Miguel Maria Lasa Urquia (born November 4 1947 in Oiartzun) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He won four stages in the Vuelta a Espana as well as the Points classification in 1975 Vuelta a Espana. He also finished on the podium of Vuelta a Espana four times (1972 1974 1975 1977). He also won two stages in the Tour de France and three stages in the Giro d'Italia. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete