David Arroyo
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| Full name | David Arroyo Durán | ||
| Born | January 7, 1980 Talavera de la Reina, Spain |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||
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| Current team | Movistar Team | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climbing specialist / All-rounder | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2001–2003 2004 2005– |
ONCE-Eroski LA-Pecol Illes Balears-Banesto |
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| Infobox last updated on 4 January 2012 |
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David Arroyo Durán (born 7 January 1980 in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding on the UCI ProTeam Movistar Team. He is one of the best climbers on his team along with team leader Alejandro Valverde. After Valverde crashed on the first week of the 2006 Tour de France, Arroyo was made team leader, until Pereiro claimed the leader's yellow jersey. Arroyo then helped to protect Pereiro in the mountain climbs and ensure his overall victory.
Arroyo's biggest win to date is Stage 19 of the 2008 Vuelta a España. Prior to that, his only victories came at the 2004 Volta a Portugal, where he won two stages, the mountains competition and the young riders competition.
In the 2010 Giro d'Italia, Arroyo wore the pink jersey as race leader for five days. He was part of a fortunate breakaway in stage 11 of that race that took over 13 minutes from the race's overall favorites, and claimed the jersey three days later on a mountain stage. He kept it through two mountain stages and the climbing time trial to Kronplatz, but lost it to eventual Giro champion Ivan Basso in stage 19. He finished the race second overall, in the process proving himself to be one of the best descenders in the peloton.
[edit] Palmares
- 2004
- 2nd Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Young Rider Classification
- 2006
- 19th Overall Vuelta a España
- 21st Overall Tour de France
- 2007
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 13th Overall Tour de France
- 2008
- 1st Urkiola Igoera-Subida Urkiola
- 1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España
- 3rd Stage 16 Tour de France
- 2009
- 2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 3
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2010
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
- Held
maglia rosa from stages 14–18
- Held
[edit] External links
- David Arroyo at Trap-Friis.dk
