(1980-02-05) 5 February 1980 (age 44) Oñati, Basque Country, Spain
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current team
Lidl–Trek (men)
Lidl–Trek (women)
Lidl–Trek Development Team
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider (retired)
Directeur sportif
General manager
Rider type
All-rounder
Professional teams
2004–2009
Euskaltel–Euskadi
2010–2011
Team RadioShack
2012–2019
RadioShack–Nissan[1][2]
Managerial teams
2020–
Trek–Segafredo (men; directeur sportif)
2020–
Trek–Segafredo (women; directeur sportif)
2024–
Lidl–Trek Development Team (general manager)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Irizar and the second or maternal family name is Aranburu.
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.[3] 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,[3] Irizar has worked as a directeur sportif for both the men's and women's Lidl–Trek WorldTeams,[4] and from 2024, works as the general manager for the Lidl–Trek Development Team.[5]
^"RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^"Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ ab"Irizar to end pro career after Clásica de San Sebastián". Cyclingnews.com. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
^Witts, James (8 March 2023). "Mixed fortunes: Inside Trek-Segafredo's winter training camp". Cyclist. Metropolis Group. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^Ostanek, Daniel (21 October 2023). "Lidl-Trek complete new 14-rider development team for 2024". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
MarkelIrizar Aranburu (born 5 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for...
Phinney Stage 3, Levi Leipheimer Stage 4 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, MarkelIrizar Prologue Tour de l'Avenir, Taylor Phinney Leadville Trail 100 MTB, Levi...
Ivan Rovny, Geoffroy Lequatre, Dmitriy Muravyev, Matthew Busche, and MarkelIrizar The riders on the squad were Tiago Machado, Chris Horner, Ben Hermans...
sort themselves out. The only attack in the final came in the form of MarkelIrizar (RadioShack–Leopard), who rolled the dice with 6 km (3.7 mi) to go,...
and after numerous failed attempts, Daniel Oss (BMC Racing Team) and MarkelIrizar (Trek Factory Racing) succeeded in getting from the peloton. They were...
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