Daniel Navarro

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Daniel Navarro

| image = Tour de France 2017, navarro (35326162064) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Navarro at the 2017 Tour de France

| fullname = Daniel Navarro García

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|7|18}}

| birth_place = Salamanca, Spain

| height = {{height|m=1.74}}{{cite web|title=Daniel Navarro profile|url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/riders/cofidis-solutions-credits/navarro-daniel.html?xtmc=daniel+navarro&xtcr=1|access-date=2013-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227102023/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/riders/cofidis-solutions-credits/navarro-daniel.html?xtmc=daniel+navarro&xtcr=1|archive-date=2013-12-27|url-status=dead}}

| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Climber

| proyears1 = 2005–2006

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ONC|2005}}

| proyears2 = 2007–2010

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|AST|2007}}

| proyears3 = 2011–2012

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|SAX|2011}}

| proyears4 = 2013–2018

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|COF|2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/navarro-leaving-saxo-bank-for-cofidis|title=Navarro leaving Saxo Bank for Cofidis|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=17 August 2012|access-date=17 August 2012}}

| proyears5 = 2019

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|TKA|2019}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katusha-alpecin-announce-reduced-24-rider-roster-for-2019/|title=Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=20 November 2018|access-date=4 January 2019}}

| proyears6 = 2020

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|ICA|2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/israel-cycling-academy-become-israel-start-up-nation-as-worldtour-beckons/|title=Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons|first=Daniel|last=Ostanek|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=11 December 2019|access-date=30 December 2019}}

| proyears7 = 2021–2023

| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|BBH|2021}}{{cite news|url=https://as.com/ciclismo/2021/03/12/mas_ciclismo/1615556763_786023.html|title=El Burgos-BH ficha a Dani Navarro|language=Spanish|trans-title=Burgos-BH sign Dani Navarro|work=Diario AS|publisher=Ignacio Díez, PRISA|date=12 March 2021|accessdate=12 March 2021}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Vuelta a España

::1 individual stage (2014)

}}

Daniel Navarro García (born 18 July 1983) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2005 to 2023.

Career

Navarro was born in Salamanca.[http://daninavarro.es/palmares-de-dani-navarro/ Palmarés de Dani Navarro]{{Cite web |url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2017/es/corredores/cofidis-solutions-credits/navarro-daniel.html |title=Le Tour de France: Daniel Navarro |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005604/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2017/es/corredores/cofidis-solutions-credits/navarro-daniel.html |archive-date=2017-09-09 |url-status=dead }} Having been one of Alberto Contador's domestiques for most of his career, he left {{UCI team code|SAX|2012b}} at the end of the 2012 season, and joined {{UCI team code|COF|2013|nolink=yes}} on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. In 2013, Navarro won the Vuelta a Murcia and later had his first top ten grand tour finish, finishing 9th overall in the Tour de France. He had to abandon the 2014 Tour de France due to some intense stomach pain.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/navarro-bounces-back-after-difficult-tour-de-france|title=Navarro bounces back after difficult Tour de France|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=5 September 2014|access-date=5 September 2014|author=Alasdair Fotheringham}} At the 2014 Vuelta a España, he obtained the biggest victory of his career on Stage 13, a medium-mountain stage.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-espana-2014/stage-13/results|title=Vuelta a España: Navarro wins stage 13|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=5 September 2014|access-date=5 September 2014|author=Daniel Benson}} He went on to finish 10th overall that year.

In August 2018, after six years away from the World Tour, {{UCI team code|KAT|2019}} announced that they had signed Navarro on a two-year deal from 2019, with a role as a climbing domestique for Ilnur Zakarin as well as having the opportunity to ride for himself on occasions.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/navarro-signs-with-katusha-alpecin-news-shorts/ |title=Navarro signs with Katusha-Alpecin – News Shorts|date=28 August 2018 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=1 September 2018}} {{UCI team code|KAT|2019|nolink=yes}} folded at the end of 2019, but the second year of Navarro's contract was honoured by {{UCI team code|ICA|2020}}, who took over the UCI WorldTeam licence. He left the team following the 2020 season,{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2021-team-preview-israel-start-up-nation/|title=2021 Team Preview: Israel Start-Up Nation|first=Daniel|last=Ostanek|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=18 December 2020|access-date=3 January 2021|quote=[...] while fellow veteran Daniel Navarro was invisible and Nils Politt couldn't match his 2019 form, although Paris-Roubaix was cancelled. The latter two move on for 2021.}} remaining without a team until the following March, when he signed for {{UCI team code|BBH|2021}}. He remained with the team through to 2023, when he announced his retirement from the sport.{{cite news|first=Davide|last=Filippi|url=https://cyclingpro.net/spaziociclismo/continental/burgos-bh-dani-navarro-appendera-la-bici-al-chiodo-al-termine-della-vuelta-ho-avuto-unottima-carriera-e-sono-molto-felice/|title=Burgos-BH, Dani Navarro appenderà la bici al chiodo al termine della Vuelta: "Ho avuto un'ottima carriera e sono molto felice"|language=Italian|trans-title=Burgos-BH, Dani Navarro will hang up his bike at the end of the Vuelta: "I've had an excellent career and I'm very happy"|work=SpazioCiclismo – CyclingPro.net|publisher=Antoine Plouvin SARL|date=8 September 2023|accessdate=7 October 2023}}

Major results

Source:{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=325|title=Daniel Navarro|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=7 October 2023}}

;2001

: 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

;2004

: 5th Overall Circuito Montañés

;2008

: 4th Overall Deutschland Tour

: 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya

;2009

: 7th Gran Premio di Lugano

: 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain

;2010

: 1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné

;2012

: 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain

::1st Stage 3

: 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen

;2013

: 1st Vuelta a Murcia

: 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné

: 9th Overall Tour de France

: 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

;2014

: 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

: 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné

: 10th Overall Vuelta a España

::1st Stage 13

: 10th Vuelta a Murcia

;2016

: 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

: 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

: 9th Vuelta a Murcia

;2017

: 8th Boucles de l'Aulne

: 20px Combativity award Stage 19 Vuelta a España

;2018

: 2nd Overall Route d'Occitanie

: 7th Overall Tour of Oman

: 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné

;2021

: 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve

: 20px Combativity award Stage 14 Vuelta a España

;2023

: 1st Stage 1a (TTT) GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France \| — \| DNF \| — \| — \| 48 \| 63 \| — \| style="background:#ddf;" \| 9 \| DNF \| 66 \| DNF \| 27 \| 45 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey gold.svg/File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España \| — \| — \| — \| 13 \| — \| — \| 55 \| — \| style="background:#ddf;" \| 10 \| 30 \| — \| 81 \| — \| 40 \| — \| 24 \| 44 \| 39

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! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015