Markel Irízar
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| Markel Irízar (2014) | |
| To person | |
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| Full name | Markel Irízar Aranburu |
| Date of birth | 5th February 1980 |
| nation |
 Spain
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| discipline | Street |
| End of career | 08/2019 |
| Team (s) | |
| 2004–2009 2010–2011 2012–2019 |
Euskaltel-Euskadi Team RadioShack Trek-Segafredo |
| Last updated: August 11, 2019 | |
Markel Irízar Aranburu (born February 5, 1980 in Oñati / Gipuzkoa ) is a former Spanish cyclist .
Athletic career
Irízar began his professional career in 2004 with the Basque cycling team Euskaltel-Euskadi . He won the Tour Down Under mountain classification for this team . In 2010 he switched to Team RadioShack and drove for this team and its successor teams in the following years. In his first year with this UCI ProTeam , he won a stage Tour du Poitou Charentes and in 2011 the overall ranking of the Ruta del Sol . At the 2013 UCI Road World Championships he finished fifth in the individual time trial , seventh UCI Road World Championships in 2014 , tenth in 2015 and twelfth in 2017 .
In the course of his cycling career, Irízar contested 21 major country tours . In 2019 he drove his last race with the Clásica San Sebastián , which he finished 75th.
Private
In 2002 Irízar was treated for testicular cancer and was still symptom-free after ten years.
successes
2009
2010
- a stage Tour du Poitou Charentes
2011
- Overall rating Ruta del Sol
Grand Tour placements
| Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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- | 90 | 68 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 134 | 136 |
 Tour de France
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- | - | - | - | - | - | 84 | - | 103 | 63 | 93 | - | 98 | - | - |
 Vuelta a España
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DNF | 94 | - | - | 114 | - | 96 | 93 | 86 | - | 89 | DNF | 117 | 130 | - |
Web links
- Markel Irízar in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Markel Irízar in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Markel Irízar in the Tour de France database(French / English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Retirements in 2019 - goodbye to the peloton's working class heroes -. In: velonews.com. October 21, 2019, accessed October 22, 2019 .
- ^ Irizar celebrates 10 years clear from cancer. CyclingNews.com, November 13, 2012, accessed May 30, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Irízar, Markel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Irízar Aranburu, Markel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oñati , Gipuzkoa |