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.
 Mancebo at the 2016 Tour of Alberta | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Mancebo Pérez |
| Nickname | Paco |
| Born | 9 March 1976 Madrid, Spain |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Matrix Powertag |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional teams | |
| 1998–2005 | Banesto |
| 2006 | AG2R Prévoyance |
| 2007 | Relax–GAM |
| 2008 | Fercase–Rota dos Móveis |
| 2009 | Rock Racing |
| 2010 | Heraklion Kastro–Murcia |
| 2011–2012 | Realcyclist.com Cycling Team |
| 2013 | 5-hour Energy |
| 2014–2016 | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling |
| 2017 | Canyon Bicycles |
| 2018 | Inteja Dominican Cycling Team |
| 2019– | Matrix Powertag[1] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
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
editBorn 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
editMountain bike
edit- 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
edit- 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
- 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
- 1st
- 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
- 1st Overall Sea Otter Classic
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 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
- 2nd
- 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
edit| 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 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Matrix Powertag". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Matrix Powertag". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ Alvarez Macias, Hernan (18 September 2005). "Heras celebrates Vuelta number 4". Cyclingnews.com. Knapp Communications. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Mancebo nonplussed by revised 2005 Tour de France result". 22 February 2012.
- ^ "Domestic Intel: Mancebo heads to Europe". VeloNews. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ "Canyon Bicycles signs Mancebo for 2017". cyclingnews.com. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francisco Mancebo.
- Francisco Mancebo at UCI
- Francisco Mancebo at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Francisco Mancebo at ProCyclingStats
- Francisco Mancebo at Cycling Quotient
- Francisco Mancebo at CycleBase
