Francisco Mancebo
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Francisco Mancebo Pérez (born March 9, 1976 in Madrid) is a Spanish pro cyclist. He initially rode for team Illes Balears, but moved to AG2R Prévoyance in 2006.
Mancebo is a stage race specialist, with good climbing and individual time trial performances. He was the Spanish National Champion in 2004. He finished sixth in the 2004 Tour de France and fourth in the 2005 Tour de France. He also won a stage of the 2005 Vuelta a España and finished third in the general classification, making the podium for the second consecutive year.
At the 2000 Tour de France, he won the maillot blanc for the best young rider.
He was linked to Operación Puerto doping case and he was not allowed to start 2006 Tour de France. Immediately after that he decided to retire from professional cycling. Nevertheless, at the end of the season he changed his mind, terminated his contract with AG2R Prévoyance and moved to Relax-Gam.
[edit] Palmarès
- 1998 - Banesto
- 1st, Trofeo Foral de Navarra
- 2nd, Stage 6, Paris-Nice
- 1999
- 6th, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2000
1st, Young Rider Classification, Tour de France- 1st, Clasica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
- 2001 - iBanesto.com
- 4th, General Classification, Tour Méditerranéen
- 2002
- 1st, General Classification, Vuelta a Burgos
- 3rd, Stage 4, Vuelta a Burgos
- 4th, Stage 11, Tour de France
- 2003
- 1st, Classique des Alpes
- 1st, General Classification, Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2nd, General Classification, Vuelta a la Rioja
- 2nd, Stage 2, Vuelta a la Rioja
- 2nd, Subida al Naranco
- 2nd, Memorial Galera
- 2004 - Illes Balears-Banesto
- 1st,
Spain National Road Race Championship - 1st, Stage 6, Deutschland Tour
- 2nd, Rund um die Hainleite
- 2nd, Stage 21, Vuelta a España
- 3rd, General Classification, Vuelta a España
- 4th, Stage 12, Tour de France
- 6th, General Classification, Tour de France
- 2005 - Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
- 1st, Stage 10, Vuelta a España
- 2nd, Stage 17, Vuelta a España
- 2nd, Japan Cup
- 2nd, Spanish Road Race Championships
- 3rd, General Classification, Vuelta a España
- 3rd, Stage 9, Vuelta a España
- 4th, General Classification, Tour de France
- 2006 - AG2R Prévoyance
- 5th, General Classification, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2007 - Relax-GAM
- 1st, General Classification, Vuelta Chihuahua
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