Roberto Laiseka Jaio (born 17 June 1969) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He retired in 2006, after 13 seasons as a professional with the team, after he could not recover from a knee injury suffered in the 2006 Giro d'Italia. Over his 13-year career Laiseka only achieved five professional victories, four of them in Grand Tours.
Career Laiseka started riding for the Amateur Euskatel team in 1989 before the team became professional in 1994.
Laiseka only rode for one team over his career the team. He was a founding rider of the team and the last of the original team to retire.
In 2001 his team, , was invited to their first Tour de France. He won stage 14 of the Tour de France.
His final professional win came in 2005 at the Vuelta a España, he jumped away with 3 km to go in Stage 11 to win by fifteen seconds ahead of the favorites group.
Having not raced since he crashed out of the 2006 Giro d'Italia, Laiseka underwent a second surgery in October to remove bone remnants remaining from the crash.
Major results Sources:
1993 3rd Subida a Gorla-Bergara 1995 10th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 1997 6th Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros 7th Subida al Naranco 1998 4th Overall Grande Prémio Internacional de Ciclismo MR Cortez-Mitsubishi 1999 1st Subida al Txitxarro 1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España 3rd Subida al Naranco 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya 6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 2000 6th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stage 11 9th Subida al Naranco 2001 1st Stage 14 Tour de France 5th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc 9th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas 9th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 2003 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 9th Overall Tour de Romandie 9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc 2004 2nd Overall Euskal Bizikleta 1st Stage 5 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya 9th Overall Clasica a Alcobendas 2005 1st Stage 11 Vuelta a España 1st Mountain classification Tour de Suisse
References
External links Roberto Laiseka Palmarès by urtekaria.com