Markel Irizar

Markel Irizar
Irizar at the 2023 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameMarkel Irizar Aranburu
Born (1980-02-05) 5 February 1980 (age 44)
Oñati, Basque Country, Spain
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current team
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2004–2009Euskaltel–Euskadi
2010–2011Team RadioShack
2012–2019RadioShack–Nissan[1][2]
Managerial teams
2020–Trek–Segafredo (men; directeur sportif)
2020–Trek–Segafredo (women; directeur sportif)
2024–Lidl–Trek Development Team (general manager)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Irizar and the second or maternal family name is Aranburu.

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]

Personal life

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]

Major results

Source:[9]

2009
1st Mountains classification, Tour Down Under
2010
5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
1st Stage 4
5th Chrono des Nations
2011
1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
10th Chrono des Nations
2012
9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
2017
Combativity award Stage 2 Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 90 68 74 — — — — — — — — — 134 136
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — — — 83 — 103 63 93 120 135 — —
gold jersey Vuelta a España DNF 94 — — 114 — 96 93 86 — 89 DNF 119 130 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Irizar to end pro career after Clásica de San Sebastián". Cyclingnews.com. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. ^ Witts, James (8 March 2023). "Mixed fortunes: Inside Trek-Segafredo's winter training camp". Cyclist. Metropolis Group. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  5. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (21 October 2023). "Lidl-Trek complete new 14-rider development team for 2024". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Irizar at Trek Factory Racing". Lidl–Trek. Trek Bicycle Corporation. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Irizar celebrates 10 years clear from cancer". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  8. ^ Bjorn Haake (21 February 2011). "Ruta del Sol: Hivert wins second stage, RadioShack's Irizar takes control of the overall". VeloNation. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Markel Irizar". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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