Mikel Snow (Leitza, 37 years old) returns to Rural Box 14 years later to face his fifteenth professional season in 2022.
Snow He returns to the team where he played when he was still competing in the amateur category, in which he stood out with his victory at the 2007 Valencia Memorial.
The Navarrese cyclist has a brilliant track record in which three stages stand out in the Giro d’Italia (in addition to the general of the mountain in 2016), a stage of the Vuelta a España and another in the Critérium du Dauphiné, always on great days of marked mountainous profile. In addition, he has participated in twenty-two Grand Tours in stages.
As highlighted by the Caja Rural in the statement made public this Wednesday, “Mikel has always been valued in his capacity as gregarious of its leaders in the high mountains and take advantage of his opportunities when the road allowed it.”
“It will be special to get dressed again with the Caja Rural-Seguros RGA jersey. It is the team where I started learning to be a cyclist, enjoying five very good years of which I keep very good memories. Since then the team has grown, in this I’ve been able to be part of other teams for a long time, with different languages and cultures, and competing at home feels good again, “says the Navarrese cyclist.
After passing through the Orbea, Euskaltel, Sky and Mitchelton, Snow He comes with “wanting to contribute on the bicycle and also outside of it, my experiences to the young colleagues and help them in their progression”.
The Caja Rural will grant Snow the role of “lleader of the team, starting as a benchmark in the training of young talents“.
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