José Manuel Díaz
Díaz in 2017.
Personal information
Full nameJosé Manuel Díaz Gallego
Born (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995
Jaén, Spain
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current teamBurgos BH
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2014–2016Bicicletas Rodríguez–Extremadura
Professional teams
2017–2018Israel Cycling Academy[1]
2019Team Vorarlberg Santic[2]
2020–2021Nippo–Delko–One Provence[3][4]
2022Gazprom–RusVelo[5]
2022–Burgos BH[6]
Major wins
Stage races
Tour of Turkey (2021)

José Manuel Díaz Gallego (born 18 January 1995 in Jaén) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH.[7]

After Gazprom–RusVelo lost its UCI license and its riders lost their contracts on 1 March 2022, Díaz was left without a job.[8] On 3 June 2022 Burgos BH announced they had signed him on a 2-year contract.[9]

Major results

2017
10th Gran Premio di Lugano
10th Pro Ötztaler 5500
2019
1st Mountains classification, Czech Cycling Tour
2020
1st Stage 8 Tour du Rwanda
2021
1st Overall Tour of Turkey
1st Stage 5
9th Overall Tour du Limousin
10th Overall Tour de l'Ain
2022
6th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
Combativity award Stage 9 Vuelta a España
2023
10th Tour du Jura
Combativity award Stage 11 Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 43 64
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ Malach, Pat (1 November 2017). "Israel Cycling Academy complete 2018 roster with Omer Goldstein". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Team Vorarlberg Santic sign with climbing specialist Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego from Spain!". Team Vorarlberg Santic. Pro Event Cycling Sports GmbH. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Nippo Delko Provence". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Delko". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Gazprom-RusVelo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "BURGOS-BH PIKT JOSÉ MANUEL DÍAZ OP BIJ GAZPROM-RUSVELO" [Burgos-BH picks José Manuel Díaz from Gazprom-RusVelo] (in Dutch). wielerflits.nl. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "BURGOS-BH". UCI. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  8. ↑ Ryan, Barry; Ostanek, Daniel (1 March 2022). "UCI bans Russian, Belarusian teams from competition 'until further notice'". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  9. ↑ Barclay, Ryan (3 June 2022). "José Manuel Díaz signs for Burgos-BH after not being able to run at Gazprom". Blaze Trends. Retrieved 3 June 2022.


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