David Cañada
David Cañada Gracia (11 March 1975 – 28 May 2016) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. His win at the 2006 Volta a Catalunya is his best career accomplishment. In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in a break-away on stage 2 (the first open road stage); he attacked on the climb near the finish but was overhauled by Bouygues Télécom's Thomas Voeckler. Cañada was unable to compete in the 2009 season, due to treatment for skin cancer which had been detected in 2007, and retired early in the 2010 season, having been unable to find a team. He died unexpectedly at the age of 41 after a fall during a cyclosportive. Major results ;1996 :8th Overall GP Tell ;1997 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros :3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo ;1998 :6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y Leon ;1999 :5th GP Villafranca de Ordizia ;2000 :1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia ::1st Stages 4 & 5 ( ITT) :1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe ::1st Stage 4 ( ITT) :1st Stage 1 ( ITT) Volta a Catalunya :5t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2007 Tour De Romandie The 2007 Tour de Romandie served as the 59th edition of this event now held on the 2007 UCI ProTour. The stage race was held from May 1 through May 6, 2007 in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. The race winner was Thomas Dekker of . Final standings General classification * UCI ProTour points are not awarded to riders on UCI Continental Team that finish in the top-10 overall or a top-3 stage finish. Mountains classification Points classification Sprints classification Stages Prologue – 2007-05-01, Fribourg, 3.5 km ITT Italian Paolo Savoldelli () repeats his win in last year's prologue with a time of 4 minutes, 35 seconds over the 3.5 kilometer course at 45.82 km/h (28.5 mph). Stage 1 – 2007-05-02, Granges-Paccot – La Chaux de Fonds, 157 km Germany's hope for the future Markus Fothen of took the win after he escaped in the finale together with Francisco Pérez. Fothen beat him in a classical sprint-a-deux. The pe |