.jpg) De la Cruz in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | David de la Cruz Melgarejo |
| Nickname | Mazoman |
| Born | (1989-05-06) 6 May 1989 (age 35) Sabadell, Spain |
| 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 |
| 2020–2021 | UAE Team Emirates |
| 2022–2023 | Astana Qazaqstan Team |
| 2024– | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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David de la Cruz Melgarejo (born 6 May 1989) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.
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. 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. In the 2020 Vuelta a España he again finished the race in seventh place overall, and also finished seventh in 2021.
In October 2021, de la Cruz signed a two-year contract with the Astana Qazaqstan Team, from the 2022 season.
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
- 1st
- 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
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
References
- "De la Cruz signs for Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "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.
- "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- "David de la Cruz signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- "ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- "David de la Cruz Melgarejo » Team NetApp – Endura". Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- "Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- Alasdair Fotheringham (29 August 2016). "Victory in Vuelta a España a massive first for De La Cruz". Cyclingnews.com.
- 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.
- "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.
- ^ "David de la Cruz signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
External links
- David de la Cruz at UCI
- David de la Cruz at Cycling Archives (archived)
- David de la Cruz at ProCyclingStats
- David de la Cruz at Cycling Quotient
- David de la Cruz at CycleBase
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