Enric Mas
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Enric Mas Nicolau |
Born |
Artà, Spain | 7 January 1995
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Quick-Step Floors |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Professional team(s) | |
2016 | Klein Constantia |
2017– | Quick-Step Floors |
Major wins | |
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Enric Mas Nicolau (born 7 January 1995 in Artà) is a Spanish racing cyclist riding for Quick-Step Floors.[1] He is a talented climber, and has finished in top 10 in prestigious world tour stage races, and has also won a stage at the Tour of the Basque Country. He is regarded as the next Alberto Contador, by the man himself, however Mas stated he would rather be the first Enric Mas.[2] Having previously ridden for the Fundacion Contador team, Contador knows the strength of Enric Mas, believing he has a bright future.
Cycling Career
Quick-Step Floors (2017-present)
2017
On 19 July 2015, UCI World Tour team Etixx–Quick-Step announced the signing of Mas for 2017 season.[3] The 2017 season became the first season for Mas in the World Tour. His best result came at the Vuelta a Burgos, where he finished 2nd on the final stage and therefore finished 2nd overall. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[4] He won the Combativity Award on stage 6 & 20 at the Vuelta. On the penultimate stage to Angliru, Mas was in the breakaway and helped Contador win the stage.
2018
The 2018 season was Enric Mas' 2nd on the World Tour, and his first top 10 result came at the Tour of the Basque Country. He won the final stage to Arrate, which was his first professional victory. He moved up to 6th place in the general classification after the last stage, which meant he got his first ever top 10 world tour stage race finish. He also won the Young rider classification at Tour of the Basque Country. He continued his form, 2 months later when he placed 4th overall at the Tour de Suisse, and won the Young rider classification. He also managed to finish 2nd on stage 5 behind Diego Ulissi.
At the Vuelta a España, Mas was outside top 10 before the last two stages of the second week. He finished 7th on the Stage to Las Praeres, and moved up to 8th place. On the following Stage to Lagos de Covadonga, he finished 6th and moved up to 6th place. On the Time trial he once again showed he had great form when he finished 6th. He moved up another place in the general classification. The race visited a new climb Balcón de Bizkaia on Stage 17. Mas was the strongest of the General classification contenders, and moved up to 3rd position overall. However he dropped to 4th place on Stage 19 which visited Naturlandia, Andorra. At the start of Stage 20, the gap between him and the 3rd placed rider Steven Kruijswijk was only 17 seconds. He attacked on the final climb together with Miguel Angel Lopez and Simon Yates. Mas rode together to the finish line with Lopez and outsprinted him, to take his first stage victory in a Grand Tour. With his performance on stage 20, Mas moved from 4th to 2nd place overall in the Vuelta, finishing on the podium in just his second Grand Tour.
Major results
- 2012
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 2014
- 4th Overall Course de la Paix Under–23
- 2016
- 1st
Overall Volta ao Alentejo- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 6 & 20
- 2018
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 20
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
General classification results timeline
Grand Tour general classification results timeline | ||
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Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 |
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71 | 2 |
Major stage race general classification results timeline | ||
Race | 2017 | 2018 |
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75 | 44 |
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14 | 6 |
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DNF | — |
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— | 4 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Enric Mas". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ↑ "Mas: I want to be the first Enric Mas, not the next Alberto Contador | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ↑ "Three neo-pros join Etixx–Quick-Step for 2017". etixx-quickstep.com. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ↑ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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