Personal information | |
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Full name | Markel Irizar Aranburu |
Born | Oñati, Basque Country, Spain | 5 February 1980
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | |
Discipline | Road |
Role |
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Rider type | All-rounder |
Professional teams | |
2004–2009 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
2010–2011 | Team RadioShack |
2012–2019 | RadioShack–Nissan[1][2] |
Managerial teams | |
2020– | Trek–Segafredo (men; directeur sportif) |
2020– | Trek–Segafredo (women; directeur sportif) |
2024– | Lidl–Trek Development Team (general manager) |
Markel Irizar Aranburu (born 5 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi, Team RadioShack and Trek–Segafredo teams.[3] During his professional career, Irizar took two victories – a stage win at the 2010 Tour du Poitou-Charentes and the general classification at the 2011 Vuelta a Andalucía.
Following his retirement from riding in August 2019,[3] Irizar has worked as a directeur sportif for both the men's and women's Lidl–Trek WorldTeams,[4] and from 2024, works as the general manager for the Lidl–Trek Development Team.[5]
Born in Oñati, Basque Country, Irizar resided in Arrasate, Basque Country, Spain, as of 2014.[6] Irizar was diagnosed and treated for testicular cancer in 2002.[6][7][8]
Source: [9]
Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | 90 | 68 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 134 | 136 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | 103 | 63 | 93 | 120 | 135 | — | — |
Vuelta a España | DNF | 94 | — | — | 114 | — | 96 | 93 | 86 | — | 89 | DNF | 119 | 130 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |