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 . 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 results

2001 1st Stage 5 Circuito Montañés 2004 8th Clásica de Almería 2005 3rd Trofeo Calvià 6th Circuito de Getxo 2006 Tour de France 1st Overall combativity award

2007 1st GP Llodio

6th Trofeo Pollença 9th Klasika Primavera 10th Clásica de Almería 2008 1st Stage 2 Deutschland Tour Tour de France

7th GP Llodio 8th Gran Premio Miguel Induráin 2009 1st GP Miguel Induráin 2nd GP Llodio 8th Subida a Urkiola 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya 2011

8th Coppa Sabatini 2012 6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 2013 1st Stage 2 Tour of Qinghai Lake 2015 1st Stage 3 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 2016 3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo 10th Overall GP Liberty Seguros

2017 10th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho 2018

3rd Overall Grande Prémio de Portugal N2 10th Clássica Aldeias do Xisto 2019 3rd Clássica da Arrábida

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish