David de la Cruz
"At first my goal is to adapt to the team well. I want to feel good and hope that I fit well into the team. Work well for the team and maybe score a victory."
David actually has a nice story to tell. From a humble background, he supported himself with various temporary jobs, ending up at a bike store. He loved bikes and saved up to buy himself a mountain bike. One day his bosses saw him riding his bike and realized David had real talent. They got David a race bike, put him in a bike club, trained him and got him a team. That’s only four years ago. His first team was Caja Rural in the ProContinental division. Since then he has been tagged as a hot new talent in Spain. David proved himself as a climber with third overall at the Vuelta Castilla y Leon. He also specializes in time trials, and has received a solid education as a track race rider. Climbing and Time Trials are the perfect combination for one day becoming a great cyclist. While he has a lot to learn in terms of tactics and technique, he has shown tremendous ability in the first four years of his cycling career and we have high hopes for him. David will be strengthening our tour rider group, centered around Leopold König.
- Born
- Sabadell, ESP
- Date of Birth
- 06/05/1989
- Height
- 1.81 m
- Weight
- 64 kg
- Speciality
- Climber, GC
- UCI Rank
- 1096
- UCI Rank Team
- 13
- UCI Points
- 1.4
- UCI Points Team
- 652.2
- Previous Teams
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2010 – 2012 Caja Rural
2013 Team NetApp - Endura
Palmarès
2013
9th stage 7 Amgen Tour of California
6th Giro del Trentino, Youth Classification
4th stage 1b Giro del Trentino
2012
5th Volta a Portugal
4th Volta a Portugal, stage 4
9th Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2nd Vuelta a Asturias
4th Vuelta a Asturias, stage 2b ITT
4th Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
2011
3rd Toscana - Coppa delle Nazioni
2010
9th Vuelta a Leon