Koldo Gil Pérez is a Spanish

Spain

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 professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental. His career highlights include winning a stage of the Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

 and leading the overall classification at the Tour de Suisse

Tour de Suisse

The Tour de Suisse is a UCI World Tour stage race held annually in June. The race debuted in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. With the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is a proving ground for the Tour de France, and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

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At the 2006 Tour de Suisse, Gil took stage 6 and held the leader's yellow jersey until the final stage when he was overtaken by 2004 winner Jan Ullrich

Jan Ullrich

Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport...

 in the final stage's individual time trial. He finished a disappointing second.

After Gil was unable to find a team for the 2009 season, he announced his retirement.

Major achievements

2001 – iBanesto.com
2002 – iBanesto.com

Stage 3 – Vuelta a La Rioja

Vuelta a La Rioja

The Vuelta a La Rioja is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour.The event is facing financial challenges in 2009. Wrote velonews.com:...

2003 – ONCE-Eroski

3rd overall – Volta a Catalunya

2004 – Liberty Seguros-Würth Cycling Team

Overall – Vuelta a Castilla y León

Vuelta a Castilla y León

The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour.-Past winners:-External links:*...

2005 – Liberty Seguros-Würth

Overall – Vuelta a Murcia

Vuelta a Murcia

The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs....

Stage 7 – Giro d'Italia

2005 Giro d'Italia

The 2005 Giro d'Italia, the 88th running of the race, was held from 7 May to 29 May 2005, consisting of 21 stages for a total of 3,417 km, ridden at an average speed of 37,375 km/h...

2006 – Saunier Duval - Prodir

Stage 6 and 2nd overall – Tour de Suisse

Tour de Suisse 2006

The 70th edition of the Tour de Suisse took place from June 10 to June 18, 2006. It consisted of nine stages covering a total of 1,468 km, starting in Baden and finishing in Bern....

Overall and Stages 1 and 4b – Euskal Bizikleta

Euskal Bizikleta

Euskal Bizikleta is an annual cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour....

8th – La Flèche Wallonne

2007 – Saunier Duval-Prodir

Overall – Vuelta Asturias

Subida al Naranco

Subida al Naranco

Subida al Naranco is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early June each year. The event was first run in 1941 but was not held consistently until 1981. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Winners:...

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