David de la Cruz

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David de la Cruz
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De la Cruz in 2022
Personal information
Full nameDavid de la Cruz Melgarejo
NicknameMazoman
Born (1989-05-06) 6 May 1989 (age 36)
Sabadell, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Team information
Current team Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2010–2012 Caja Rural
2013–2014 NetApp–Endura
2015–2017 Etixx–Quick-Step
2018–2019 Team Sky [1] [2]
2020–2021 UAE Team Emirates [3] [4]
2022–2023 Astana Qazaqstan Team [5] [6]
2024– Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2016)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2024)

David de la Cruz Melgarejo [7] (born 6 May 1989) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. [8]

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Career

De la Cruz was born in Sabadell. On 28 August 2016, de la Cruz scored the biggest win of his career to that point, when he won stage 9 of the Vuelta a España from a breakaway and took over the general and combination classification jerseys. [9] He went on to finish the race in seventh place overall. For these accomplishments he was voted as the best sportsperson of his hometown, Sabadell, in 2016. [10] In the 2020 Vuelta a España he again finished the race in seventh place overall, [11] and also finished seventh in 2021. [12]

In October 2021, de la Cruz signed a two-year contract with the Astana Qazaqstan Team, from the 2022 season. [12]

Major results

2009
9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
2010
9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
2011
2nd Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
2012
2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
5th Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Jersey orange.svg Young rider classification
9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2014
10th Overall Tour of California
2016 (1 pro win)
7th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 9
Held Jersey red.svg & Jersey white.svg after Stage 9
2017 (2)
1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 3
7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2018 (2)
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
9th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 8
9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
2019
5th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
8th Overall Tour of Guangxi
8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
Jersey yellow number.svg Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España
2020
1st Jersey white dots on blue.svg Mountains classification, Critérium du Dauphiné
7th Overall Vuelta a España
8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
2021
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
7th Overall Vuelta a España
2022
10th Overall UAE Tour
10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2023
8th Overall O Gran Camiño
2024 (1)
1st MaillotEspana.svg Time trial, National Road Championships
2025
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Giro d'Abruzzo
2nd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia —— 34 DNF — 56 ——— DNF —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France — DNF ————— 72 —— DNF
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España DNF — DNF 7 DNF 15 66 7 7 21 DNF
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IPIn progress

References

  1. ↑ "De la Cruz signs for Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "David de la Cruz signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "David de la Cruz Melgarejo » Team NetApp – Endura" . Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  9. ↑ Alasdair Fotheringham (29 August 2016). "Victory in Vuelta a España a massive first for De La Cruz". Cyclingnews.com.
  10. ↑ Sabadell.cat (5 June 2017). "David de la Cruz, elegido mejor deportista de Sabadell del 2016". Sabadell.cat. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "David, una cruz para los favoritos: "Lo vamos a intentar hasta el final"" [David, a cross for the favourites: "We will try to the end"]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021. Su reto, el de mejorar el séptimo puesto que hizo en 2016 y 2020, sigue vigente. [His challenge, to improve the seventh place he did in 2016 and 2020, is still valid.]
  12. 1 2 "David de la Cruz signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.


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