De la Fuente in the 2007 Tour de France
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Personal information | |
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Full name | David de la Fuente Rasilla |
Born |
Reinosa, Spain |
May 4, 1981
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Efapel |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climbing specialist |
Amateur team(s) | |
2001 | Saunier Duval-Mapei |
Professional team(s) | |
2003 | Vini Caldirola |
2004–2009 | Saunier Duval–Prodir |
2010 | Astana |
2011 | Geox–TMC |
2012 | Caja Rural |
2013–2014 | Torku Şekerspor |
2015– | Efapel |
Major wins | |
Tour de France Combativity award (2006) GP Miguel Indurain (2009) |
David de la Fuente Rasilla (born 4 May 1981 in Reinosa, Cantabria) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rides for the Efapel cycling team, having left Torku Şekerspor after the 2012 season. 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.