Eider Merino Cortazar

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Eider Merino
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Merino in 2019
Personal information
Full nameEider Merino Cortazar
Born (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30)
Balmaseda, Basque Country, Spain [1]
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) [2]
Team information
Current team Lifeplus Wahoo
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber [2]
Professional teams
2013–2017 Lointek
2018–2020 Movistar Team [3] [4]
2021 A.R. Monex [5] [6]
2022– Le Col–Wahoo
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2018) [7]

Eider Merino Cortazar (born 2 August 1994) is a Spanish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Lifeplus Wahoo. [8] Prior to joining the Movistar Team in 2018, Merino rode for five years with the Lointek team. Her elder brother Igor Merino is also a professional cyclist, [2] but is currently suspended from the sport.

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Major results

2011
10th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
2014
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira
2015
3rd La Classique Morbihan
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
1st Mountains classification
10th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
2016
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
8th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
2017
1st Jersey violet.svg Overall Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
1st Points classification
3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
4th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
10th La Classique Morbihan
2018
National Road Championships
1st MaillotEspana.PNG Road race
2nd Time trial
3rd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Stage 4
7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
1st Mountains classification
8th Road race, Mediterranean Games
8th Overall Giro Rosa
8th La Classique Morbihan
9th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
2019
3rd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
4th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
5th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
9th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
9th La Classique Morbihan
9th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
2020
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa

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References

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