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Full name | Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga |
Born | (1976-09-24)24 September 1976 (age 48) Larrabetzu, Basque Country, Spain |
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1999–2005 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
2006 | 3 Molinos Resort |
2007 | Fuerteventura–Canarias |
Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga (born 24 September 1976) is a Spanish formerroad bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1999 and 2007 for theEuskaltel–Euskadi,3 Molinos Resort andFuerteventura–Canarias teams.
He turned professional in 1999 with Euskaltel–Euskadi, where he stayed for seven seasons. In his time with Euskaltel–Euskadi, Artetxe took two stages and the overall victory in theGP Jornal de Noticias in 2000, a stage victory in the 2001Vuelta a Andalucía and a stage victory in the 2002Troféu Joaquim Agostinho.
At the start of the 2006 season, Artetxe moved a division down to the newly formed3 Molinos Resort team. Here he had the biggest wins of his career, with a stage win in theVuelta a Asturias and the sprints classification in theTroféu Joaquim Agostinho. With the rapid demise of 3 Molinos Resort, Artetxe moved to the newly formedFuerteventura–Canarias team for 2007.
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