Iván Velasco

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Velasco and the second or maternal family name is Murillo.

Iván Velasco Murillo (born 7 February 1980 in Mondragón, Basque Country) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer,^[2] who competed professionally between 2006 and 2014 for the Orbea, Euskaltel–Euskadi and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA teams.

Iván Velasco

Velasco at the 2008 Vuelta a España.
Personal information
Full name	Iván Velasco Murillo
Born	(1980-02-07) 7 February 1980 (age 45) Mondragón, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
2002–2003	Ruta de Europa
2004–2005	Serbitzu–Kirolgi
Professional teams
2006	Orbea
2007–2012	Euskaltel–Euskadi
2013–2014	Caja Rural[1]

Biography

He was excluded from the 2012 Giro d'Italia for serious misconduct.^[3] At the end of the year, Velasco's contract with Euskaltel-Euskadi was not renewed by Igor González de Galdeano, the team manager, because he did not earn enough UCI points to keep his team in the UCI World Tour .^[4]

The Spanish runner announced his retirement from sport at the end of the 2014 season.^[5]

In 2019, he joined the XDS Astana Team , with the role of developing the team's products.^[6]

Major results

2012

9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

10th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja