Francisco Mancebo Pérez (born 9 March 1976) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Matrix Powertag.[2] He initially rode for team Illes Balears–Banesto, but moved to AG2R Prévoyance in 2006.

Francisco Mancebo
Mancebo at the 2016 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco Mancebo Pérez
NicknamePaco
Born (1976-03-09) 9 March 1976 (age 48)
Madrid, Spain
Team information
Current teamMatrix Powertag
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
1998–2005Banesto
2006AG2R Prévoyance
2007Relax–GAM
2008Fercase–Rota dos Móveis
2009Rock Racing
2010Heraklion Kastro–Murcia
2011–2012Realcyclist.com Cycling Team
20135-hour Energy
2014–2016Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling
2017Canyon Bicycles
2018Inteja Dominican Cycling Team
2019–Matrix Powertag[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Young rider classification (2000)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2005)

Stage races

Vuelta a Burgos (2002)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2004)

Mancebo is a stage race specialist, with good climbing and individual time trial performances. He was the winner of the Spanish National Road Race Championships in 2004, and finished third in the Vuelta a España. He finished sixth in the 2004 Tour de France and fourth in the 2005 Tour de France. He also won a stage of the 2005 Vuelta a España and finished fourth in the general classification.[3]

Career

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Born in Madrid, Mancebo won the young rider classification at the 2000 Tour de France.

Mancebo was himself implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case and was pulled from that year's Tour de France on the eve of the race. Contrary to reports circulating at the time, Mancebo denies that he ever retired after news of the affair broke. "I never retired. Some journalists said I did, but that never happened", Mancebo told Cyclingnews. "I changed my focus."[4]

In the 2009 season, he rode with the team Rock Racing. For 2010 he rode with Heraklion Kastro-Murcia and with the Canyon Bicycle's Team in the Tour of Utah, in an effort to defend his overall classification title. In 2011, he rode with the Realcyclist.com Cycling Team, where he was the #1 rider in the NRC standings. For 2012 he rode with the Competitive Cyclist Racing Team repeating as the NRC Champion and named Stage Racer of the Year by VeloNews. 2013 saw Mancebo ride under the colors of 5-hour Energy.

Mancebo joined the Continental squad Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling for its debut season in 2014.[5] He stayed with the team through to the 2016 season: in April 2017 Canyon Bicycles announced that they had signed him for 2017.[6]

Major results

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Mountain bike

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2009
1st   Marathon, National Championships
2010
1st   Marathon, National Championships
2014
1st   Marathon, National Championships
2016
1st   Marathon, National Championships
UCI Marathon Series
2nd Titan Villuercas
2021
3rd Marathon, National Championships

Road

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1994
3rd Road race, National Junior Championships
1997
1st Stage 5b Vuelta a Navarra
3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
7th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
1998 (1 pro win)
1st Trofeo Foral de Navarra
1999
3rd Circuito de Getxo
5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Klasika Primavera
6th Clásica de San Sebastián
8th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
2000 (4)
1st   Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 5
1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
2nd Overall Route du Sud
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
7th Klasika Primavera
9th Overall Tour de France
1st   Young rider classification
2001
4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
5th Overall Route du Sud
6th GP Miguel Induráin
8th Klasika Primavera
9th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
10th Giro di Lombardia
2002 (1)
1st   Overall Vuelta a Burgos
5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
5th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
6th GP Miguel Induráin
7th Overall Tour de France
8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
10th Klasika Primavera
10th Giro di Lombardia
2003 (2)
1st   Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
1st Classique des Alpes
2nd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Points classification
2nd Subida al Naranco
2nd Memorial Galera
4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
5th Overall Vuelta a España
9th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
10th Overall Tour de France
2004 (2)
1st   Road race, National Championships
2nd Rund um die Hainleite
3rd Overall Vuelta a España
5th Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 6
5th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
6th Overall Tour de France
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
2005 (1)
2nd Road race, National Championships
2nd Japan Cup
4th Overall Tour de France
4th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 10
5th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
9th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2006
5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st   Points classification
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2007
1st   Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua
2nd Subida al Naranco
3rd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
3rd Overall Tour de San Luis
4th Overall Route du Sud
4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
5th Overall Vuelta por un Chile Líder
1st Stage 7b (ITT)
5th Klasika Primavera
6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
7th GP Miguel Induráin
2008
1st   Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua
2nd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
3rd Overall GP CTT Correios de Portugal
6th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
6th Overall Volta a Portugal
9th Gran Premio de Llodio
2009 (3)
1st   Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 4
1st   Overall Tour of Utah
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 1 Tour of California
2nd Cascade Cycling Classic
4th Time trial, National Championships
7th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua
9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2010
1st   Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
1st Christmas Race
2nd Overall Tour of Utah
3rd Overall Tour of Bulgaria
4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
5th Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà
6th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
8th Overall UCI America Tour
10th Overall Tour de Beauce
2011
1st Overall USA National Racing Calendar
1st   Overall Tour of the Gila
1st   Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 5
1st   Overall Sea Otter Classic
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st   Overall Tour de Beauce
1st   Points classification
1st Stage 3
1st   Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 1
1st   Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
1st Stage 2
1st Prueba Escuela de Alaejos
4th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
7th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Stage 1
2012
1st Overall USA National Racing Calendar
1st  Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 2
1st   Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Stage 1
1st   Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
1st Stage 1
1st Tour of the Battenkill
3rd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
4th Overall Tour of the Gila
7th Overall Tour de Beauce
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
7th Overall Rutas de América
8th Taiwan KOM Challenge
9th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
2013 (1)
1st Overall USA National Racing Calendar
1st   Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
2nd Heber Valley Circuit Race
3rd Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Stage 5
4th Overall Tour de Beauce
1st Stage 3
5th Overall UCI America Tour
5th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
7th Overall Tour of California
7th Overall Tour of Alberta
7th Philadelphia International Cycling Classic
9th Overall Tour of Utah
1st Stage 6
10th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
2014
1st   Overall Tour de Kumano
1st Stage 2
1st El Ganso del Escorial
Arab Games Clubs
2nd   Road race
2nd   Time trial
3rd   Team time trial
3rd Overall Tour of Thailand
4th Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour
5th Overall Jelajah Malaysia
5th Melaka Governor's Cup
2015
1st   Overall Tour d'Egypte
1st Stage 1
1st   Overall Jelajah Malaysia
1st Stages 1 & 2 (TTT)
2nd El Ganso del Escorial
3rd Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour
4th Klasika Primavera
5th Overall Tour de Langkawi
5th Overall Tour of Japan
7th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
8th GP Miguel Induráin
9th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
10th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
1st Stage 1
2016 (1)
1st El Ganso del Escorial
1st Stage 5 Tour of Alberta
2nd Overall Tour de Taiwan
2nd Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
2nd Memorial Clavero
4th Overall Tour de Langkawi
2017
4th Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay
2018
2nd Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
5th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
6th Overall Tour du Maroc
2019
1st   Overall Ronda Pilipinas
1st Stage 1
1st   Overall Minamiuonuma Road
1st   Mountains classification, Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2nd Overall Ministry of Economy Commerce and Industry Japan
3rd Overall Akiyoshidai Karst Race
4th Overall Tour of Japan
4th Japan Cup
6th Overall Tour de Tochigi
9th Overall Tour de Kumano
2020
1st   Overall Ministry of Economy Commerce and Industry Japan
2021
1st Oita Urban Classic
4th Overall Tour of Japan
2022
4th Oita Ikoinomichi Criterium
6th Overall Tour of Japan
6th Oita Urban Classic
10th Overall Tour de Kumano
10th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
2023
4th Oita Urban Classic
4th Tour de Okinawa
10th Overall Tour de Kumano

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  Giro d'Italia 20
  Tour de France 28 9 13 7 10 6 4
  Vuelta a España DNF 5 3 4
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Matrix Powertag". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Matrix Powertag". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. ^ Alvarez Macias, Hernan (18 September 2005). "Heras celebrates Vuelta number 4". Cyclingnews.com. Knapp Communications. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Mancebo nonplussed by revised 2005 Tour de France result". 22 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Domestic Intel: Mancebo heads to Europe". VeloNews. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Canyon Bicycles signs Mancebo for 2017". cyclingnews.com. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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