Francisco Mancebo

Francisco Mancebo

Mancebo at the 2016 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Mancebo Pérez
Nickname	Paco
Born	(1976-03-09) 9 March 1976 (age 48) 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 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)

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 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]

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]

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

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