David Blanco

David Blanco

Personal information
Full name	David Blanco Rodríguez
Born	(1975-03-03) 3 March 1975 (age 49) Bern, Switzerland
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2000–2001	Paredes Rota dos Móveis–Tintas VIP
2002	ASC–Vila do Conde
2003	Porta da Ravessa–Tavira
2004–2006	Comunidad Valenciana–Kelme
2007–2010	Duja–Tavira
2011	Geox–TMC
2012	Efapel–Glassdrive[1]

David Blanco Rodríguez (born 3 March 1975) is a Spanish former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2012.

Born in Bern, Switzerland, Blanco began his professional career in 2000 with the Portuguese team Paredes Rota dos Móveis–Tintas VIP. His first success was in 2003, when he won a stage of the GP CTT Correios de Portugal, racing with Porta da Ravessa–Tavira. Then he switched to the Comunidad Valenciana–Kelme team. After winning the Volta a Portugal in 2006, he joined a Portuguese team, Duja–Tavira. In 2008 he would grab a second win in the Volta a Portugal, the main cycling competition in Portugal, and in 2009 after he placed second, first place Nuno Ribeiro was disqualified after he tested positive for CERA,^[2] therefore making Blanco the winner of the 2009 Volta a Portugal as well. In 2010 he would win two stages in the Volta and claim another overall title. Then in 2012 he would grab another stage win and secure his fifth Volta a Portugal title eclipsing Marco Chagas, who dominated the race in the mid 1980s, to give him more wins in this race than any rider in its long history.

• David Blanco at ProCyclingStats
• David Blanco at Cycling Archives (archived)