Mikel Artetxe
Mikel Artetxe Guezuraga (born 24 September 1976 in Larrabetzu, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1999 and 2007 for the , 3 Molinos Resort and teams. Career. He turned professional in 1999 with , where he stayed for seven seasons. In his time with , Artetxe took two stages and the overall victory in the GP Jornal de Noticias in 2000, a stage victory in the 2001 Vuelta a Andalucía and a stage victory in the 2002 Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho. At the start of the 2006 season, Artetxe moved a division down to  the newly formed 3 Molinos Resort team. Here he had the biggest wins of his career, with a stage win in the Vuelta a Asturias and the sprints classification in the Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho. With the rapid demise of 3 Molinos Resort, Artetxe moved to the newly formed team for 2007.