2009, the city hosts an annual stage finish in the Tour of Basque Country, usually after the riders have climbed the Alto de Arrate. Before 2009, this was a traditional finish in the Euskal Bizikleta, which originated in Eibar as Bicicleta Eibarresa. The Arrate-finish has also been included in the Vuelta a España in 1972, 1974, 2012 and 2020. Notable people Francisco de Ibarra (1539–1575), explorer and conqueror Martín Ignacio de Loyola (1550–1606), missionary and navigator Ignacio de Soroeta (?–17??), Governor of Paraguay Juan Antonio Mogel (1745–1804), writer Plácido Zuloaga (1834–1910), sculptor and metalworker Ignacio Zuloaga (1870–1945), painter Ciriaco Errasti (1904–1984), footballer Baltasar Albéniz (1905–1978), football manager Roberto Etxebarria Arruti (1908–1981), footballer Víctor Lecumberri (1913–2005) was a Spanish politician Miguel Gallastegui (1918–2019), Basque pelotari Alicia Iturrioz (1927–2021), painter Alberto Ormaetxea (1939–2005), footballer and football manager Luis Aranberri (1945–), politician and journalist Javier Aguirresarobe (1948–), cinematographer Koldo Zuazo (1956–), linguist Enrique Zuazua (1961–), mathematician Maite Zúñiga (1964–), athlete Pedro Horrillo (1974–), cyclist Patxi Usobiaga (1980–), climber Markel Susaeta (1987–), footballer Jon Errasti (1988–), footballer Markel Alberdi (1991–), swimmer Mikel Oyarzabal (1997–), footballer Odei Jainaga (1997–), athlete See also Armas Ugartechea References External links Official website eibar.org Eibar's pages EIBAR in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Articles containing video clips