David Cañada Gracia (11 March 1975 – 28 May 2016) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. His win at the 2006 Volta a Catalunya is his best career accomplishment. In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in a break-away on stage 2 (the first open road stage); he attacked on the climb near the finish but was overhauled by Bouygues Télécom's Thomas Voeckler. Cañada was unable to compete in the 2009 season, due to treatment for skin cancer which had been detected in 2007, and retired early in the 2010 season, having been unable to find a team. He died unexpectedly at the age of 41 after a fall during a cyclosportive.
Major results
1996 8th Overall GP Tell 1997 2nd Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros 3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo 1998 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 1999 5th GP Villafranca de Ordizia 2000 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia 1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT) 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 1st Stage 4 (ITT) 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya 5th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja 6th Clásica de San Sebastián 2002 4th Overall Ronde van Nederland 6th Overall Tour de Langkawi 8th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2003 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg 7th Giro di Toscana 8th Overall Tour Down Under 2004 7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia 10th Overall Tour de Suisse 2005 3rd Rund um Köln 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2006 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya 4th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc 2007 3rd Overall Tour de Georgia 4th Overall Tour of Missouri` 2008 10th Overall Tour of Turkey
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