Álvaro González de Galdeano

Álvaro González de Galdeano
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro González de Galdeano Aranzábal
Born	3 January 1970 (age 54); Vitoria
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1992–1994	Artiach–Royal
1995–1998	Equipo Euskadi
1999–2000	Vitalicio Seguros
2000–2004	ONCE–Deutsche Bank
Managerial teams
2007–2009	Orbea–Oreka SDA
2010–2013	Euskaltel–Euskadi
Major wins
	2 stages Vuelta a España (1998, 2000), stage Giro d'Italia (2000), Spanish National Road Race Championships (2000)

Álvaro González de Galdeano Aranzábal (born 3 January 1970) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He was the manager of the cycling team Euskaltel–Euskadi until it disbanded in 2013. He is the brother of Igor González de Galdeano.

Career

Galdeano began his career as a professional cyclist in 1992 with the Spanish team Artiach–Royal. He competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[2]

In 1995, he joined Equipo Euskadi with his brother Igor. The two brothers then stayed together and went to teams Vitalicio Seguros and ONCE–Deutsche Bank.

He had his best season in 2000, when he won the Spanish National Road Race Championships, and a stage of the Vuelta a España and Giro d'Italia. He was to a suspended for three months when he was caught doping.

After putting an end to his cycling career, he became manager of the Basque team Orbea–Oreka SDA.