Pablo Lastras

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lastras and the second or maternal family name is García.
Pablo Lastras

Lastras at the 2009 Tour Down Under.
Personal information
Full name Pablo Lastras García
Born (1976-01-20) 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
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
Pink jersey Giro 49 42 64 45 113 38 WD 85
Yellow jersey Tour 67
red jersey Vuelta 17 55 38 19 48 44 74 WD

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

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