Francisco Mancebo
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Mancebo Pérez |
| Born |
March 9, 1976 Madrid, Spain |
| Team information | |
| Current team | 5-hour Energy |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1998–2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011–2012 2013 |
Banesto AG2R Prévoyance Relax-GAM Fercase-Rota dos Moveis Rock Racing Heraklion Kastro-Murcia Realcyclist.com Cycling Team 5-hour Energy |
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Infobox last updated on 13 December 2013 | |
Francisco Mancebo Pérez (born March 9, 1976 in Madrid) is a Spanish professional cyclist. He initially rode for team Illes Balears-Banesto, 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.[Notes 1] 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.
Mancebo was himself implicated in Operación Puerto and was pulled from that year’s Tour de France on the eve of the race. Contrary to reports circulating at the time, Mancebo denies that he ever retired after news of the affair broke.” “I never retired. Some journalists said I did, but that never happened,” Mancebo told Cyclingnews. “I changed my focus.”
In the 2009 season, he rode with the team Rock Racing. For 2010 he rode with Heraklion Kastro-Murcia and with the Canyon Bicycle's Team in the Tour of Utah, in an effort to defend his overall classification title. In 2011, he rode with the Realcyclist.com Cycling Team, where he was the #1 rider in the NRC standings. For 2012 he rode with the Competitive Cyclist Racing Team repeating as the NRC Champion and named Stage Racer of the Year by VeloNews. 2013 has Mancebo riding under the colors of 5-hour Energy.
For the 2014 season, Mancebo will move to the new Continental squad, Skydive Dubai.[1]
Palmarès
- 1998
- 1st Trofeo Foral de Navarra
- 1999
- 6th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2000
- 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 1st
Young Rider Classification
- 1st
- 2001
- 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2002
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 2003
- 1st Classique des Alpes
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a la Rioja
- 2nd Subida al Naranco
- 2nd Memorial Galera
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 10th Overall Tour de France
- 2004
- 1st
Spanish Road Race Championship - 5th Overall Aragon Tour
- 2nd Rund um die Hainleite
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- 5th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 6
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 2005
- 2nd Overall Japan Cup
- 2nd Spanish Road Race Championship
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 10
- 4th[Notes 1] Overall Tour de France
- 2006
- 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2007
- 1st Overall Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional
- 3rd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 3rd Overall Tour de San Luis
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2008
- 1st Overall Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional
- 2nd Overall XXI Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 6th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 2009
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of California
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Overall Tour of Utah
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Spanish Mountain Bike Marathon Championship
- 2nd Cascade Cycling Classic
- 4th Spanish Chrono Championship
- 12th UCI America Tour
- 2010
- 1st Spanish Mountain Bike Marathon Championship
- 1st Guadalupe Tour
- 1st Cancun Criterium
- 1st Christmas Race
- 2nd Overall Tour of Utah
- 3rd Overall Tour of Bulgaria
- 8th UCI America Tour
- 8th Spanish Chrono Championship
- 2011
- 4th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
- 1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Sea Otter Classic
- 1st Stage 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Tour of the Gila
- 1st Stage 1 & 5
- 1st King of the Mountains Classification
- 1st Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st XXVIII Ascent to the mountain of Mijares
- 1st General Classification USA NRC Standings
- 7th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
- 1st Stage 1
- 2012
- Domestic Men’s Stage Racer of the Year (USA)
- 1st Overall USA National Race Calendar - NRC Standings
- 1st Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Tour of the Battenkill
- 1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 4th Overall Tour of the Gila
- 7th Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Points Classification
- 8th Taiwan KOM Challenge
- 9th Overall Rutas de América
- 9th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
- 2013
- 1st Overall USA National Race Calendar - NRC Standings
- 1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2nd Heber Valley Circuit Race
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
- 7th Overall Tour of California
- 7th Overall Tour of Alberta
- 7th Philly Cycling Classic
- 7th UCI America Tour Ranking
- 9th Overall Tour of Utah
- 1st Stage 6
- 10th Tour of Taihu Lake
Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tour | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4[Notes 1] |
| Vuelta | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 3 |
WD = withdrew
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 After the results of Jan Ullrich, third-placed finisher in the 2005 Tour de France, were annulled, Mancebo could be upgraded to third place in the near future.
References
- ↑ "Domestic Intel: Mancebo heads to Europe". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 5 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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