Markel Irizar

Markel Irizar

Personal information
Full name	Markel Irizar Aranburu
Born	February 5, 1980 (1980-02-05) (age 31)  Spain
Team information
Current team	Team RadioShack
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2004–2009 2010–	Euskaltel-Euskadi Team RadioShack
Infobox last updated on September 16, 2007

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

Markel Irizar Aranburu (born February 5, 1980 in Oñati, Basque Country) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Team RadioShack. Like team founder Lance Armstrong, Irizar is a testicular cancer survivor.

Palmares

2002

• 1 stage - Bidasoa Itzulia

2008 - Euskaltel-Euskadi

• 2nd Prologue - Paris–Nice

2009 - Euskaltel-Euskadi

• Leader, Mountain Classification, stage 3 2009 Tour Down Under

2010 - Team Radio Shack

• 1 stage and Leader, stage 4 2010 Tour du Poitou-Chartes^[1]

2011 - Team Radio Shack

• Overall Classification, 2011 Vuelta a Andalucía(Ruta Ciclista del Sol).

References

1. ^ Irizar Takes First Win Since Recovery from Cancer Team Radio Shack website

External links

• Profile at Euskaltel-Euskadi official website (Spanish)
• Markel Irizar at Trap-Friis.dk

Persondata
Name	Irizar, Markel
Alternative names	Irizar Aranburu, Markel
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1980-02-05
Place of birth	Oñati, Basque Country, Spain
Date of death
Place of death