Personal information | |
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Full name | David de la Cruz Melgarejo |
Nickname | Mazoman |
Born | Sabadell, Spain | 6 May 1989
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
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
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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]
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]
Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 34 | DNF | — | 56 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
Tour de France | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | — | — | DNF |
Vuelta a España | DNF | — | DNF | 7 | DNF | 15 | 66 | 7 | 7 | 21 | DNF |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
IP | In progress |
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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.]