David de la Fuente
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. 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.
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 |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France Combativity award (2006) GP Miguel Induráin (2009) | |
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