Melcior Mauri Prat (born 8 April 1966 in Vic) is a Spanish retired cyclist who won the 1991 Vuelta a España, as well as numerous smaller stage races, mainly due to his abilities as a time triallist. He won the silver medal at the time trial World Championship (1998), and was also Spanish national champion in this discipline (1995).

Melcior Mauri
Personal information
Full nameMelcior Mauri Prat
Born (1966-04-08) 8 April 1966 (age 58)
Vic, Spain
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1987–1989Reynolds
1990–1992ONCE
1993Amaya Seguros
1994Banesto
1995–1998ONCE
1999–2000Benfica
2001–2002Milaneza–MSS
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
General classification (1991)
4 individual stages (1991, 1993, 1997)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (1995)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Valkenburg Elite Men's Time Trial

In November 2007 he won the second edition of the Titan Desert mountain bike 5 stage race over 293 km in Morocco.

Career achievements

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Major results

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1988
3rd Circuito de Getxo
1990
4th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1991
1st   Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stages 1 (TTT), 8 (ITT) & 19 (ITT)
1st   Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 6
Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stages 3 & 6
9th Grand Prix des Nations
1992
1st   Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 5b (ITT)
1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja
2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
9th Grand Prix des Nations
1993
3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 6
7th Trofeo Masferrer
8th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 13 (ITT)
1994
1st   Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st   Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Klasika Primavera
2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
1995
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
5th Road race
2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 6 (ITT)
4th Overall Vuelta a España
6th Overall Tour de France
1996
1st   Overall Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 4b (ITT)
1st   Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stage 5b (ITT)
1st Stage 5b (ITT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
5th Trofeo Luis Puig
6th Road race, Olympic Games
7th Klasika Primavera
10th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1997
1st   Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
1st Stage 9 (ITT) Vuelta a España
UCI Road World Championships
5th Road race
6th Time trial
7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
8th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
9th Overall Tour du Limousin
1998
1st   Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
1st   Overall Volta ao Alentejo
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
2nd   Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
8th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
1999
1st   Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
2nd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stage 1b (ITT)
2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
3rd Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Stage 13 (ITT)
5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2001
3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
 /  Vuelta a España 130 71 1 DNF 8 18 4 32 22 35 26 120 DNF
  Giro d'Italia 98
  Tour de France 92 78 64 DNF 95 6 38 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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