Luis Ángel Maté
 Maté at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Ángel Maté Mardones |
| Born | 23 March 1984 Marbella, Spain |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2005 | Avila Rojas |
| 2007 | Andalucía–Cajasur |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008 | Andalucía–Cajasur |
| 2009–2010 | Diquigiovanni–Androni |
| 2011–2020 | Cofidis[1][2] |
| 2021– | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
Luis Ángel Maté Mardones (born 23 March 1984) is a Spanish professional road and gravel cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel–Euskadi.[3]
Born in Marbella, Maté has competed as a professional since 2008, competing for Andalucía–Cajasur and Androni Giocattoli prior to moving to Cofidis for the 2011 season.[4] After ten seasons with Cofidis, Maté signed an initial two-year contract with Euskaltel–Euskadi, from the 2021 season.[5] He extended his stay with the team into 2023,[6] winning a stage at the Volta a Portugal.[7]
Major results[edit]
Source: [8]
- 2005
- 1st Stage 5a Circuito Montañés
- 2007
- 1st Stage 5 Circuito Montañés
- 2009
- 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
- 2010
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis
- 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 9th Trofeo Melinda
- 2011
- 1st Stage 4 Route du Sud
- 2012
- Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st
Sprints classification
- 1st
- 2013
- 5th Vuelta a Murcia
- 2014
- 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 4th Vuelta a Murcia
- 8th Clásica de Almería
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
Combativity award Stage 6 Tour de France- 2015
- 6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 2016
- 9th Overall Route du Sud
- Vuelta a España
- Combativity award Stages 7, 10 & 16
- 2017
- 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 7 & 14
- 2018
- Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stages 2–16 - Combativity award Stages 2 & 4
- Held
- 2021
- 1st
Mountains classification, Vuelta a Andalucía - 6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 8th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 2022
Combativity award Stage 16 Vuelta a España- 2023
- 5th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stage 6
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
Has not contested during his career | |||||||||||
 Tour de France
|
— | 130 | 88 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
63 | 47 | 42 | 19 | — | 22 | 24 | 106 | 102 | 23 | 30 | 62 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References[edit]
- ^ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Euskaltel - Euskadi". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Cofidis on the right path for 2011". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Fichaje: Luis Ángel Maté vestirá de naranja las dos próximas temporadas" [Signing: Luis Ángel Maté will wear orange for the next two seasons]. Euskaltel–Euskadi (in Spanish). Fundación Ciclista Euskadi. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Euskaltel-Euskadi closes its 2023 roster". VeloNews. Outside Media. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
Veteran rider Luis Ángel Maté also stays on for next season.
- ^ "Luis Ángel Maté ganha na Guarda e Artem Nych é o novo líder da Volta a Portugal" [Luis Ángel Maté wins in Guarda and Artem Nych is the new leader of the Tour of Portugal]. Observador (in Portuguese). Observador On Time, S.A. Lusa News Agency. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "Luis Angel Mate". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Cofidis profile
- Luis Ángel Maté at UCI
- Luis Ángel Maté at ProCyclingStats
- Luis Ángel Maté at Cycling Archives
- Luis Ángel Maté at CQ Ranking
