Francisco Mancebo

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Francisco Mancebo in his AG2R Prévoyance team jersey with (red and yellow) arm and neck bands denoting him as a former Spanish National champion.

Francisco Mancebo Pérez (born March 9, 1976 in Madrid) is a Spanish pro cyclist. He initially rode for team Illes Balears, but moved to AG2R Prévoyance in 2006.

Mancebo is a stage race specialist, with good climbing and individual time trial performances. He was the Spanish National Champion in 2004. He finished sixth in the 2004 Tour de France and fourth in the 2005 Tour de France. He also won a stage of the 2005 Vuelta a España and finished third in the general classification, making the podium for the second consecutive year.

At the 2000 Tour de France, he won the maillot blanc for the best young rider.

He was linked to Operación Puerto doping case and he was not allowed to start 2006 Tour de France. Immediately after that he decided to retire from professional cycling. Nevertheless, at the end of the season he changed his mind, terminated his contract with AG2R Prévoyance and moved to Relax-Gam.

[edit] Palmarès

1998 - Banesto

• 1st, Trofeo Foral de Navarra
• 2nd, Stage 6, Paris-Nice

1999

• 6th, Clasica San Sebastian

2000

• 1st, Young Rider Classification, Tour de France
• 1st, Clasica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

2001 - iBanesto.com

• 4th, General Classification, Tour Méditerranéen

2002

• 1st, General Classification, Vuelta a Burgos
• 3rd, Stage 4, Vuelta a Burgos
• 4th, Stage 11, Tour de France

2003

• 1st, Classique des Alpes
• 1st, General Classification, Vuelta a Castilla y León
• 2nd, General Classification, Vuelta a la Rioja
• 2nd, Stage 2, Vuelta a la Rioja
• 2nd, Subida al Naranco
• 2nd, Memorial Galera

2004 - Illes Balears-Banesto

• 1st, Spanish Road Race Championships
• 1st, Stage 6, Deutschland Tour
• 2nd, Rund um die Hainleite
• 2nd, Stage 21, Vuelta a España
• 3rd, General Classification, Vuelta a España
• 4th, Stage 12, Tour de France
• 6th, General Classification, Tour de France

2005 - Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne

• 1st, Stage 10, Vuelta a España
• 2nd, Stage 17, Vuelta a España
• 2nd, Japan Cup
• 2nd, Spanish Road Race Championships
• 3rd, General Classification, Vuelta a España
• 3rd, Stage 9, Vuelta a España
• 4th, General Classification, Tour de France

2006 - AG2R Prévoyance

• 5th, General Classification, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

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