieuwsblad -6th in 2021-, the prologue of La Vuelta -2nd in Burgos (2021), only behind Primoz Roglic- or his best victory before joining the Movistar Team: a stage of the Itzulia Basque Country in 2021.

SEEKING FOR THE ELUSIVE VICTORY. He had the chance to open his Movistar Team account with brilliance at the 2022 Tour du Limousin, with a stage win plus the overall, and claim several podiums at Mayenne Wallonie or the Spanish Nationals. In 2023, he chased it again, this time to no avail: came in 2nd at stages of Luxembourg and the Deutschland-Tour; again 3rd in the Nationals; a valuable WorldTour podium in Montréal (3rd) plus 4th in Québec; 7th in San Sebastián; 9th against top-ranked climbers in Valencia… He will surely make up for it in 2024!

From:
Ezkio, Guipúzcoa
Birth:
19/09/1995
Country:
ESP
Height:
178 Cm
Weight:
63 Kg
Pro debut:
2016
Years in team:
2
Career path:

2022-23: Movistar Team
2020-21: Astana-Premier Tech
2017-19: Caja Rural-RGA
2016: Murias

Palmares
1st
Tour du Limousin 2022
1st
2ndstage
Tour du Limousin 2022
1st
2ndstage
Itzulia Basque Country 2021
1st
4thstage
Vuelta a Burgos 2019
1st
2ndstage
Vuelta a Madrid 2019
1st
Circuito de Getxo 2018
Results
2nd
3rdstage
Deutschland-Tour
2nd
5thstage
Tour de Luxembourg
3rd
GP Montréal
3rd
Spanish RR Championships
3rd
Gran Piemonte
4th
1ststage
Itzulia Basque Country
4th
3rdstage
V. Comunitat Valenciana
4th
GP Québec
4th
2ndstage
Itzulia Basque Country
5th
1ststage
V. Comunitat Valenciana
5th
Deutschland-Tour
5th
7thstage
Tour de Suisse
6th
GP Miguel Indurain
7th
4thstage
Deutschland-Tour
7th
2ndstage
Tour de Luxembourg
7th
2ndstage
V. Comunitat Valenciana
7th
Clásica San Sebastián
8th
2ndstage
Tour de Suisse
9th
V. Comunitat Valenciana
10th
3rdstage
Itzulia Basque Country
11th
4thstage
Tour de Suisse
12th
15thstage
Tour de France
12th
1ststage
Deutschland-Tour
12th
8thstage
Tour de France
12th
4thstage
V. Comunitat Valenciana
13th
5thstage
Deutschland-Tour
13th
5thstage
V. Comunitat Valenciana
13th
Flèche Wallonne
13th
10thstage
Tour de France
14th
18thstage
Tour de France
14th
2ndstage
Deutschland-Tour
15th
4thstage
Tirreno-Adriatico
16th
Bretagne Classic - Plouay
16th
Strade Bianche
16th
1ststage
Tour de France
17th
21thstage
Tour de France
17th
6thstage
Tirreno-Adriatico
18th
4thstage
Challenge Mallorca
19th
3rdstage
Tour de Luxembourg
19th
Cyclassics Hamburg
19th
Tour de Luxembourg
21th
5thstage
Challenge Mallorca
21th
20thstage
Tour de France
22th
4thstage
Itzulia Basque Country
25th
5thstage
Itzulia Basque Country
25th
2ndstage
Tour de France
26th
Milano-Sanremo
26th
Tour de Suisse
31th
Amstel Gold Race
36th
Itzulia Basque Country
37th
2ndstage
Tirreno-Adriatico
39th
8thstage
Tour de Suisse
39th
1ststage
Tirreno-Adriatico
44th
4thstage
Tour de Luxembourg
44th
3rdstage
Tour de Suisse
45th
Tirreno-Adriatico
50th
1ststage
Tour de Suisse
51th
Tre Valli Varesine
52th
Tour de France
57th
14thstage
Tour de France
58th
Cyclassics Hamburg
71th
Liège-Bastogne-Liège
75th
6thstage
Itzulia Basque Country
79th
13thstage
Tour de France
81th
12thstage
Tour de France
82th
6thstage
Tour de France
91th
19thstage
Tour de France
93th
5thstage
Tour de Suisse
93th
5thstage
Tirreno-Adriatico
93th
16thstage
Tour de France
103th
5thstage
Tour de France
106th
17thstage
Tour de France
110th
3rdstage
Tirreno-Adriatico
132th
7thstage
Tirreno-Adriatico
134th
11thstage
Tour de France
138th
7thstage
Tour de France
142th
9thstage
Tour de France
152th
4thstage
Tour de France
160th
3rdstage
Tour de France