Mikel Nieve
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Nieve and the second or maternal family name is Iturralde.
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| Full name | Mikel Nieve Iturralde | ||
| Born | 26 May 1984  Spain |
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| Current team | Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climber | ||
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| 2008 2009– |
Orbea-Oreka SDA Euskaltel-Euskadi |
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| Infobox last updated on 22 May 2011 |
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Mikel Nieve Iturralde (born 26 May 1984 in Leitza) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi. Nieve won the sixteenth stage of the 2010 Vuelta a España, and the fifteenth stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia, with a 50 km solo, the queen stage of that years edition, which Alberto Contador later described as the most difficult stage of his life[1]
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[edit] Palmares
- 2010
- 1st Stage 16 Vuelta a Espana
- 2011
- 1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
[edit] Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 |
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 Giro |
- | 10 |
 Vuelta |
12 | 10 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Ha sido la etapa más dura de mi vida". El Pais. May 22, 2011. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/Ha/sido/etapa/dura/vida/elpepudep/20110522elpepudep_36/Tes. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Profile on team website
- Mikel Nieve profile at Cycling Archives
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