Markel Irizar
Irizar at the 2023 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Markel Irizar Aranburu |
| Born | 5 February 1980 Oñati, Basque Country, Spain |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
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| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004–2009 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2010–2011 | Team RadioShack |
| 2012–2019 | RadioShack–Nissan |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2020– | Trek–Segafredo (men; directeur sportif) |
| 2020– | Trek–Segafredo (women; directeur sportif) |
| 2024– | Lidl–Trek Development Team (general manager) |
Markel Irizar Aranburu (born 5 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi, Team RadioShack and Trek–Segafredo teams. During his professional career, Irizar took two victories – a stage win at the 2010 Tour du Poitou-Charentes and the general classification at the 2011 Vuelta a Andalucía.
Following his retirement from riding in August 2019, Irizar has worked as a directeur sportif for both the men's and women's Lidl–Trek WorldTeams, and from 2024, works as the general manager for the Lidl–Trek Development Team.