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David de la Cruz

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]

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 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 & 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
Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España
2020
1st 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 Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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. ^ a b "David de la Cruz signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

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