David de la Fuente

David de la Fuente

De la Fuente in the 2007 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	David de la Fuente Rasilla
Born	May 4, 1981 (1981-05-04) (age 30) Reinosa, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (140 lb)
Team information
Current team	Geox-TMC
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional team(s)
2003 2004–2009 2010 2011–	Vini Caldirola Saunier Duval-Prodir Astana Geox-TMC
Major wins
Tour de France Combativity award (2006) GP Miguel Indurain (2009)
Infobox last updated on April 4, 2009

David de la Fuente Rasilla (born 4 May 1981 in Reinosa, Cantabria) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the Geox-TMC 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.

Major achievements

2003 – Vini Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval

2004 – Saunier Duval-Prodir

2005 – Saunier Duval-Prodir

3rd, Trofeo Calvia

2006 – Saunier Duval-Prodir

56th overall – Tour de France

Winner, Most combative classification

Stages 2 and 11, Most combative stage award

2007 – Saunier Duval-Prodir

1st, GP Llodio

1st, Mountains classification, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

2008 – Saunier Duval-Scott/Scott-American Beef

1st, Stage 2, Tour of Germany

2009

1st, GP Miguel Indurain

External links

• David de la Fuente Official Website
• David de la Fuente at Trap-Friis.dk

Persondata
Name	de la Fuente, David
Alternative names	de la Fuente Rasilla, David
Short description	Spanish racing cyclist
Date of birth	1981-05-04
Place of birth	Reinosa, Cantabria, Spain
Date of death
Place of death