David de la Fuente facts for kids
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is de la Fuente and the second or maternal family name is Rasilla.
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De la Fuente in the 2007 Tour de France
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| Full name | David de la Fuente Rasilla | ||
| Born | 4 May 1981 Reinosa, Spain |
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| 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 | ||
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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.
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
- Held
after Stages 2, 11–15 
Combativity award Stages 2 & 11
- 2007
- 1st GP Llodio
- 1st Mountains classification Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 6th Trofeo Pollença
- 9th Klasika Primavera
- 10th Clásica de Almería
- 2008
- 1st Stage 2 Deutschland Tour
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 7–9
- Held
- 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
- Combativity award Stage 14 Vuelta a España
- 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
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2017
- 10th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 2018
- 1st Mountains classification Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 3rd Overall Grande Prémio de Portugal N2
- 10th Clássica Aldeias do Xisto
- 2019
- 3rd Clássica da Arrábida
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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 Giro d'Italia |
Has not contested during his career | |||||||||
 Tour de France |
— | — | — | 56 | 49 | DNF | — | 106 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
156 | — | DNF | 71 | 96 | — | 24 | — | 35 | 65 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
See also
In Spanish: David de la Fuente para niños
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