Mikel Astarloza

Mikel Astarloza
	Astarloza at the 2007 Tour de France.
Personal information
Full name	Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
Born	17 November 1979 (age 45); Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
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Major wins
	Tour Down Under (2003)

Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (born 17 November 1979 in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2009, and 2011 to 2013.^[1]

Career

In 2003 he won his first race, when he finished just in front of Lennie Kristensen in the overall rankings of the Tour Down Under. He has taken part in all editions of the Tour de France since 2003, and won stage 16 of the 2009 Tour to record his second professional stage win in any competition (for the Euskaltel team), with his 9th position overall in 2007 as his next best attempt. His cousin Íñigo Chaurreau is also a professional cyclist.

On 26 June 2009 he tested positive on Recombinant Erythropoietin (EPO), for which he was suspended by the UCI on 31 July 2009.^[2] Astarloza denied using EPO, saying that it was "sporting suicide" to use illegal performance-enhancing drugs.^[3] On 15 May 2010, he was formally handed a two-year ban by the Spanish Cycling Federation. Astarloza continually claimed his innocence, and Euskaltel-Euskadi stated that they would rehire him once the ban ended.^[4] He indeed rejoined the Basque team in August 2011, at the Vuelta a Burgos.^[5]

Astarloza was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed on a big pile-up in stage 6 with 25 km (16 mi) remaining with a fractured right elbow and did not finish the stage.^[6]

On 1 October 2013 Astarloza announced that he would retire from professional cycling after the 2013 Tour of Beijing.^[1]

Career achievements

Major results

2003: 1st Overall Tour Down Under; 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2005: 7th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
2007: 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré; 9th Overall Tour de France; 10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2008: 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía; 4th Klasika Primavera; 5th Overall Tour de Romandie; 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country; 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2009: 4th Klasika Primavera

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2012	2013
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	29	62	27	35	9	16	11	DNF	42
Vuelta a España	77	—	DNF	—	56	—	28	—	48	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^a ^b Cossins, Peter (1 October 2013). "Astarloza announces his retirement". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/385507/mikel-astarloza-suspended-after-epo-positive.html
^ "Spanish rider denies taking EPO". BBC Sport. 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astarloza-suspended-for-two-years-for-epo
^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astarloza-returns-after-two-year-ban
^ "Fractures, bruises and bumps: A stage six injury report". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

External links

Mikel Astarloza at Cycling Archives (archived)

[Retirement-1] Cossins, Peter (1 October 2013). "Astarloza announces his retirement". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[2] ttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/385507/mikel-astarloza-suspended-after-epo-positive.html

[3] "Spanish rider denies taking EPO". BBC Sport. 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

[4] ttp://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astarloza-suspended-for-two-years-for-epo

[5] ttp://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astarloza-returns-after-two-year-ban

[6] "Fractures, bruises and bumps: A stage six injury report". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

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