David de la Cruz

David de la Cruz
Personal information
Full name David de la Cruz Melgarejo
Nickname Mazoman
Born (1989-05-06) May 6, 1989
Sabadell, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Team information
Current team Quick-Step Floors
Discipline Road
Role Climber
Professional team(s)
2010–2012 Caja Rural
2013–2014 NetApp–Endura
2015– Etixx–Quick-Step
Major wins

Grand Tours

Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2016)

David de la Cruz Melgarejo[1] (born May 6, 1989 in Sabadell) is a Spanish cyclist. He is a member of the Quick-Step Floors team. On 28 August 2016, de la Cruz scored his biggest win of his career so far which he won stage 9 of Vuelta a España from a breakaway and took over the leader jersey and combination classification jersey.[2] For these accomplishments he was voted as the best sportsperson of his hometown, Sabadell, in 2016.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

2009
9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
2010
9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y 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
7th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 9
Held after Stage 9
Held after Stage 9
2017
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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 34 DNF —
Yellow jersey Tour de France — DNF — —
Red jersey Vuelta a España DNF — DNF 7
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "David de la Cruz Melgarejo » Team NetApp – Endura". Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Alasdair Fotheringham (29 Aug 2016). "Victory in Vuelta a España a massive first for De La Cruz". Cyclingnews.com.
  3. ↑ Sabadell.cat (5 Jun 2017). "David de la Cruz, elegido mejor deportista de Sabadell del 2016". Sabadell.cat.
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