Amets Txurruka

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Amets Txurruka


fullname = Amets Txurruka Ansola
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|11|10
country = ESP
height =
weight =
currentteam = Euskaltel-Euskadi
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype =
amateurteams =
amateuryears =
proyears = 2006-2006
2007-
proteams = Team Barloworld
Euskaltel-Euskadi
majorwins =
updated = July 19, 2007

Amets Txurruka Ansola (born November 10, 1982 in Etxebarria, Basque Country) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi.

He has not yet won any races, but made his Tour de France debut in 2007, memorably participating (alongside Pierrick Fédrigo) in a breakaway during Stage 12 that was caught just 1 km from the finish line. This effort earned him the red back numbers for most combative rider the next day. He was also indirectly benefited when Michael Rasmussen was withdrawn from the Tour; with Alberto Contador wearing the yellow jersey because of Rasmussen's withdrawal, and Mauricio Soler wearing the polka-dot jersey as the King of the Mountains, Txurruka wore the White Jersey for Best Young Rider.

He was also chosen as the most combative rider of whole Tour, being the third Spanish rider (after Óscar Pereiro and David de la Fuente) in a row to earn that award.

Palmarès

;2007:Tour de France:::Combativity award stage 12::Overall Combativity award

External links

* [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=25960 Dewielersite profile] nl

Persondata
NAME=Txurruka, Amets
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Txurruka Ansola, Amets
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1982-11-10
PLACE OF BIRTH=Etxebarria, Basque Country (autonomous community), Spain
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=