Mikel Nieve


Mikel Nieve Iturralde is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Career

Euskaltel–Euskadi (2009–2013)

Born in Leitza, Nieve won the sixteenth stage of the 2010 Vuelta a España, shaking off four riders to win solo in the mountain finish at the Alto de Cotobello. He earned another prestigious victory in the fifteenth stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia, the queen stage of that year's edition, which Alberto Contador later described as the most difficult stage of his life. Nieve had broken away early, and crested the penultimate climb of the day, the Passo Fedaia, with only Stefano Garzelli in front of him. On the lower slope of the final climb to Gardeccia-Val di Fassa, Nieve passed Garzelli, and held on to win the stage after having spent a little less than 7 hours and a half in the saddle.
He finished 10th twice in the Giro d'Italia in 2011 and 2012. He also finished 10th twice in the Vuelta a España in 2010 and 2011.
In 2013, Nieve rode his first Tour de France, where he finished 3rd on Mont Ventoux and 9th on Alpe d'Huez. He ended up finishing 12th overall. After the disbanding of the team was confirmed at the end of the 2013 season, Nieve agreed to join on an initial two-year deal.

Team Sky (2014–2017)

In 2014, he won stage 8, the final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné as well as finishing 8th overall.
In 2015, Nieve finished 8th overall in the Vuelta a España, his highest Grand Tour finish to date.
In 2016, Nieve won stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia. He also went on to win the mountains classification. Nieve also rode the Tour de France, where he helped Chris Froome take overall victory as one of his mountain domestiques.

Mitchelton–Scott (2018–present)

In August 2017, it was announced that Nieve would join for the 2018 season.

Major results

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Giro d'Italia—1010——1725—1717
Tour de France———1218—171423—
Vuelta a España1110—23128—16—10