Pablo Lastras
 Lastras at the 2009 Tour Down Under. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Lastras García |
| Born |
20 January 1976 Madrid, Spain |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Domestique |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1998–2015 | Banesto |
| Major wins | |
|
Tour de France, 1 stage Giro d'Italia, 1 stage Vuelta a España, 3 stages | |
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Infobox last updated on 6 April 2014 | |
Pablo Lastras García (born 20 January 1976 in Madrid) is a Spanish former racing cyclist who rode for Spanish UCI ProTour team Movistar Team.[1]
Lastras won a stage in the 2003 Tour de France and picked up two stages in the 2002 Vuelta a España. In 2005 he won stage 8 at Tour de Suisse. He also won the Vuelta a Burgos in 2003. His idols are Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain. He has a resting heart rate of 45bpm, and is 1.83m tall weighs 68 kg. In 2007 the team Caisse d'Epargne had announced that they would let him go, but after a stage win in Eneco Tour his contract was renewed for another year. Lastras had later success in overall classification in Vuelta a Andalucía and second place in the Giro d'Italia stage. In 2011, Lastras won stage 3 of La Vuelta de Espana.
After 18 years as a professional, in October 2015 Lastras announced that he had retired from racing after struggling to recover from pelvic injuries he had sustained in a crash at the Volta a Catalunya in March of that year. He competed in a total of 17 Grand Tours and 29 classics.[2][3]
Career achievements
Major results
- 1999
- 1st Stage 2a Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 1st Stage 12 Volta a Portugal
- 2000
- 10th Overall GP do Minho
- 1st Stage 4
- 2001
- 1st Memorial Manuel Galera
- 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Volta a Portugal
- 3rd Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal
- 3rd Giro della Toscana
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2002
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 9 & 11
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Portugal
- 7th Clásica de Almería
- 7th Giro di Lombardia
- 2003
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stage 18 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 4th Milano–Torino
- 2004
- 6th Subida al Naranco
- 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 10th Trofeo Luis Puig
- 2005
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
- 4th Japan Cup
- 2006
- 4th Clásica de los Puertos
- 6th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 10th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 2007
- 1st Stage 6 Eneco Tour
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2008
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2009
- 5th Trofeo Calvia
- 5th Japan Cup
- 8th Paris–Tours
- 9th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 10th Giro del Piemonte
- 2010
- 3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 2011
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a España
- 3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- 2014
- 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 9th Vuelta a La Rioja
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
49 | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | 64 | 45 | 113 | 38 | WD | 85 |
 Tour |
— | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta |
— | 17 | 55 | 38 | 19 | 48 | — | — | — | — | 44 | 74 | WD |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ "Movistar Team (MOV) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "News Shorts: Pinot to lead FDJ at Volta ao Algarve". cyclingnews.com. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ "Pablo Lastras retires after 18-year career". cyclingnews.com. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pablo Lastras. |
- Official website (Spanish)
- Pablo Lastras profile at ProCyclingStats
- Rider bio