David de la Cruz

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David de la Cruz
Koolskamp (Ardooie) - Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, 18 september 2015 (B71).JPG
De la Cruz in 2015.
Personal information
Full nameDavid de la Cruz Melgarejo
NicknameMazoman
Born (1989-05-06) 6 May 1989 (age 32)
Sabadell, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2010–2012Caja Rural
2013–2014NetApp–Endura
2015–2017Etixx–Quick-Step
2018–2019Team Sky[1][2]
2020–2021UAE Team Emirates[3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2016)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de la Cruz and the second or maternal family name is Melgarejo.

David de la Cruz Melgarejo[4] (born 6 May 1989) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] In the 2020 Vuelta a España he again finished the race in seventh place overall,[8] and also finished seventh in 2021.[9]

In October 2021, de la Cruz signed a two-year contract with the Astana Qazaqstan Team, from the 2022 season.[9]

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 Jersey orange.svg 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 Jersey red.svg & Jersey white.svg 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
2018
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
Jersey yellow number.svg Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España
2020
1st Jersey white dots on blue.svg 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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 34 DNF — 56 — — —
Yellow jersey Tour de France — DNF — — — — — 72 —
Red jersey Vuelta a España DNF — DNF 7 DNF 15 66 7 7
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress

References[]

  1. ^ "De la Cruz signs for Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "David de la Cruz Melgarejo  » Team NetApp – Endura". Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ^ Alasdair Fotheringham (29 August 2016). "Victory in Vuelta a España a massive first for De La Cruz". Cyclingnews.com.
  7. ^ Sabadell.cat (5 June 2017). "David de la Cruz, elegido mejor deportista de Sabadell del 2016". .
  8. ^ "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. [His challenge, to improve the seventh place he did in 2016 and 2020, is still valid.]
  9. ^ a b "David de la Cruz signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

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