Mikel Nieve
Nieve at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk.
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Mikel Nieve Iturralde |
| Nickname | Frosty |
| Born |
26 May 1984 Leitza, Spain |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Sky |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2008 | Orbea-Oreka SDA |
| 2009–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2014– | Team Sky |
| Major wins | |
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Mikel Nieve Iturralde (born 26 May 1984 in Leitza) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Team Sky.
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 ultimate 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 Espana 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 Euskaltel-Euskadi team was confirmed at the end of the 2013 season, Nieve agreed to join Team Sky on a two-year deal.
In 2014, he won stage 8, the final stage of the Criterium du Dauphine 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.
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