Mikel Nieve

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Nieve and the second or maternal family name is Iturralde.

Mikel Nieve

Personal information
Full name	Mikel Nieve Iturralde
Born	26 May 1984 (1984-05-26) (age 27)  Spain
Team information
Current team	Euskaltel-Euskadi
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional team(s)
2008 2009–	Orbea-Oreka SDA Euskaltel-Euskadi
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage Vuelta a España, 1 stage
Infobox last updated on 22 May 2011

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]

Palmares

2010

1st Stage 16 Vuelta a Espana

2011

1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2010	2011
Giro	-	11
Vuelta	12	10

References

1. ^ "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. 

External links

• Profile on team website
• Mikel Nieve profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Nieve, Mikel
Alternative names	Nieve Iturralde, Mikel
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1984-05-26
Place of birth	Leitza, Spain
Date of death
Place of death