Daniel Ricardo Díaz (born 7 July 1989) is an Argentine road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .

Career

San Luis Somos Todos (2012–2014)

In 2012, he came in second place of the general classification of the

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. He was originally third, but

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's results were later voided, which also awarded him the fifth stage of that race since he had finished second behind Contador. In January 2013, Díaz won the overall classification of the

, besting second-placed

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() by 33 seconds. He earned the leader's jersey after the mountainous stage 5, where he finished second behind his teammate Emmanuel Guevara. 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

(), who placed a strong attack in the closing kilometer.

Major results

;2009 :

Vuelta al Ecuador The Vuelta al Ecuador is a cycling race held annually in Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Re ...

::1st Stages 6 & 7 : 10th

Prova Ciclística 9 de Julho The Prova Ciclística 9 de Julho (Portuguese for ''July 9 Cycling Race'') is a single day road bicycle racing event held in Brazil. It was created in 1933 by journalist Cásper Líbero. He worked at the Gazeta Esportiva sports newspaper and create ...

;2010 : 3rd Overall

Vuelta a Navarra The Vuelta a Navarra is a road cycling stage race held annually since 1941 in the Autonomous community of Navarra, Spain. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing ...

::1st Stages 2 & 3 ;2011 : 4th

Paris–Troyes Paris–Troyes is an annual single-day road bicycle race in France between Paris and Troyes. First held in 1959, since 2005 it has been a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competiti ...

: 4th

Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline ...

;2012 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 9th Overall

Vuelta a Bolivia The Vuelta a Bolivia is the most important road bicycle race in the State of Bolivia. The first edition of the race, in 2008, replaced an historical Bolivian race, the "Doble Copacabana de Ciclismo". It is now organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI ...

::1st Stage 9a ;2013 : 1st Jersey orange

Overall

: 9th Overall

::1st Stage 3 ( TTT) ;2014 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotArgentina

Road race ::2nd

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;2015 : 1st Jersey orange

Overall

::1st Stages 2 & 4 ;2016 : 10th Road race, Pan American Road Championships

References

External links

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Daniel Diaz profile on Cycling Base
Argentine male cyclists 1989 births Living people Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Argentina People from Salta Sportspeople from Salta Province {{Argentina-cycling-bio-stub