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 Concelho.[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]
.jpg) De la Fuente in the 2007 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | David de la Fuente Rasilla |
| Born | 4 May 1981 Reinosa, Spain |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Aviludo–Louletano–Loulé Concelho |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Amateur team | |
| 2000–2002 | Saunier Duval–Mapei |
| Professional teams | |
| 2003 | Vini Caldirola |
| 2004–2009 | Saunier Duval–Prodir |
| 2010 | Astana |
| 2011 | Geox–TMC |
| 2012 | Caja Rural |
| 2013–2014 | Torku Şekerspor |
| 2015 | Efapel |
| 2016 | Sporting / Tavira |
| 2017– | Louletano–Hospital de Loulé[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France Combativity award (2006) GP Miguel Induráin (2009) | |
Major results
edit- 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
- Held after Stages 7–9
- Held
- 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
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
- 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
edit| Grand Tour | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | Has not contested during his career | |||||||||
 Tour de France | — | — | — | 56 | 49 | DNF | — | 106 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España | 156 | — | DNF | 71 | 96 | — | 24 | — | 35 | 65 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to David de la Fuente.
- Official website
- David de la Fuente at ProCyclingStats
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