Juan Miguel Mercado
Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (born July 8, 1978 in Granada ) is a Spanish cyclist .
Career
Mercado has been a professional cyclist since 1998. Until 2000 he drove for the Vitalicio-Seguros team , then switched to ibanesto.com , in 2004 to Quick Step , in 2006 and 2007 he drove for Agritubel .
His greatest successes were winning the 18th stage of the Tour de France 2004 , winning the Tour of Austria in 2005 and winning the 10th stage of the Tour de France 2006 . There are also other victories in Spanish tours, such as the Burgos Tour 2001, the Vuelta a Castilla y León 2002 and the Catalan Week 2002.
successes
- 2001
- a stage Volta ao Alentejo
- Overall ranking and one stage Burgos Tour
- a stage Vuelta a España
- 2002
- Setmana Catalana
- Overall ranking and a stage Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2003
- a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2004
- one stage of the Giro del Trentino
- a stage Tour de France
- 2005
- Overall ranking of the Tour of Austria
- 2006
- a stage Tour de France
Grand Tour placements
| Grand Tour | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Tour de France
|
- | - | 36 | 37 | - | DNF | 79 |
 Vuelta a España
|
5 | 21st | 56 | - | 10 | - | - |
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.
Teams
- 1998 Vitalicio Seguros-Grupo Generali
- 1999 Vitalicio Seguros-Grupo Generali
- 2000 Vitalicio Seguros-Grupo Generali
- 2001 iBanesto.com
- 2002 iBanesto.com
- 2003 iBanesto.com
- 2004 Quick Step Davitamon
- 2005 Quick Step
- 2006 Agritubel
- 2007 Agritubel
Web links
- Juan Miguel Mercado in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Juan Miguel Mercado in the Tour de France database(French / English )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mercado, Juan Miguel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mercado Martin, Juan Miguel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Granada |