Luis Ángel Maté
Maté at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Full nameLuis Ángel Maté Mardones
Born (1984-03-23) 23 March 1984
Marbella, Spain
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Team information
Current teamEuskaltel–Euskadi
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Gravel
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2005Avila Rojas
2007Andalucía–Cajasur
Professional teams
2008Andalucía–Cajasur
2009–2010Diquigiovanni–Androni
2011–2020Cofidis[1][2]
2021–Euskaltel–Euskadi

Luis Ángel Maté Mardones (born 23 March 1984) is a Spanish professional road and gravel cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel–Euskadi.[3]

Born in Marbella, Maté has competed as a professional since 2008, competing for Andalucía–Cajasur and Androni Giocattoli prior to moving to Cofidis for the 2011 season.[4] After ten seasons with Cofidis, Maté signed an initial two-year contract with Euskaltel–Euskadi, from the 2021 season.[5] He extended his stay with the team into 2023,[6] winning a stage at the Volta a Portugal.[7]

Major results

Source: [8]

2005
1st Stage 5a Circuito Montañés
2007
1st Stage 5 Circuito Montañés
2009
5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
2010
1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis
7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
9th Trofeo Melinda
2011
1st Stage 4 Route du Sud
2012
Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Mountains classification
1st Sprints classification
2013
5th Vuelta a Murcia
2014
2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
4th Vuelta a Murcia
8th Clásica de Almería
10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
Combativity award Stage 6 Tour de France
2015
6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2016
9th Overall Route du Sud
Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 7, 10 & 16
2017
6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 7 & 14
2018
Vuelta a España
Held after Stages 2–16
Combativity award Stages 2 & 4
2021
1st Mountains classification, Vuelta a Andalucía
6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
8th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
2022
Combativity award Stage 16 Vuelta a España
2023
5th Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Stage 6

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia Has not contested during his career
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 130 88 31 43 55 56 — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 63 47 42 19 — 22 24 106 102 23 30 62
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Euskaltel - Euskadi". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cofidis on the right path for 2011". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Fichaje: Luis Ángel Maté vestirá de naranja las dos próximas temporadas" [Signing: Luis Ángel Maté will wear orange for the next two seasons]. Euskaltel–Euskadi (in Spanish). Fundación Ciclista Euskadi. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Euskaltel-Euskadi closes its 2023 roster". VeloNews. Outside Media. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023. Veteran rider Luis Ángel Maté also stays on for next season.
  7. ↑ "Luis Ángel Maté ganha na Guarda e Artem Nych é o novo líder da Volta a Portugal" [Luis Ángel Maté wins in Guarda and Artem Nych is the new leader of the Tour of Portugal]. Observador (in Portuguese). Observador On Time, S.A. Lusa News Agency. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Luis Angel Mate". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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