David de la Cruz

David de la Cruz Melgarejo (born 6 May 1989) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .

Career De la Cruz was born in Sabadell. On 28 August 2016, de la Cruz scored the biggest win of his career to that point, when he won stage 9 of the Vuelta a España from a breakaway and took over the general and combination classification jerseys. He went on to finish the race in seventh place overall. For these accomplishments he was voted as the best sportsperson of his hometown, Sabadell, in 2016. In the 2020 Vuelta a España he again finished the race in seventh place overall, and also finished seventh in 2021.

In October 2021, de la Cruz signed a two-year contract with the , from the 2022 season.

Major results

2009 9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León 2010 9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León 2011 2nd Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo 2012 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias 4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 5th Overall Volta a Portugal 1st Young rider classification 9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2014 10th Overall Tour of California 2016 (1 pro win) 7th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stage 9 Held & after Stage 9 2017 (2) 1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1st Stage 3 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2018 (2) 1st Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos 9th Overall Paris–Nice 1st Stage 8 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 2019 5th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 8th Overall Tour of Guangxi 8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España 2020 1st Mountains classification, Critérium du Dauphiné 7th Overall Vuelta a España 8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2021 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 7th Overall Vuelta a España 2022 10th Overall UAE Tour 10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2023 8th Overall O Gran Camiño 2024 (1) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 2025 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Giro d'Abruzzo 2nd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 2026 4th Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Giro d'Italia — — 34 DNF — 56 — — — DNF — Tour de France — DNF — — — — — 72 — — DNF Vuelta a España DNF — DNF7 DNF 15 6677 21 DNF

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish IP In progress