David de la Cruz explained
David de la Cruz Melgarejo[7] (born 6 May 1989) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .[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, 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
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 ChampionshipsGrand Tour general classification results timeline
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Notes and References
- News: De la Cruz signs for Team Sky. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 August 2017. 3 January 2018.
- Web site: Team Sky. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 5 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190105011120/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/team-sky/. 5 January 2019.
- News: UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: UAE Team Emirates. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102221611/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15246/1000595/279. 2 January 2021.
- Web site: David de la Cruz signs for Astana . cyclingnews.com . 3 January 2022 . en . 2 October 2021.
- Web site: ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM . UCI . 3 January 2022.
- Web site: David de la Cruz Melgarejo » Team NetApp – Endura . 27 May 2014.
- Web site: Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team . UCI.org . 16 January 2024.
- Web site: Victory in Vuelta a España a massive first for De La Cruz. 29 August 2016. Alasdair Fotheringham. Cyclingnews.com.
- Web site: David de la Cruz, elegido mejor deportista de Sabadell del 2016. 5 June 2017. Sabadell.cat. Sabadell.cat. 5 June 2017. 13 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413060925/http://www.davidelacruz.com/david-la-cruz-elegido-mejor-deportista-sabadell-del-2016. dead.
- News: David, una cruz para los favoritos: "Lo vamos a intentar hasta el final". Spanish. David, a cross for the favourites: "We will try to the end". Marca. Unidad Editorial. 31 August 2021. 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.].
- News: David de la Cruz signs for Astana. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2021. 23 December 2021.
