The Navarrese cyclist Iker Mintegi going to move to professionals with Euskaltel Euskadi in 2024, for that season and the next (2025), as confirmed this Tuesday by the Basque team. In the last three seasons, the 20-year-old runner from Alsasua has belonged to Laboral Kutxa, the Euskadi Foundation’s subsidiary training team; Mintegi, in 2023, has won a stage in the Vuelta a Navarra and is second in the Euskaldun Tournament.

Once confirmed that you are going to make the jump, mintegi He highlighted that “being a professional with Euskaltel Euskadi is the reward for perseverance and individual and collective work”. As a runner, Mintegi has defined himself, “I like to move in breakaways, and this year I have achieved more results in small groups, sprinting or climbing. I consider myself an all-rounder”, he explained.

For his part, Jorge Azanza, sports manager of the teamemphasizes that Mintegi is a rider who, “this year, has consolidated himself, and has made an important leap; only to compete, but also with regularity. He is a complete rider: he climbs very well, he has a sprint, he manages well in groups, and, above all, he is a brave and tough cyclist, tough, and he will surely make himself felt in the professional category”, he said.

Source: Eitb

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