Oier Lazkano

Oier Lazkano had already been a pro for four seasons when he made a splash as a Classics rider in 2023, taking second at Dwars door Vlaanderen behind Jumbo-Visma's Christophe Laporte. The Spaniard started his career with the Caja Rural-Seguros RGA ProTeam in 2020, with whom he claimed his first pro victory with a solo stage win in the Volta a Portugal. The result earned him his first contract for a WorldTour team with Movistar.

Lazkano's promise as a Classics rider emerged in 2022 when he claimed a stage of the Tour de Wallonie after being in the breakaway for most of the stage.

He followed that with the podium in Dwars door Vlaanderen and the overall victory in the Boucles de la Mayenne, having taken the lead with another long-range solo attack. The Spanish road championship followed, and he won a stage of the Vuelta a Burgos in the jersey - thanks to yet another breakaway. His Movistar sports director José Vicente García described Lazkano as a 'brute' - a diamond in the rough who had yet to get comfortable enough in the peloton and who used his massive power to ride away instead.

In 2024, Lazkano began to show more polish, winning the Clásica Jaén, landing on the podium in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne behind Wout van Aert, and finishing top 10 in the Critérium du Dauphiné. He competed in his first Tour de France and later signed with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe on a three-year contract through 2027.