David Cañada

**David Cañada**
Personal information
Full name	David Cañada García
Date of birth	March 11, 1975 (1975-03-11) (age 33)
Country	Spain
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team	Saunier Duval-Prodir
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1996–2000 2001–2002 2003 2004–	ONCE Mapei Quick Step Saunier Duval-Prodir
Major wins
Volta a Catalunya (2006) Vuelta a Murcia (2000) Circuit de la Sarthe (2000)
Infobox last updated on:
May 22, 2007

David Cañada García (born March 11, 1975, Zaragoza, Aragon) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. In 2006-2007, he rides on the UCI ProTour on the Saunier Duval-Prodir squad. His win at the 2006 Volta a Catalunya is his best career accomplishment to date. In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in a break-away on stage 2 (the first open road stage); he attacked on the climb near the finish but was overhauled by Bouygues Télécom's Thomas Voeckler.

[edit] Major achievements

1996 – ONCE

1997 – ONCE

2nd overall – Vuelta a los Valles Mineros (2.3)

1998 – ONCE

1999 – ONCE

2000 – ONCE-Deutsche Bank

1st overall and Stage 4 (ITT) – Circuit de la Sarthe (2.4)

1st overall and Stages 4 and 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Murcia (2.3)

2002 – Mapei-Quick Step

4th overall – Ronde van Nederland

3rd overall – Tour de Luxembourg (2.2)

10th – Tour de Suisse

2005 – Saunier Duval-Prodir

3rd – Rund um Köln (1.1)

2006 – Saunier Duval-Prodir

1st overall – Volta a Catalunya

2007 – Saunier Duval-Prodir

3rd overall – Tour de Georgia

General classification leader (after Stage 3)

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