Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (born May 14, 1970 in Abadiño) is a Spanish former

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. In the 11th stage of the

2000 Vuelta a España The 55th edition of the ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 August to 17 September 2000. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Robe ...

, Zarrabeitia cut off the top of his finger. He was trying to repair his distance counter during the descent from Alt de la Rabassa when the accident happened.

Major results

;1991 : 3rd GP Villafranca de Ordizia : 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ;1992 : 1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Klasika Primavera : 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 7th Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 10th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ;1993 : 8th

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: 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya ;1994 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a España ;1996 : 4th

: 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ;1997 : 1st

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: 1st Klasika Primavera : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya : 5th Tour du Haut Var : 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 7th Overall

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: 7th Subida a Urkiola : 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1998 : 4th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 4th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana : 5th

: 7th Overall

: 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 7th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ;1999 : 5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia : 6th Overall Critérium International : 9th Overall Tour de Suisse : 9th Züri-Metzgete : 9th GP Villafranca de Ordizia ;2000 : 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta : 6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 10th Overall

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;2001 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia : 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ::1st Stage 1 : 7th GP Miguel Induráin : 8th Overall Volta ao Algarve ;2002 : 1st Overall Euskal Bizikleta ::1st Stage 4b : 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos : 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 10th

;2003 : 2nd Overall

: 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Palmarès by cyclingbase.com
1970 births Living people People from Abadiño Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Spanish male cyclists Sportspeople from Biscay {{Spain-cycling-bio-1970s-stub