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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Abraham Olano, Aitor Galdos, Aitor Gonzalez, Aitor Hernandez, Aitor Osa, Aitor Perez, Aketza Pena, Alberto Lopez de Munain, Amets Txurruka, Andoni Aranaga, Andoni Lafuente, Antton Luengo, Arkaitz Duran, Benat Albizuri, Benat Intxausti, Bingen Fernandez, David Etxebarria, David Herrero, Domingo Perurena, Federico Echave, Francisco Galdos, Gorka Gonzalez, Haimar Zubeldia, Hector Gonzalez Baeza, Iban Iriondo, Iban Mayo, Iban Mayoz, Igor Anton, Igor Astarloa, Igor Flores, Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano, Iker Camano, Inaki Gaston, Inaki Isasi, Inigo Landaluze, Ivan Velasco, Jokin Mujika, Jokin Ormaetxea, Jonathan Castroviejo, Jon Izagirre, Jon Unzaga, Joseba Albizu, Joseba Beloki, Joseba Zubeldia, Jose Alberto Martinez, Jose Luis Arrieta, Jose Maria Errandonea, Josu Agirre, Julen Goikoetxea, Julian Gorospe, Koldo Fernandez, Lander Aperribai, Leire Olaberria, Marino Lejarreta, Markel Irizar, Miguel Maria Lasa, Mikel Artetxe, Mikel Astarloza, Mikel Gaztanaga, Mikel Landa, Mikel Pradera, Mikel Zarrabeitia, Pello Ruiz Cabestany, Pierre Cazaux, Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta, Roberto Laiseka, Ruben Perez, Sergio De Lis, Unai Etxebarria, Unai Osa, Unai Uribarri, Valentin Uriona. Excerpt: Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano Aranzabal (born November 1, 1973 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer and a former team manager of UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi. Following a promising start to his career at Vitalicio Seguros, where he finished the 1999 Vuelta a Espana in second place, Gonzalez de Galdeano became a key rival of Lance Armstrong in the middle of his Tour de France supremacy. In the 2002 Tour de France, Gonzalez de Galdeano wore the yellow jersey for seven days and in the 2003 Vuelta a Espana wore the gold jersey for one day. At an average speed of 55.17 km/h, Gonzalez de Galdeano also holds the record for the fastest stage win in the Vuelta a Espana, a feat which earned him the nickname Speedy Gonzalez. Gonzalez de Galdeano turned professional in 1995 with the Basque team Euskadi (which is now Euskaltel-Euskadi), which at the time was only in its second year of racing and suffering from financial hardship. During his three seasons at Euskadi, Gonzalez de Galdeano achieved two stage victories and a number of sprints and mountains classifications. For the 1999 season, Gonzalez de Galdeano moved on to the Spanish Vitalicio Seguros team, and it was in this season that Gonzalez de Galdeano made a name for himself on the domestic racing scene. Early in the season, Gonzalez de Galdeano won stage five and finishing fifth in the general classification of the Tirreno-Adriatico and adding three more top ten placings in regional Spanish stage races through the season. Yet, Gonzalez de Galdeano saved his best for the Vuelta a Espana in September. Gonzalez de Galdeano won two stages - a 6 km prologue around Murcia and a mountain stage which finished in Arcalis, Andorra. Despite his excellent time-trialling skills, Gonzalez de Galdeano eventually missed out on claiming the overall victory of the race when he lost nearly four minutes to the eventual race winner Jan Ullrich on the penultimate stage, a time-trial, and so fini
