David Arroyo

David Arroyo Durán (born 7 January 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently competes in mountain biking for the Primaflor–Mondraker–XSauce team. He is also a former professional road bicycle racer, who rode between 2001 and 2018 for the , , , and teams.

Career Arroyo was born in Talavera de la Reina, Province of Toledo.

Illes Balears–Banesto, later Movistar Team (2005–2012) He was also one of the best climbers on the , Arroyo's team from 2005 to 2012, along with the team leader Alejandro Valverde. After Valverde crashed in the first week of the 2006 Tour de France, Arroyo was made team leader, until Óscar Pereiro claimed the leader's yellow jersey. Arroyo then helped to protect Pereiro in the mountain climbs and ensure his overall victory.

Arroyo's biggest win to that point was Stage 19 of the 2008 Vuelta a España. Prior to that, his only victories came at the 2004 Volta a Portugal, where he won two stages, the mountains classification and the young rider classification.

In the 2010 Giro d'Italia, Arroyo wore the pink jersey as race leader for five days. He was part of a fortunate breakaway in stage 11 of that race that took over 13 minutes from the race's overall favourites, and claimed the jersey three days later on a mountain stage. He kept it through two mountain stages and the climbing time trial to Kronplatz, but lost it to eventual Giro champion Ivan Basso in stage 19. He finished the race second overall, in the process proving himself to be one of the best descenders in the peloton.

Major results

2000

2003 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya 2004 2nd Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Stages 4 & 8 5th Subida al Naranco 8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 2006 5th Klasika Primavera 9th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya 2007 10th Overall Giro d'Italia 2008 1st Subida a Urkiola 1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España 2009 2nd Overall Tour du Limousin 1st Stage 3 4th Subida a Urkiola 5th Vuelta a La Rioja 6th Subida al Naranco 8th Overall Giro d'Italia 2010 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia

5th Vuelta a La Rioja 2011 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos 2013 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos 3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 2014 8th Overall Route du Sud 8th Vuelta a Murcia 9th GP Miguel Induráin 10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2015 9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2016 2nd Overall Tour of Turkey 4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2017 5th Overall Route du Sud

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Giro d'Italia — —10 —82 13 — — — — — — Tour de France 53 19 12 29 66 — 34 — — — — — — Vuelta a España — 19 — 17 — 24 — — 13 20 12 122 89