Haimar Zubeldia will have a classic schedule in his 19th season as a professional. The veteran will do two grand tours, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana.

The Trek Factory Racing rider will turn 39 next year. Biciciclismo reveals that his traditional schedule will include the Challange Mallorca, Vuelta a Andalucia, Volta a Catalunya, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Tour of California, Criterium du Dauphine , Tour de France, Clasica San Sebastian and Vuelta a Espana. It will be his 15th participation in the Tour since 2001 - he has only missed the 2012 edition when he broke his hand in the Dauphiné - and the 12th Vuelta. In fact it will be his 10th Tour-Vuelta double.

His training base in Jaca will be a basic part in his preparation. As in past years, he has left his home in the Basque Country to find sunnier conditions. He will be with theTrek Factory Racing Team at the training camp in Alfaz del Pi until December 18 and he will travel to Gran Canaria with his family after Christmas and stey there until January 10. Then he will spend another week in Gipuzkoa and on January 18 he will go to a second camp in Mallorca where he will also do his first races.

Zubeldia has spent almost two decades in the peloton after eleven seasons at Euskaltel-Euskadi (1998-2008) before he joined Astana (2009), RadioShack (2010-2013) and Trek Factory Racing (2014-2015 ). He overcame a heart problem in 2012.

In total, he has done 26 Grand Tours, 14 editions of the Tour, 11 of the Vuelta and one Giro. He has achieved the best results in the French race where he has been in the top 10 five times, fifth in 2003, eighth in 2006, fourth in 2007, sixth in 2012 and eighth in 2014.

Last year Zubeldia rode well in the second half of the Vuelta, finishing second in Riaza where he was beaten by Roche, and being caught two kilometers from the finish in Sotres. His Tour de France was hampered by a virus. He has a total of four wins, one stage and the overall at the 200 Euskal Bizikleta and a stage and the overall at the 2010 Tour l'Ain.

In 2016, he plans to focus more on stage hunting than overall classifications in stage races.