Career
Ormaetxea was a passenger in an Audi A3 driven by fellow cyclist Joseba Albizu of team Euskaltel-Euskadi when the car overturned after leaving the road near the town of Deba at approximately 6:40 american Ormaetxea was taken to hospital but died soon afterward. The two were celebrating the end of the racing season.
Albizu was hospitalized with severe injuries, none of which were life-threatening.
Ormaetxea"s best result was 23rd in the 2004 Memorial Ricardo Otxoa. He had turned pro earlier that year.
