Pedro Horrillo
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Horrillo Muñoz |
| Date of birth | September 27, 1974 |
| Country |  Spain |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Rabobank |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1998–2000 2001–2002 2003–2004 2005– |
Vitalicio Seguros Mapei-Quick Step Quick Step-Davitamon Rabobank |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| July 26, 2007 | |
Pedro Horrillo Muñoz (born September 27, 1974, in Eibar in the Basque region) is a Spanish racing cyclist who rides for Rabobank in the UCI ProTour. Horillo signed for Rabobank in 2005.
Before turning professional in 1998, Horrillo was philosophy student at university in Spain. Horrillo turned professional with the Vitalicio Seguros team which included notebale names such as Óscar Freire and Juan Miguel Mercado who would both win three stages between them in the 2006 Tour de France. In 2001 Horrillo joined Freire at Mapei which he would later ride for Quick Step-Innergetic when the Italian company decided not to renew it's sponsorship. His biggest win with Quick Step and still to date was a stage at the 2004 Paris-Nice race.
In 2005, Horrillo won a stage at the 2005 Volta a Catalunya and nearly won at stage at the 2005 Vuelta a España with a late attack until he was caught 200 metres from the line. Horrillo is a self confessed fan of Paris-Roubaix describing it as: "If I could only have ridden one race as a pro, that would of have been it - and if Possible, in the rain because that's the real Roubaix when it rains" (Cycle Sport magazine interview, November 2006 issue).
Horillo is known as a good writer and in recent years has written a column for de Volkskrant during the Tour de France.
Horrillo has a partner named Lorena.
[edit] Palmares
- 2002
- Euskal Bizikleta - Bicicleta Vasca stage 1
- 2003
- International UNIQA Classic stage 1
- 2004
- Paris-Nice stage 2
- International UNIQA Classic stage 4
- 2005
- Volta a Catalunya stage 3
- 2006
- Sachsen-Tour International stage 1
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Horrillo, Pedro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Horrillo Muñoz, Pedro |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Road bicycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974-09-27 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eibar, Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
