Juan Miguel Mercado
Appearance
![]() Mercado signing in at the 2006 Tour de France | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Juan Miguel Mercado Martín |
Born | Armilla, Spain | July 8, 1978
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climbing specialist |
Professional teams | |
1998–2000 | Vitalicio Seguros |
2001–2003 | iBanesto.com |
2004–2005 | Quick Step-Davitamon |
2006–2007 | Agritubel |
Major wins | |
Tour de France, 2 stages Vuelta a España, 1 stage |
Juan Miguel Mercado Martín (born 8 July 1978 in Armilla, Granada) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who turned professional with Vitalicio Seguros in 1998. At the Tour de France, Mercado won Stage 18 at the 2004 Tour and captured a surprise win on Stage 10 (the first mountain stage) of the 2006 Tour de France in an early breakaway with Cyril Dessel (Ag2r Prévoyance).
Major results
- 1998 – Vitalicio Seguros
- 1999 – Vitalicio Seguros
- 2000 – Vitalicio Seguros
- 2001 – iBanesto.com
- Stage win – Vuelta a España
- Stage win – Volta ao Alentejo
- Overall and Stage win – Vuelta a Burgos
- 2002 – iBanesto.com
- Overall – Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- Overall and Stage win – Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2003 – iBanesto.com
- Stage win – Dauphiné Libéré
- 2004 – Quick Step-Davitamon
- Stage 18 win – Tour de France
- Stage win – Giro del Trentino
- 2005 – Quick Step-Innergetic
- Overall and Stage win – Tour of Austria
- 2006 – Agritubel
- 1st, Stage 10 – Tour de France
External links
- Juan Miguel Mercado at Cycling Archives