Manuel Ortega Ocaña (born 7 July 1981 in Jaén) is a Spanish professional

road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

. He debuted professionally with the

Andalucía Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

team in 2006 (then named Andalucía–Paul Versan), with whom he was with until 2009 (then named Andalucía–CajaSur). In 2010, Ortega won the last (of four) annual Criterium Ciudad de Jaén races, an unofficial two-day competition held during the off-season of the

UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ...

circuit.

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Spanish male cyclists 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Jaén, Spain Cyclists from Andalusia {{Spain-cycling-bio-1980s-stub