David Blanco Explained

David Blanco
Fullname:	David Blanco Rodríguez
Birth Date:	3 March 1975
Birth Place:	Bern, Switzerland
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	All-rounder
Proyears1:	2000–2001
Proyears2:	2002
Proyears3:	2003
Proyears4:	2004–2006
Proyears5:	2007–2010
Proyears6:	2011
Proyears7:	2012
Proteam7:	^[1]

David Blanco Rodríguez (born 3 March 1975) is a Spanish former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2012.

Career

Born in Bern, Switzerland, Blanco began his professional career in 2000 with the Portuguese team . His first success was in 2003, when he won a stage of the GP CTT Correios de Portugal, racing with . Then he switched to the team. After winning the Volta a Portugal in 2006, he joined a Portuguese team, . 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,^[2] therefore making Blanco the winner of the 2009 Volta a Portugal as well. In 2010 he would win two stages in the Volta and claim another overall title. Then in 2012 he would grab another stage win and secure his fifth Volta a Portugal title eclipsing Marco Chagas, who dominated the race in the mid 1980s, to give him more wins in this race than any rider in its long history.

Major results

2003

2nd Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal

1st Stage 3

2004

2nd Trofeo Manacor

3rd Overall Challenge Mallorca

3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana

10th Overall Vuelta a España

2005

3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

2006

1st Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Stages 8 & 10

3rd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

2007

1st Overall Grand Prix Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis

1st Stage 3

1st Overall Volta ao Sotavento Algarvio

1st Stage 2b (ITT)

2008

1st Overall Volta a Portugal

2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo

2009

1st Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Stages 9 & 10 (ITT)

5th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

7th Klasika Primavera

9th Overall Volta ao Alentejo

2010

1st Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Stages 4 & 7

1st Overall Volta ao Alentejo

1st Stage 3

2nd Overall Grande Prémio de Liberty Seguros

2nd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

2011

9th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

10th Gran Premio di Lugano

2012

1st Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Stage 8

7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

Notes and References

News: David Blanco ficha por el Efapel-Glassdrive. Biciciclismo. Gurenet Teknologia S.L.. 14 March 2012. 28 June 2012. Spanish. David Blanco signed for Efapel-Glassdrive.
News: Ribeiro suspended for two years for CERA . https://web.archive.org/web/20100727011659/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ribeiro-suspended-for-two-years-for-cera . July 24, 2010 . July 24, 2010 . July 27, 2010 . Cyclingnews.com . dead .