Melcior Mauri facts for kids

Melcior Mauri Prat (born on April 8, 1966, in Vic) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He was known for being a very strong time trialist. A time trial is a race against the clock, where cyclists ride alone to achieve the fastest time.

Melcior Mauri won the 1991 Vuelta a España, which is one of the biggest cycling races in the world. He also won many smaller races, mostly because of his amazing time trial skills. He earned a silver medal at the World Championship for time trials in 1998. In 1995, he became the Spanish national champion in this type of race.

In November 2007, after his road cycling career, he won the Titan Desert mountain bike race. This was a tough 5-stage race covering 293 kilometers in Morocco.

Melcior Mauri's Cycling Journey

Melcior Mauri had a long and successful career in professional cycling. He raced for several teams from 1987 to 2002. His best years were in the early to mid-1990s.

Winning the Vuelta a España

His biggest victory came in 1991 when he won the overall title of the 1991 Vuelta a España. This is a "Grand Tour" race, similar to the Tour de France. He won three individual stages in that race, showing his strength in time trials.

• 1991:
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a España
    • 1st Stages 1 (Team Time Trial), 8 (Individual Time Trial) & 19 (Individual Time Trial)
  • 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
  • 1st Stages 3 & 6 in Vuelta a Andalucía

More Major Wins

Melcior Mauri continued to win many races throughout his career. He was especially good at shorter stage races and individual time trials.

• 1992:
  • 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
  • 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja
  • 1st Stage 4 (Individual Time Trial) in Vuelta a Murcia

• 1993:
  • 1st Stage 13 (Individual Time Trial) in Vuelta a España

• 1994:
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia
  • 1st Klasika Primavera

• 1995:
  • 1st National Time Trial Championships
  • 1st Stage 6 (Individual Time Trial) in Volta a Catalunya
  • 6th Overall Tour de France

• 1996:
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia
  • 1st Stage 5b (Individual Time Trial) in Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
  • 6th in the Road Race at the 1996 Olympic Games

• 1997:
  • 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
  • 1st Stage 9 (Individual Time Trial) in Vuelta a España
  • 6th in the Time Trial at the UCI Road World Championships

• 1998:
  • 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
  • 1st Overall Volta ao Alentejo
  • 2nd in the Time Trial at the UCI Road World Championships
  • 2nd in the Time Trial at the Spanish National Road Championships

• 1999:
  • 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
  • 1st Stage 1b (Individual Time Trial) in Escalada a Montjuïc
  • 1st Stage 13 (Individual Time Trial) in Volta a Portugal
  • 5th in the Time Trial at the UCI Road World Championships

Images for kids

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  The yellow jersey, often worn by the leader in a cycling race.

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  The gold jersey, another color for a race leader's jersey.

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  The pink jersey, worn by the leader of the Giro d'Italia.

See also

In Spanish: Melcior Mauri para niños