José Manuel Díaz (cyclist)

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José Manuel Díaz
Díaz in 2017.
Personal information
Full nameJosé Manuel Díaz Gallego
Born (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29)
Jaén, Spain
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current teamBurgos BH
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2014–2016Bicicletas Rodríguez–Extremadura
Professional teams
2017–2018Israel Cycling Academy[1]
2019Team Vorarlberg Santic[2]
2020–2021Nippo–Delko–One Provence[3][4]
2022Gazprom–RusVelo[5]
2022–Burgos BH[6]
Major wins
Stage races
Tour of Turkey (2021)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Gallego.

José Manuel Díaz Gallego (born 18 January 1995 in Jaén) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH.[7]

After Gazprom–RusVelo lost its UCI license and its riders lost their contracts on 1 March 2022, Díaz was left without a job.[8] On 3 June 2022 Burgos BH announced they had signed him on a 2-year contract.[9]

Major results[edit]

2017
10th Gran Premio di Lugano
10th Pro Ötztaler 5500
2019
1st Mountains classification, Czech Cycling Tour
2020
1st Stage 8 Tour du Rwanda
2021
1st Overall Tour of Turkey
1st Stage 5
9th Overall Tour du Limousin
10th Overall Tour de l'Ain
2022
6th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
Combativity award Stage 9 Vuelta a España
2023
10th Tour du Jura
Combativity award Stage 11 Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 43 64
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ Malach, Pat (1 November 2017). "Israel Cycling Academy complete 2018 roster with Omer Goldstein". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Team Vorarlberg Santic sign with climbing specialist Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego from Spain!". Team Vorarlberg Santic. Pro Event Cycling Sports GmbH. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Nippo Delko Provence". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Delko". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Gazprom-RusVelo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ^ "BURGOS-BH PIKT JOSÉ MANUEL DÍAZ OP BIJ GAZPROM-RUSVELO" [Burgos-BH picks José Manuel Díaz from Gazprom-RusVelo] (in Dutch). wielerflits.nl. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  7. ^ "BURGOS-BH". UCI. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  8. ^ Ryan, Barry; Ostanek, Daniel (1 March 2022). "UCI bans Russian, Belarusian teams from competition 'until further notice'". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  9. ^ Barclay, Ryan (3 June 2022). "José Manuel Díaz signs for Burgos-BH after not being able to run at Gazprom". Blaze Trends. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

External links[edit]


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