Francisco Mancebo

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Francisco Mancebo : biography

March 9, 1976 –

Francisco Mancebo Pérez (born March 9, 1976 in Madrid) is a Spanish professional cyclist. He initially rode for team , but moved to in 2006.

Mancebo is a stage race specialist, with good climbing and individual time trial performances. He was the Spanish National Champion in 2004. He finished sixth in the 2004 Tour de France and fourth in the 2005 Tour de France.After the results of Jan Ullrich, third-placed finisher in the 2005 Tour de France, were annulled, Mancebo could be upgraded to third place in the near future. He also won a stage of the 2005 Vuelta a España and finished third in the general classification, making the podium for the second consecutive year.

At the 2000 Tour de France, he won the maillot blanc for the best young rider.

Mancebo was himself implicated in Operación Puerto and was pulled from that year’s Tour de France on the eve of the race. Contrary to reports circulating at the time, Mancebo denies that he ever retired after news of the affair broke.” “I never retired. Some journalists said I did, but that never happened,” Mancebo told Cyclingnews. “I changed my focus.”

In the 2009 season, he rode with the team . For 2010 he rode with Heraklion Kastro-Murcia and with the Canyon Bicycle’s Team in the Tour of Utah, in an effort to defend his overall classification title. In 2011, he rode with the Realcyclist.com Cycling Team, where he was the #1 rider in the NRC standings. For 2012 he rode with the Competitive Cyclist Racing Team repeating as the NRC Champion and named Stage Racer of the Year by VeloNews. 2013 has Mancebo riding under the colors of .

Notes

Palmarès

1998
1st Trofeo Foral de Navarra
1999
6th Clásica de San Sebastián
2000
1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
9th Overall Tour de France

1st 20px Young Rider Classification
2001
4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
2002
1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
7th Overall Tour de France
2003
1st Classique des Alpes
1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
2nd Overall Vuelta a la Rioja
2nd Subida al Naranco
2nd Memorial Galera
5th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Overall Tour de France
2004
1st 20px Spanish Road Race Championship
5th Overall Aragon Tour
2nd Rund um die Hainleite
2nd Overall Vuelta a España
5th Overall Deutschland Tour

1st Stage 6
6th Overall Tour de France
2005
2nd Overall Japan Cup
2nd Spanish Road Race Championship
3rd Overall Vuelta a España

1st Stage 10
4th Overall Tour de France
2006
5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2007
1st Overall Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional
3rd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
3rd Overall Tour de San Luis
6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2008
1st Overall Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional
2nd Overall XXI Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a la Comunidad de Madrid
6th Overall Volta a Portugal
2009
1st Stage 1 Tour of California
1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias

1st Stage 4
1st Overall Tour of Utah

1st Stage 1
1st 20px Spanish Mountain Bike Marathon Championship
2nd Cascade Cycling Classic
4th Spanish Chrono Championship
12th UCI America Tour
2010
1st 20px Spanish Mountain Bike Marathon Championship
1st Guadalupe Tour
1st Cancun Criterium
1st Christmas Race
2nd Overall Tour of Utah
3rd Overall Tour of Bulgaria
8th UCI America Tour
8th Spanish Chrono Championship
2011
4th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic

1st Stage 1
1st Overall Sea Otter Classic

1st Stage 2 & 3
1st Overall Tour of the Gila

1st Stage 1 & 5
1st King of the Mountains Classification
1st Overall Tour de Beauce

1st Stage 3
1st Points Classification
1st Overall Cascade Cycling Classic

1st Stage 2
1st XXVIII Ascent to the mountain of Mijares
1st General Classification USA NRC Standings
7th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race

1st Stage 1
2012
Domestic Men’s Stage Racer of the Year (USA)
1st Overall USA National Race Calendar – NRC Standings
1st Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic

1st Stage 2
1st Tour of the Battenkill
1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race

1st Stage 1
1st Overall Cascade Cycling Classic

1st Stage 1
3rd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
4th Overall Tour of the Gila
7th Overall Tour de Beauce

1st Stage 1
1st Points Classification
8th Taiwan KOM Challenge
9th Overall Rutas de América
9th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
2013
1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic

1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
3rd Overall Tour of the Gila

1st Stage 5
4th Overall Tour de Beauce

1st Stage 3
7th Overall Tour of California
7th Philly Cycling Classic

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Giro 20
Tour 28 9 13 7 10 6 4
Vuelta 5 3 3

WD = withdrew