Daniel Díaz (cyclist)

Daniel Ricardo Díaz (born 7 July 1989) is an Argentine road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Transportes Puertas de Cuyo.^[3]

Daniel Díaz

Díaz in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Ricardo Díaz
Born	(1989-07-07) 7 July 1989 (age 35) Salta, Argentina
Team information
Current team	Transportes Puertas de Cuyo
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
2009–2010	Glas Casa Real–Campos de Solana
2010	Footon–Servetto–Fuji (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2011	La Pomme Marseille
2012–2014	San Luis Somos Todos
2015	Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team[1]
2016–2017	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM
2018	Sindicato de Empleados Publicos de San Juan[2]
2019	Equipo Continental Municipalidad de Pocito
2020–	Transportes Puertas de Cuyo
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2014)

Career

San Luis Somos Todos (2012–2014)

In 2012, he came in second place of the general classification of the Tour de San Luis.^[4] He was originally third, but Alberto Contador's results were later voided,^[5] which also awarded him the fifth stage of that race since he had finished second behind Contador.^[6]

In January 2013, Díaz won the overall classification of the Tour de San Luis, besting second-placed Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) by 33 seconds.^[7] He earned the leader's jersey after the mountainous stage 5, where he finished second behind his teammate Emmanuel Guevara.^[8] He managed to hold on to his lead until the end of the seven-stage race, scoring another second place on the sixth stage finishing atop the Mirador del Sol, 2 seconds behind Alberto Contador (Saxo–Tinkoff), who placed a strong attack in the closing kilometer.^[9]

Major results

2009

Vuelta al Ecuador

1st Stages 6 & 7

10th Prova Ciclística 9 de Julho

2010

3rd Overall Vuelta a Navarra

1st Stages 2 & 3

2011

4th Paris–Troyes

4th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines

2012

2nd Overall Tour de San Luis

1st Stage 5

9th Overall Vuelta a Bolivia

1st Stage 9a

2013

1st Overall Tour de San Luis

9th Overall Vuelta a Bolivia

1st Stage 3 (TTT)

2014

National Road Championships

1st Road race

2nd Time trial

2015

1st Overall Tour de San Luis

1st Stages 2 & 4

2016

10th Road race, Pan American Road Championships