David de la Cruz
 De la Cruz in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | David de la Cruz Melgarejo |
| Nickname | Mazoman |
| Born | 6 May 1989 Sabadell, Spain |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010–2012 | Caja Rural |
| 2013–2014 | NetApp–Endura |
| 2015–2017 | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 2018–2019 | Team Sky[1][2] |
| 2020–2021 | UAE Team Emirates[3][4] |
| 2022–2023 | Astana Qazaqstan Team[5][6] |
| 2024– | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
David de la Cruz Melgarejo[7] (born 6 May 1989) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10] In the 2020 Vuelta a España he again finished the race in seventh place overall,[11] and also finished seventh in 2021.[12]
In October 2021, de la Cruz signed a two-year contract with the Astana Qazaqstan Team, from the 2022 season.[12]
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
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 2014
- 10th Overall Tour of California
- 2016 (1 pro win)
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 9
- Held
& 
after Stage 9
- 2017 (2)
- 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 (2)
- 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
Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España- 2020
- 1st
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
- 2022
- 10th Overall UAE Tour
- 10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2023
- 8th Overall O Gran Camiño
- 2024 (1)
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | 34 | DNF | — | 56 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | — | — | DNF |
| Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | DNF | 7 | DNF | 15 | 66 | 7 | 7 | 21 | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
References
- ^ "De la Cruz signs for Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "David de la Cruz signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "David de la Cruz Melgarejo » Team NetApp – Endura". Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Alasdair Fotheringham (29 August 2016). "Victory in Vuelta a España a massive first for De La Cruz". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ Sabadell.cat (5 June 2017). "David de la Cruz, elegido mejor deportista de Sabadell del 2016". Sabadell.cat. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "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.]
- ^ a b "David de la Cruz signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
External links
- David de la Cruz at UCI
- David de la Cruz at Cycling Archives (archived)
- David de la Cruz at ProCyclingStats
- David de la Cruz at Cycling Quotient
- David de la Cruz at CycleBase
