David Arroyo

This article is about the Spanish cyclist. For the American murderer of the same name, see Tyler courthouse shooting.

David Arroyo Durán (born 7 January 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently competes in mountain biking for the Primaflor–Mondraker–XSauce team.^[2] He is also a former professional road bicycle racer, who rode between 2001 and 2018 for the ONCE–Eroski, LA Alumínios–Pecol, Movistar Team, Caja Rural–Seguros RGA and Efapel teams.^[3]

David Arroyo

Arroyo at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Full name	David Arroyo Durán
Born	(1980-01-07) 7 January 1980 (age 45) Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current team	Primaflor–Mondraker–XSauce
Disciplines	Road (retired) Mountain biking
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2001–2003	ONCE–Eroski
2004	LA Alumínios–Pecol
2005–2012	Illes Balears–Banesto
2013–2017	Caja Rural[1]
2018	Efapel
2019–	Primaflor–Mondraker–Rotor (MTB)
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2008)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arroyo and the second or maternal family name is Durán.

Career

Arroyo was born in Talavera de la Reina, Province of Toledo.

Illes Balears–Banesto, later Movistar Team (2005–2012)

He was also one of the best climbers on the Movistar Team, Arroyo's team from 2005 to 2012, along with the team leader Alejandro Valverde. After Valverde crashed in the first week of the 2006 Tour de France, Arroyo was made team leader, until Óscar Pereiro claimed the leader's yellow jersey. Arroyo then helped to protect Pereiro in the mountain climbs and ensure his overall victory.

Arroyo's biggest win to that point was Stage 19 of the 2008 Vuelta a España. Prior to that, his only victories came at the 2004 Volta a Portugal, where he won two stages, the mountains classification and the young rider classification.

In the 2010 Giro d'Italia, Arroyo wore the pink jersey as race leader for five days. He was part of a fortunate breakaway in stage 11 of that race that took over 13 minutes from the race's overall favourites, and claimed the jersey three days later on a mountain stage. He kept it through two mountain stages and the climbing time trial to Kronplatz, but lost it to eventual Giro champion Ivan Basso in stage 19. He finished the race second overall, in the process proving himself to be one of the best descenders in the peloton.

Major results

2000

1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

2003

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya

2004

2nd Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Mountains classification

1st Young rider classification

1st Stages 4 & 8

5th Subida al Naranco

8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

2006

5th Klasika Primavera

9th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

2007

10th Overall Giro d'Italia

2008

1st Subida a Urkiola

1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España

2009

2nd Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Stage 3

4th Subida a Urkiola

5th Vuelta a La Rioja

6th Subida al Naranco

8th Overall Giro d'Italia

2010

2nd Overall Giro d'Italia

Held after Stages 14–18

5th Vuelta a La Rioja

2011

1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos

2013

2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos

3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

2014

8th Overall Route du Sud

8th Vuelta a Murcia

9th GP Miguel Induráin

10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

2015

9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

2016

2nd Overall Tour of Turkey

4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

2017

5th Overall Route du Sud

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Giro d'Italia	—	—	10	—	8	2	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	53	19	12	29	66	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	19	—	17	—	24	—	—	13	20	12	122	89