Mikel Artetxe Explained

Mikel Artetxe
Fullname:Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga
Birth Date:24 September 1976
Birth Place:Larrabetzu, Basque Country, Spain
Height:1.76m (05.77feet)
Weight:64kg (141lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1999–2005
Proyears2:2006
Proteam2:3 Molinos Resort
Proyears3:2007

Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga (born 24 September 1976) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1999 and 2007 for the, 3 Molinos Resort and teams.

Career

He turned professional in 1999 with, where he stayed for seven seasons. In his time with, Artetxe took two stages and the overall victory in the GP Jornal de Noticias in 2000, a stage victory in the 2001 Vuelta a Andalucía and a stage victory in the 2002 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho.

At the start of the 2006 season, Artetxe moved a division down to the newly formed 3 Molinos Resort team. Here he had the biggest wins of his career, with a stage win in the Vuelta a Asturias and the sprints classification in the Troféu Joaquim Agostinho. With the rapid demise of 3 Molinos Resort, Artetxe moved to the newly formed team for 2007.

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