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Historic Overview Francisco Javier "Patxi" Vila Errandonea

Rider

Overall Rank1982
NameFrancisco Javier "Patxi" VILA ERRANDONEA
Country
  Spain
Date of birth11-Oct-1975 - Vera de Bidasoa (Navarra)

Biography

Francisco Javier "Patxi" Vila Errandonea

Francisco Javier "Patxi" Vila Errandonea (born 11 October 1975 in Hondarribia, Basque Country) is a Spanish Basque former professional road bicycle racer who rides for the UCI Professional Continental team Szuper Beton. He was formerly with UCI ProTeam Lampre, before being banned for 18 months after testing positive for the use of testosterone.

Vila's most notable victory came in stage 3 of the 2006 Paris–Nice where he snatched onto the wheel of Floyd Landis as he escaped on the Col de Croix de Chaubouret. The duo amassed a lead of over a minute on their nearest contenders and Vila swept past Landis to take the stage. This performance catapulted him to second overall on the general classification, 9 seconds behind Floyd Landis. He finished the race in Nice still 9 seconds behind winner Floyd Landis and 56 seconds ahead of Antonio Colom.

He finished the 2006 UCI ProTour in 38th place with 69 points, the third highest ranked Lampre–Fondital rider behind Alessandro Ballan and Damiano Cunego.

After retiring from competition Vila worked for Specialized Bicycle Components as a performance specialist before joining Tinkoff–Saxo in 2015 as a directeur sportif.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

Major Victories

Paris - Nice - stages 2006 (1)
More results

Seasons

Francisco Javier "Patxi" Vila Errandonea - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1999 Individual 1 1796
2. 2000 Individual 21 932
3. 2001 iBanesto.com 48 712
4. 2002 iBanesto.com 86 597
5. 2003 Lampre 285 268
6. 2004 Lampre 438 170
7. 2005 Lampre - Caffita 382 191
8. 2006 Lampre - Fondital 955 55
9. 2007 Lampre - Fondital 700 92
10. 2008 Lampre 180 392
11. 2011 De Rosa - Ceramica Flaminia 27 1069
12. 2012 Utensilnord Named 15 1394
Overall: 3138 1982