Basque Cycling Culture 2022 Topa! The Basque word for cheers closely resembles the word ‘topper’, Dutch vernacular for a great person. These two thoughts came together
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AuthorCarmen González Vázquez
Results16Etxeondo groet Nederland
Etxeondo groet Nederland The excitement of a Grand Tour. The excitement with which the Netherlands embraced La Vuelta was palpable days before the start of the
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The cyclist who cycled for 50 hours straight
In the 1990s, a little-known cyclist wore Etxeondo’s most advanced garments even before the professionals: Alberto Guisasola, a doctor from San Sebastian who was passionate about ultra-distance races such as the 1,245-kilometre Paris-Brest-Paris. In 1995, together with eight other cyclists, he set the record for the race: 43 hours and 20 minutes. Always with the same bib-shorts, yes.
Vive Le Tour!
Part of Etxeondo’s history is written in French, caressed by the most beautiful mountain passes in Europe and to the sound of the Tour de France. Anecdotes inside and outside a race that for years has been considered a mecca of world cycling. From 1983, with Ángel Arroyo to 2001 with Roberto Laiseka, passing through Perico Delgado, Haimar Zubeldia and the historic adventure with Tom Doumolin, the ‘allez, allez’ has always been present within the four walls of the Basque company.
The Alps, Windjammers and Etxeondo
The Alps, Windjammers and Etxeondo The Alps, Windjammers and Etxeondo It’s not a cycling club, it’s a community of like-minded people. The Amsterdam-based Windjammers have been
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The 1990’s (1989-1997): Innovation with ONCE
Manolo Saiz remembers the day he entered the Etxeondo farmhouse and opened the boxes of clothing for the team he had just created.