# Daniel Navarro

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. Having been one of Alberto Contador's domestiques for most of his career, he left Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Cofidis 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. At the 2014 Vuelta a España, he obtained the biggest victory of his career on Stage 13, a medium-mountain stage. He went on to finish 10th overall that year.
In August 2018, after six years away from the World Tour, Team Katusha–Alpecin 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. Team Katusha–Alpecin folded at the end of 2019, but the second year of Navarro's contract was honoured by Israel Start-Up Nation, who took over the UCI WorldTeam licence. He left the team following the 2020 season, remaining without a team until the following March, when he signed for Burgos BH. He remained with the team through to 2023, when he announced his retirement from the sport.

## Major results

Source:

### 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
    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
    Combativity award Stage 14 Vuelta a España

### 2023

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

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Giro d'Italia | 90 | — | — | 30 | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 48 | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | DNF | — | — | 48 | 63 | — | 9 | DNF | 66 | DNF | 27 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | 55 | — | 10 | 30 | — | 81 | — | 40 | — | 24 | 44 | 39 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |