David López García (born 13 May 1981) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 2003 and 2018 for the Café Baqué, Euskaltel–Euskadi, Movistar Team and Team Sky squads.[2]
.jpg) López at the 2015 Tour de Suisse. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | David López Garcia |
| Born | 13 May 1981 Barakaldo, Spain |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional teams | |
| 2003–2004 | Café Baqué |
| 2005–2006 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2007–2012 | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 2013–2018 | Team Sky[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
Career
editLópez was born in Barakaldo. The biggest victory of his career was the ninth stage of the 2010 Vuelta a España, a mountain stage with 6 categorized climbs on the menu. Lopez went clear of the leading group with 3 km (1.9 mi) to go, crossing the line with an advantage of six seconds over Liquigas–Doimo's Roman Kreuziger.[3]
He joined the Caisse d'Epargne team in 2007 after turning professional for Euskaltel–Euskadi in 2005. He left the Movistar Team at the end of 2012 and joined Team Sky for the 2013 season.[1]
Major results
edit- 2004
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2005
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
- 2006
- 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2007
- 2nd Subida a Urkiola
- 3rd Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th Klasika Primavera
- 6th Overall Paris–Nice
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2008
- 3rd GP Ouest–France
- 4th Subida a Urkiola
- 10th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2009
- 3rd Subida al Naranco
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 8th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2010
- 1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España
- 2011
- 2nd Klasika Primavera
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 9th Overall Critérium International
- 2012
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 4th Klasika Primavera
- 8th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2013
- 1st Stage 6 Eneco Tour
- 3rd Overall Tour of Beijing
- 4th Overall Tour of Britain
- 4th Japan Cup
- 2015
- 3rd Overall Tour of Norway
- 2016
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Combativity award Stage 12
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | DNF | 40 | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | DNF | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | 127 | 105 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
47 | — | 79 | — | 14 | — | 42 | 42 | DNF | — | — | — | — | 60 | 66 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Lopez added to Sky roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Helping Froome and Valverde win Grand Tours has been a privilege". Cyclingweekly.com. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Vuelta a España 2010: David Lopez wins stage nine as Igor Anton retains overall lead". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited 2013. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to David López.
- David López profile at Team Sky
- Palmares on CyclingBase (French) Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- David López García at UCI
- David López García at Cycling Archives (archived)
- David López García at ProCyclingStats
- David López García at Cycling Quotient
- David López García at CycleBase
