Cycling-Spanish veteran Zubeldia to retire in August

ByReuters

Published 17/07/2017 at 14:46 GMT

LE-PUY-EN-VELAY, France, July 17 (Reuters) - Haimar Zubeldia is retiring in August after taking part in his 16th Tour de France, the Spanish veteran said on Monday.

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"I want to announce that I'll retire at the Clasica San Sebastian after 20 years as a professional cylist," the 40-year-old said during his Trek-Segafredo team news conference on the second rest day of the Tour.

Zubeldia has five top-10 finishes on the Tour, his best result coming in 2007 when he ended up fourth overall in Paris.

The Basque was a last-minute inclusion in Trek-Segafredo's Tour team after Andre Cardoso was suspended following a positive drugs test. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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