Mikel Nieve

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Mikel Nieve Road cycling
Mikel Nieve at the Tour de France 2018
Mikel Nieve at the Tour de France 2018
To person
Full name Mikel Nieve Iturralde
Nickname Frosty
Date of birth 26th May 1984 (age 36)
nation SpainSpain Spain
discipline Street
Driver type Mountain riders
height 173 cm
Racing weight 62 kg
To the team
Current team Mitchelton-Scott
function driver
Team (s)
2008
2009–2013
2014–2017
2018– 		Orbea
Euskaltel-Euskadi
Ineos
Mitchelton-Scott
Most important successes

three stages Giro d'Italia
Jersey blue.svg mountain classification Giro d'Italia 2016
one stage Vuelta a España 2010
one stage Critérium du Dauphiné 2014

Last updated: August 4, 2018

Mikel Nieve Iturralde (born May 26, 1984 in Leitza , Navarra ) is a Spanish cyclist .

Career

Nieve joined the Spanish Continental Team Orbea in 2008 . In his first year with this team, he finished third in the overall class at the Spanish stage race Cinturó de l'Empordà .

In 2009 he moved to the UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi . At the Vuelta a España 2010 , he secured the stage win on the mountainous 16th section. At the Giro d'Italia 2011 he won the queen's stage single-handedly and, like at the Vuelta a España 2011, reached 10th place in the overall standings. In 2012 he again reached 10th place at the Giro d'Italia 2012 . At the Tour de Suisse , he was fifth overall. In the 2014 season he won a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné .

At the Vuelta a España 2015 , Nieve took over the leadership role after the departure of Sky captain Chris Froome and placed eighth for the first time since 2012 in the top ten of a three-week tour of the country. At the Giro d'Italia 2016 he won a stage and the mountain classification .

Mikel Nieve (right) in the breakaway group on the 19th stage of the 2018 Tour de France
Mikel Nieve in the time trial on the 20th stage of the Tour de France 2018

For the 2018 season he moved to the Mitchelton-Scott team . At the Giro d'Italia , on his 34th birthday, he won the penultimate stage after attacking from an escape group and reaching the finish as a soloist with a lead of 2:16 minutes over the day's runner-up. In the Tour de France he was overtaken by his former team-mate Geraint Thomas on the 11th stage to La Rosière 350 meters from the finish as the last remaining member of the breakaway group and finally finished the stage in fifth.

successes

2010

2011

2014

2016

2018

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - 10 10 - - 17th 25th - 17th 17th
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - 12 18th - 17th 14th 23 -
Red jersey Vuelta a España 10 10 - 23 12 8th - 16 - 10

Web links

Commons : Mikel Nieve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2018 Tour de France, stage 11 | VeloNews.com . In: VeloNews.com . ( velonews.com [accessed August 4, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Giro d'Italia - Chris Froome defends pink jersey, Mikel Nieve wins the day . In: Eurosport Germany . May 26, 2018 ( eurosport.de [accessed August 4, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Sky outclasses the competition on the second Alpine stage | radsport-news.com. Retrieved on August 4, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Nieve, Mikel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nieve Iturralde, Mikel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Leitza , Navarre