Rider Profile
Pello Bilbao
Bahrain Victorious
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2024 - Bahrain Victorious
- 2023 - Bahrain Victorious
- 2022 - Bahrain Victorious
- 2021 - Bahrain Victorious
- 2020 - Bahrain McLaren
- 2019 - Astana Pro Team
- 2018 - Astana Pro Team
- 2017 - Astana Pro Team
- 2016 - Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
- 2015 - Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
- 2014 - Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
- 2013 - Euskaltel Euskadi
- 2012 - Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 2011 - Euskaltel-Euskadi
Biography:
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia turned professional with the Euskaltel-Euskadi team in 2011 and taking his first professional victory in the Klasika Primavera de Amorebieta in 2014 after moving to the Pro Continental team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA. He spent three seasons with the team, racing his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a España and finding success at lower-level races like Tour de Beauce, Tour of Turkey, Vuelta a Castilla y Leon.
He returned to the WorldTour with Astana in 2017, making his Giro d'Italia debut and emerging as a general classification contender the next year with top 10s in the overall in the Itzulia Basque Country and Giro d'Italia, and winning his first WorldTour stage at the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2018.
Bilbao won his first two stages of the Giro d'Italia in 2019 before transferring to Bahrain Victorious for the next season. A top five in the Giro in 2020 earned him a bid for his Tour de France debut in 2021, where he finished ninth overall. He won his first Tour de France stage in 2023 from the late breakaway on stage 10.
Key results
-2x stage Giro d'Italia (2019)
-1x stage Tour de France (2023)
-1x stage Criterium du Dauphiné (2018)
Related Articles
Pello Bilbao: 'Nairo Quintana deserves a second chance'
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
news Basque climber to skip Giro d'Italia in hunt for more Tour de France success after departure of Mikel Landa
'When you ride with emotions, big things come' - Bilbao targets 2024 Tour de France
By Sophie Smith published
News Best overall result at Tour in 2023 on back of a deep loss enhances climber’s perspective ahead of a new campaign
Pello Bilbao receives warning for punching fan at the Tour de France
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Basque rider hit fan out of the way while racing towards the top of the Col de la Loze on stage 17
'For Gino': Bilbao dedicates Tour de France stage win to Mäder
By Sophie Smith, Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Basque rider reveals his family helped him deal with unimaginable grief in the lead-up to Tour de France, team says win 'is a huge relief'
Bilbao begins Tour de France fundraising effort in honour of Gino Mäder
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Basque rider racing to raise funds to replant in local deforested areas
Pello Bilbao hopes Tour de France Basque stages continue Gino Mäder connection
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Bahrain Victorious racer gunning for win on home soil to dedicate to late teammate
2023 Tour de France: Landa set to lead Bahrain Victorious on home soil
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
news Team will ride Tour de France ‘in memory of Gino Mäder’
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