David De La Fuente
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David de la Fuente Rasilla (born 4 May 1981 in Reinosa
, Cantabria
) is a Spanish
professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the cycling team. 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.
2004 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
2005 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
2006 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
2007 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
2008 – Saunier Duval-Scott/Scott-American Beef
2009
Reinosa
Reinosa is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain. , it has 10,307 inhabitants.-External links:* * - Cantabria 102 Municipios...
, Cantabria
Cantabria
Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...
) is a Spanish
Spain
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professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the cycling team. De la Fuente led the mountains classification of the 2006 Tour de France
2006 Tour de France
The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis....
for a number of stages, donning the Polka Dot jersey after stage 2, and then again after stage 11 until Michael Rasmussen
Michael Rasmussen
Michael Rasmussen is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who rides for the Danish team Christina Watches-Onfone. In the 2007 Tour de France, Rasmussen, while in the yellow jersey, had his contract terminated by his team and was removed from the Tour...
took a commanding lead in the competition. For his numerous attacks, de la Fuente was subsequently awarded the combativity award.
Major achievements
2003 – Vini Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval2004 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
Saunier Duval-Prodir
Geox-TMC is a Spanish-based road bicycle racing team, registered for 2011 as a UCI Professional Continental team. Established as Saunier Duval-Prodir in 2004, the team has had success in one-day races such as Clásica de San Sebastián....
2005 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
- 3rd, Trofeo Calvia
2006 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
- 56th overall – Tour de France2006 Tour de FranceThe 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of apparent winner Floyd Landis....
- Winner, Most combative classificationCombativity awardThe combativity award, , is a prize given in the Tour de France. It favours constant attackers and since 1981 the winner of the award has not won the whole Tour.- History :...
- Stages 2 and 11, Most combative stage award
- Winner, Most combative classification
2007 – Saunier Duval-Prodir
- 1st, GP Llodio
- 1st, Mountains classification, Volta a la Comunitat ValencianaVolta a la Comunitat ValencianaThe Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community , Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the spring classics or the grand tours which take place later in the season.No editions of the race have been...
2008 – Saunier Duval-Scott/Scott-American Beef
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour of Germany
2009
- 1st, GP Miguel IndurainGP Miguel IndurainThe Grand Prix Miguel Indurain is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after the Spanish cyclist in 1998. In 2005, the race was upgraded to a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. For 2007 and 2008 the race was...