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Luis Ángel Maté
	Maté at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Full name	Luis Ángel Maté Mardones
Born	23 March 1984 (age 40); Marbella, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Team information
Current team	Euskaltel–Euskadi
Disciplines	Road; Gravel;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
2005	Avila Rojas
2007	Andalucía–Cajasur
Professional teams
2008	Andalucía–Cajasur
2009–2010	Diquigiovanni–Androni
2011–2020	Cofidis
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 (1 pro win)

1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis

7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

9th Trofeo Melinda

2011 (1)

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 (1)

5th Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Stage 6

2024 (1)

Volta a Portugal

1st

Mountains classification

1st Stage 4

Vuelta a España

Held

after Stage 3

Combativity award Stage 2

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ 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.
^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "Euskaltel - Euskadi". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
^ "Cofidis on the right path for 2011". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Luis Angel Mate". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

External links

Official website
Cofidis profile
Luis Ángel Maté at UCI
Luis Ángel Maté at ProCyclingStats
Luis Ángel Maté at Cycling Archives (archived)
Luis Ángel Maté at CQ Ranking

[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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