- David Blanco
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
David Blanco Rodríguez (born March 3, 1975 in Bern, Switzerland) is a Spanish cyclist from Santiago de Compostela with Geox-TMC.
He began his professional career in 2000 with the Portuguese team Paredes Rota dos Moveis. His first success was in 2003, when he won a stage of the GP CTT Correios de Portugal, racing with Porta da Ravessa. Then he switched to the Comunidad Valenciana team. After winning the Volta a Portugal in 2006, he joined a Portuguese team, Duja-Tavira. In 2008 he would grab a second win in the Volta a Portugal, the main cycling competition in Portugal, and in 2009 after he placed second, first place Nuno Ribeiro was disqualified after he tested positive for CERA,[1] therefore making Blanco the winner of the 2009 Volta a Portugal as well.
Palmarès
2003
- one stage of the GP CTT Correios de Portugal
2006
- two stages and winner of the Volta a Portugal
2007
- one stage and winner of the Grand Prix Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis
2008
- winner of the Volta a Portugal
2009
- winner of the Volta a Portugal
2010
- winner of the Volta a Portugal
Teams
- Porta da Ravessa (2003)
- Comunidad Valenciana (2004–2006)
- Palmeiras Resort-Tavira (2007)
- Geox-TMC (2010)
References
- David Blanco profile at Cycling Archives
- ^ "Ribeiro suspended for two years for CERA". Cyclingnews.com. July 24, 2010. Archived from the original on July 24, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5rTEPgFVJ. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
Riders on Geox-TMC Tomas Alberio | Mauricio Ardila | David Blanco | Matthias Brändle | Vidal Celis | Giampaolo Cheula | Juan José Cobo | Daniele Colli | Marco Corti | David de la Fuente | Fabio Duarte | Arkaitz Durán | Fabio Felline | Xavier Florencio | Noè Gianetti | David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez | Dmitry Kozonchuk | Marko Kump | Denis Menchov | Matteo Pelucchi | Daniele Ratto | Carlos Sastre | Rafael Valls | Marcel Wyss | Manager: Mauro Gianetti
- This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- Spanish cyclists
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