David de la Cruz


David de la Cruz Melgarejo 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 2016 [Vuelta a España|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
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2014
;2016
;2017
;2018
;2019
;2020
;2021
;2022
;2023
;2024
;2025

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Did not compete
DNFDid not finish
IPIn progress