Mireia Benito

Mireia Benito
Benito in 2023
Personal information
Full nameMireia Benito Pellicer
Born (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996 (age 27)
Team information
Current teamAG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2019–2022Massi–Tactic[1][2][3]
2023–AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Benito and the second or maternal family name is Pellicer.

Mireia Benito Pellicer (born 30 December 1996) is a Spanish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step.[4] In May 2022, when she was racing for UCI Women's Continental Team Massi–Tactic, she became the first rider of the team to get on the podium of a UCI Women's World Tour race, when she was awarded the combativity prize at Itzulia Women.[5]

In 2023, she moved to the AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step, a professional cycling team that allowed her to take part in more races.

  1. ^ "Massi-Tactic UCI Women's Team presenta 11 corredoras" [Massi-Tactic UCI Women's Team presents 11 riders]. Zikloland (in Spanish). Jesús Ezkurdia Salazar. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Massi Tactic Women Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Massi Tactic Women Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ^ "AG INSURANCE - SOUDAL QUICK-STEP TEAM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ Sanchez, Borja. "Primer podi del Massi-Tactic". L'esportiu de Catalunya. Retrieved 17 May 2022.