A Basque diesel from San Sebastián, Azparren came up through Euskaltel-Euskadi before joining this team in 2024 and turning himself into one of its most dependable engine-room workers. Nine days before the Grand Départ he sprinted to second at the Spanish time trial championships — form he'll now burn pulling the bunch and infiltrating breakaways for Pidcock. The home crowd gets a local hero when the race rolls out of Barcelona.
Palmarès
- Spanish U23 time trial champion (2019)
- 2nd overall, Volta ao Alentejo (2022)
- 2nd, Spanish elite time trial championships (2026)
- Two-time Vuelta a España finisher (2021, 2022)
Cut-out factCycling is the family business: his grandfather was involved in the sport and his father worked as a directeur sportif for a Spanish professional team.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Tom Pidcock, Fred Wright, Quinten Hermans, Xandro Meurisse, Chris Harper, Damien Howson, Brent Van Moer — see the full Pinarello–Q36.5 team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2) after a reference photograph — source: ciclo21.com, author: see source, license: see source.
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