David de la Fuente Rasilla (born 4 May 1981 in Reinosa, Cantabria) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Aviludo–Louletano–Loulé.[2] De la Fuente led the mountains classification of the 2006 Tour de France for a number of stages, donning the Polka Dot jersey after stage 2, and then again after stage 11 until Michael Rasmussen took a commanding lead in the competition. For his numerous attacks, de la Fuente was subsequently awarded the combativity award.[3]
Major results
- 2001
- 1st Stage 5 Circuito Montañés
- 2004
- 8th Clásica de Almería
- 2005
- 3rd Trofeo Calvià
- 6th Circuito de Getxo
- 2006
- Tour de France
- 1st Overall combativity award
- Held
after Stages 2, 11–15
Combativity award Stages 2 & 11
- 2007
- 1st GP Llodio
- 1st
Mountains classification Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 6th Trofeo Pollença
- 9th Klasika Primavera
- 10th Clásica de Almería
- 2008
- 1st Stage 2 Deutschland Tour
- Tour de France
- 7th GP Llodio
- 8th Gran Premio Miguel Induráin
- 2009
- 1st GP Miguel Induráin
- 2nd GP Llodio
- 8th Subida a Urkiola
- 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2011
Combativity award Stage 14 Vuelta a España
- 8th Coppa Sabatini
- 2012
- 6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 2013
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 2015
- 1st Stage 3 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 2016
- 3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
- 10th Overall GP Liberty Seguros
- 2017
- 10th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 2018
- 1st
Mountains classification Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 3rd Overall Grande Prémio de Portugal N2
- 10th Clássica Aldeias do Xisto
- 2019
- 3rd Clássica da Arrábida
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Has not contested during his career | |||||||||
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— | — | — | 56 | 49 | DNF | — | 106 | — | — |
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156 | — | DNF | 71 | 96 | — | 24 | — | 35 | 65 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Aviludo – Louletano". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Louletano – Loulé Concelho". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "De La Fuente joins Astana". Cyclingnews.com. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
External links
- Official website
- David de la Fuente at ProCyclingStats