David de la Cruz

David de la Cruz Melgarejo (born 6 May 1989) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam.

Career
De la Cruz was born in Sabadell. On 28 August 2016, de la Cruz scored the biggest win of his career to that point, when he won stage 9 of the Vuelta a España from a breakaway and took over the general and combination classification jerseys. He went on to finish the race in seventh place overall. For these accomplishments he was voted as the best sportsperson of his hometown, Sabadell, in 2016. In the 2020 Vuelta a España he again finished the race in seventh place overall, and also finished seventh in 2021.

In October 2021, de la Cruz signed a two-year contract with the, from the 2022 season.

Major results

 * 2009
 * 9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León


 * 2010
 * 9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León


 * 2011
 * 2nd Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo


 * 2012
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
 * 5th Overall Volta a Portugal
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Young rider classification
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid


 * 2014
 * 10th Overall Tour of California


 * 2016 (1 pro win)
 * 7th Overall Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stage 9
 * Held Jersey red.svg & Jersey white.svg after Stage 9


 * 2017 (2)
 * 1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana


 * 2018 (2)
 * 1st Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 9th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 8
 * 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country


 * 2019
 * 5th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
 * 8th Overall Tour of Guangxi
 * 8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * Jersey yellow number.svg Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España


 * 2020
 * 1st Jersey white dots on blue.svg Mountains classification, Critérium du Dauphiné
 * 7th Overall Vuelta a España
 * 8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos


 * 2021
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 7th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 2022
 * 10th Overall UAE Tour
 * 10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana


 * 2023
 * 8th Overall O Gran Camiño


 * 2024 (1)
 * 1st MaillotEspaña.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships