David de la Cruz

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David de la Cruz Road cycling
David de la Cruz (2015)
David de la Cruz (2015)
To person
Full name David de la Cruz Melgarejo
Date of birth May 6, 1989
nation SpainSpain Spain
discipline Street
To the team
Current team UAE Team Emirates
function driver
Team (s)
2010–2012
2013–2014
2015–2016
2017
2018–2019
2020 		Caja Rural
Team NetApp-Endura
Etixx-Quick Step
Quick-Step Floors
Team Sky / Team Ineos
UAE Team Emirates
Most important successes
Last updated: October 9, 2018

David de la Cruz Malgarejo (born May 6, 1989 in Sabadell ) is a Spanish cyclist .

Career

David de la Cruz was a member of the Caja Rural-Seguros RGA team from 2010 to 2012 , before joining the NetApp-Endura team in 2013 .

De la Cruz finished second in the Tour of Asturias in 2012, when he took part in the Vuelta a España for the first time in 2013 , he had to drop out in the meantime. The 2014 Tour de France he could not finish, after being in the course of the 12th stage was overthrown.

For the 2015 season he switched to the UCI WorldTeam Etixx-Quick Step . He finished the Giro d'Italia 2015 in 34 and took part in the Tour of Spain that same year, which he had to break off after the fifth stage.

At the Giro d'Italia 2016 , de la Cruz got out after the 16th stage because he had a fever. The Vuelta a España was more successful : he achieved his first professional victory during the ninth stage from a breakaway group and drove to the Maillot Rojo of the overall leader of the Tour of Spain. On the following day he had to hand over the lead to the eventual tour winner Nairo Quintana , but stayed in the top ten and surprisingly finished seventh overall.

In 2017 and 2018, de la Cruz won a stage at Paris – Nice , and he also had stage wins at the Tour of the Basque Country in 2017 and at the Tour of Andalusia in 2018.

successes

2016

2017

2018

2020

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - 34 DNF - 56 -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - DNF - - - - -
Red jersey Vuelta a España DNF - DNF 7th DNF 15th 66
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Web links

Commons : David de la Cruz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David de la Cruz, baja en el Giro por fiebre. May 24, 2016, Retrieved September 11, 2016 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Daniel Brickwedde: De la Cruz unexpectedly succeeds in the double strike. In: radsport-news.com. August 28, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Cruz, David de la
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cruz Malgarejo, David de la (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Sabadell