Francisco García Rus (born 25 April 1992) is a Spanish racing cyclist, who competes both in able-bodied events and as a para-cyclist in tandem cycling events as a sighted guide.
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Nickname | Fran | |||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain | 25 April 1992|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Vigo–Rias Baixas | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | ||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Cajamar–Almería | |||||||||||||||||
2011 | KTM–Murcia amateur | |||||||||||||||||
2012 | Andalucía amateur | |||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | GSport–Valencia Sports–Wolfbike | |||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | GSport–Valencia Sports–Wolfbike | |||||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Aluminios Cortizo | |||||||||||||||||
2024– | Vigo–Rias Baixas | |||||||||||||||||
Professional team | ||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Ludofoods–Louletano | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editGarcía Rus made his professional debut in 2019.[2][3]
García Rus represented Spain at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a silver medal in the road race B and a bronze medal in the time trial B, serving as a pilot for Imanol Arriortua Zorrilla.[4][5]
Major results
edit- 2010
- 1st Circuito Guadiana Juniors
- 2013
- 1st Ronda al Maestrazgo
- 2014
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Navarra
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Zamora
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Palencia
- 1st Stage 2 Volta a Castelló
- 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st Memorial Pascual Momparler
- 1st Gran Premio Macario
- 1st Prologue Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Alicante
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a la Provincia de Valencia
- 2018
- 1st Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Zamora
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a Lleida
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Galicia
- 1st Prologue Vuelta a Zamora
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a la Provincia de Valencia
- 2021
- 1st Prologue Vuelta a Zamora
- 2022
- 1st Stage 4 Circuito Montañés
- 2023
- 1st Overall Mémorial Manuel Sanroma
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Zamora
- 1st Clásica de la Chuleta
- 2024
- 1st Clásica de la Chuleta
- UCI Para Road World Championships
- 2nd Road race B (with Imanol Arriortua Zorrilla)
- 3rd Time trial B (with Imanol Arriortua Zorrilla)
References
edit- ^ "Francisco García Rus". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Soto y García Rus dan el salto al pelotón profesional". laopiniondemurcia.es (in Spanish). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Fran García Rus: "El Louletano espera que sea su hombre rápido"". zikloland.com (in Spanish). 17 October 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Imanol Arriortua y Fran Rus conquistan la plata en la ruta del Mundial de Zúrich". rfec.com (in Spanish). 25 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships: Dutch and French dominate third day of para-cycling". uci.org. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
External links
edit- Francisco García Rus at UCI
- Francisco García Rus at Cycling Archives