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Mikel Astarloza

Key Stats

Nationality: Spanish
Born: November 17, 1979
Hometown: Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Palmares

Career Highlights:

1st, overall Tour Down Under 2003
9th overall, Tour de France 2007

Biography

With a top-10 finish at last year’s Tour de France and a win in the Tour Down under, Astarloza just might have the confidence to podium at one of this year’s grand tours.