Daniel Navarro Explained

Daniel Navarro
Fullname:Daniel Navarro García
Birth Date:1983 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Salamanca, Spain
Height:[1]
Weight:600NaN0
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climber
Proyears1:2005–2006
Proyears2:2007–2010
Proyears3:2011–2012
Proyears4:2013–2018
Proteam4:[2]
Proyears5:2019
Proteam5:[3]
Proyears6:2020
Proteam6:[4]
Proyears7:2021–2023
Proteam7:[5]
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Vuelta a España

1 individual stage (2014)

Daniel Navarro García (born 18 July 1983) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2005 to 2023.

Career

Navarro was born in Salamanca.[6] [7] Having been one of Alberto Contador's domestiques for most of his career, he left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[2] In 2013, Navarro won the Vuelta a Murcia and later had his first top ten grand tour finish, finishing 9th overall in the Tour de France. He had to abandon the 2014 Tour de France due to some intense stomach pain.[8] At the 2014 Vuelta a España, he obtained the biggest victory of his career on Stage 13, a medium-mountain stage.[9] He went on to finish 10th overall that year.

In August 2018, after six years away from the World Tour, announced that they had signed Navarro on a two-year deal from 2019, with a role as a climbing domestique for Ilnur Zakarin as well as having the opportunity to ride for himself on occasions.[10] folded at the end of 2019, but the second year of Navarro's contract was honoured by, who took over the UCI WorldTeam licence.[4] He left the team following the 2020 season,[11] remaining without a team until the following March, when he signed for .[5] He remained with the team through to 2023, when he announced his retirement from the sport.[12]

Major results

Source: [13]

2001
  • 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
    2004
  • 5th Overall Circuito Montañés
    2008
  • 4th Overall Deutschland Tour
  • 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    2009
  • 7th Gran Premio di Lugano
  • 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
    2010
  • 1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné
    2012
  • 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    2013
  • 1st Vuelta a Murcia
  • 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
  • 9th Overall Tour de France
  • 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    2014
  • 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
  • 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
  • 10th Overall Vuelta a España
  • 1st Stage 13
  • 10th Vuelta a Murcia
    2016
  • 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
  • 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
  • 9th Vuelta a Murcia
    2017
  • 8th Boucles de l'Aulne
  • Combativity award Stage 19 Vuelta a España
    2018
  • 2nd Overall Route d'Occitanie
  • 7th Overall Tour of Oman
  • 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
    2021
  • 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
  • Combativity award Stage 14 Vuelta a España
    2023
  • 1st Stage 1a (TTT) GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
    Giro d'Italia903043DNF48
    Tour de FranceDNF48639DNF66DNF2745
    / Vuelta a España135510308140244439
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Daniel Navarro profile. 2013-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227102023/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/riders/cofidis-solutions-credits/navarro-daniel.html?xtmc=daniel+navarro&xtcr=1. 2013-12-27. dead.
    2. News: Navarro leaving Saxo Bank for Cofidis. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 August 2012. 17 August 2012.
    3. News: Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. 4 January 2019.
    4. News: Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons. Daniel. Ostanek. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 11 December 2019. 30 December 2019.
    5. News: El Burgos-BH ficha a Dani Navarro. Spanish. Burgos-BH sign Dani Navarro. Diario AS. Ignacio Díez, PRISA. 12 March 2021. 12 March 2021.
    6. http://daninavarro.es/palmares-de-dani-navarro/ Palmarés de Dani Navarro
    7. Web site: Le Tour de France: Daniel Navarro . 2017-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005604/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2017/es/corredores/cofidis-solutions-credits/navarro-daniel.html . 2017-09-09 . dead .
    8. News: Navarro bounces back after difficult Tour de France. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 5 September 2014. 5 September 2014. Alasdair Fotheringham.
    9. News: Vuelta a España: Navarro wins stage 13. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 5 September 2014. 5 September 2014. Daniel Benson.
    10. Web site: Navarro signs with Katusha-Alpecin – News Shorts. 28 August 2018 . cyclingnews.com. 1 September 2018.
    11. News: 2021 Team Preview: Israel Start-Up Nation. Daniel. Ostanek. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 18 December 2020. 3 January 2021. [...] while fellow veteran Daniel Navarro was invisible and Nils Politt couldn't match his 2019 form, although Paris-Roubaix was cancelled. The latter two move on for 2021..
    12. News: Davide. Filippi. Burgos-BH, Dani Navarro appenderà la bici al chiodo al termine della Vuelta: "Ho avuto un'ottima carriera e sono molto felice". Italian. Burgos-BH, Dani Navarro will hang up his bike at the end of the Vuelta: "I've had an excellent career and I'm very happy". SpazioCiclismo – CyclingPro.net. Antoine Plouvin SARL. 8 September 2023. 7 October 2023.
    13. Web site: Daniel Navarro. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 7 October 2023.