CYCLIST

Gorka Verdugo

1978 - Today

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Gorka Verdugo Markotegui (born 4 November 1978) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel–Euskadi. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gorka Verdugo has received more than 10,393 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gorka Verdugo is the 781st most popular cyclist (up from 919th in 2019), the 2,620th most popular biography from Spain (down from 2,559th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Spanish Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Gorka Verdugo ranks 781 out of 1,613Before him are Jasper Stuyven, Tomas Vaitkus, Diego Ulissi, Robert Förster, Davis Phinney, and Jonathan Castroviejo. After him are Alessandro Bertolini, Lars Bak, Linus Gerdemann, Paolo Tiralongo, Gert Steegmans, and Christophe Kern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Gorka Verdugo ranks 726Before him are Robert Förster, Fabio Firmani, Ivan Ilić, Nicolas Mathieu, Okan Yılmaz, and Vladimíra Uhlířová. After him are Nick Berg, Jorge Martín Núñez, Harel Levy, Ryōta Tsuzuki, Mehdi Baala, and Virender Sehwag.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gorka Verdugo ranks 2,620 out of 3,355Before him are Mario Gaspar Pérez (1990), Bryan Zaragoza (2001), Álex Ubago (1981), Jonathan Castroviejo (1987), Paquillo Fernández (1977), and Sara Sorribes Tormo (1996). After him are Abel Ruiz (2000), Andrea Duro (1991), Oihan Sancet (2000), Juan Garaizabal (1971), Carlos Fernández (1996), and David Belenguer (1972).

Among CYCLISTS In Spain

Among cyclists born in Spain, Gorka Verdugo ranks 67Before him are Mikel Nieve (1984), Íñigo Cuesta (1969), David García Dapena (1977), Mikel Astarloza (1979), Daniel Moreno (1981), and Jonathan Castroviejo (1987). After him are Gorka Izagirre (1987), Marcos Serrano (1972), Rubén Plaza (1980), Joan Horrach (1974), David Arroyo (1980), and Imanol Erviti (1983).