Jorge Azanza

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Azanza and the second or maternal family name is Soto.

Jorge Azanza

Azanza at the 2007 Tour de France.
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Azanza Soto
Born	(1982-06-16) 16 June 1982 (age 42) Alsasua, Navarre, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2005–2006	Kaiku
2007–2013	Euskaltel–Euskadi
Major wins
Vuelta a Cordoba 2004

Jorge Azanza Soto (born 16 June 1982 in Alsasua, Navarre) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He last competed for the UCI ProTour team Euskaltel–Euskadi.^[1]

In 2004, Azanza won his first and still only races, when he finished first in the overall rankings of the Vuelta a Córdoba. He also won Part A of the third stage in the Bidasoa Itzulia in that same year. In 2007 he made his Tour de France debut.

Career achievements

Major results

2004

1st Overall Vuelta a Cordoba

1st Stage 3a Bidasoa Itzulia

2005

9th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja

2006

6th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	67	—	33
Tour de France	81	—	—	—	—	74	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	97	—	90

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Azanza at the 2007 Tour de France, during the seventh stage of the race.

References

1. "Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

External links

• Jorge Azanza at UCI
• Jorge Azanza at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Jorge Azanza at ProCyclingStats
• Jorge Azanza at Cycling Quotient