Luis Ángel Maté

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Luis Ángel Maté
Luis Ángel Maté TA 2011.jpg
Maté at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Full nameLuis Ángel Maté Mardones
Born (1984-03-23) 23 March 1984 (age 37)
Marbella, Spain
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Team information
Current teamEuskaltel–Euskadi
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2005Avila Rojas
2007Andalucía–Cajasur
Professional teams
2008Andalucía–Cajasur
2009–2010Diquigiovanni–Androni
2011–2020Cofidis[1][2]
2021–Euskaltel–Euskadi
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maté and the second or maternal family name is Mardones.

Luis Ángel Maté Mardones (born 23 March 1984) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel–Euskadi.[3]

Born in Madrid, Maté has competed as a professional since 2008, competing for Andalucía–Cajasur and Androni Giocattoli prior to moving to Cofidis for the 2011 season.[4] After ten seasons with Cofidis, Maté signed a two-year contract with Euskaltel–Euskadi, from the 2021 season.[5]

Major results[]

2005
1st Stage 5a Circuito Montañés
2007
1st Stage 5 Circuito Montañés
2009
5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
2010
1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis
8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
9th Trofeo Melinda
2011
1st Stage 4 Route du Sud
2012
Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Jersey black.svg Mountains classification
1st Jersey white.svg Sprints classification
2013
5th Vuelta a Murcia
2014
2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
4th Vuelta a Murcia
8th Clásica de Almería
10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 6 Tour de France
2015
1st Andalusian rider classification Vuelta a Andalucía
6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2016
9th Overall Route du Sud
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stages 7, 10 & 16 Vuelta a España
2017
6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
Vuelta a España
Jersey green number.svg Combativity award Stages 7 & 14
2018
Vuelta a España
Held Jersey blue dotted.png after Stages 2–16
Jersey green number.svg Combativity award Stages 2 & 4
2021
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Vuelta a Andalucía
6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia Has not contested during his career
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 130 88 31 43 55 56 — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 63 47 42 19 — 22 24 106 102 23 30
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

  1. ^ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Euskaltel - Euskadi". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Cofidis on the right path for 2011". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Fichaje: Luis Ángel Maté vestirá de naranja las dos próximas temporadas" [Signing: Luis Ángel Maté will wear orange for the next two seasons]. Euskaltel–Euskadi (in Spanish). Fundación Ciclista Euskadi. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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