 Mas in 2014. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Enric Mas Nicolau |
| Born | (1995-01-07)7 January 1995 (age 31) Artà, Spain |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Movistar Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2012 | Sepelaco |
| 2013–2015 | Specialized–Fundación Alberto Contador |
| Professional teams | |
| 2016 | Klein Constantia |
| 2017–2019 | Quick-Step Floors[2] |
| 2020– | Movistar Team[3] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Enric Mas Nicolau (Catalan:[ənˈrikmasnikoˈlaw]) (born 7 January 1995) is a Spanishracing cyclist who rides forUCI WorldTeamMovistar Team.[4] Mas is primarily a climber and general classification contender. He has found the most success at theVuelta a España, where he won a stage in 2018,[5] has finished second overall 3 times, and twice won theyoung riders classification. Mas's achievements also include winning the2019 Tour of Guangxi, a stage win at theTour of the Basque Country, and a victory at the one-day classicGiro dell'Emilia.
Mas was born inArtà, a small town of about 7,500 people, which is the administrative seat ofLlevant, on the island ofMajorca, one of theBalearic Islands of Spain.[citation needed]
On 19 July 2016,UCI World Tour teamQuick-Step Floors announced the signing of Mas for 2017 season.[6] The 2017 season became the first season for Mas in the World Tour. His best result came at theVuelta a Burgos, where he finished 2nd on the final stage and therefore finished 2nd overall. He was named in the startlist for the2017 Vuelta a España.[7] He won the Combativity Award on stages 6 and 20 at the Vuelta a España; on the penultimate stage toAngliru, Mas was in the breakaway and helpedAlberto Contador win the stage.
The 2018 season was Enric Mas's second on the World Tour, and his first top 10 result came at theTour of the Basque Country. He won the final stage to Arrate, which was his first professional victory. He moved up to 6th place in the general classification after the last stage, which meant he got his first ever top 10 world tour stage race finish; he also won the young rider classification. He continued his form, 2 months later when he placed 4th overall at theTour de Suisse, and won the Young rider classification. He also managed to finish 2nd on stage 5 behindDiego Ulissi.
At theVuelta a España, Mas was outside top 10 before the last two stages of the second week. He finished 7th on the Stage to Las Praeres, and moved up to 8th place. On the following Stage to theLakes of Covadonga, he finished 6th and moved up to 6th place. On the Time trial he once again showed he had great form when he finished 6th. He moved up another place in the general classification. The race visited a new climb Balcón de Bizkaia on Stage 17. Mas was the strongest of the General classification contenders, and moved up to 3rd position overall. However he dropped to 4th place on Stage 19 which visitedNaturlandia,Andorra. At the start of Stage 20, the gap between him and the 3rd placed riderSteven Kruijswijk was only 17 seconds. He attacked on the final climb together withMiguel Ángel López andSimon Yates. Mas rode together to the finish line with Lopez and outsprinted him, to take his first stage victory in aGrand Tour. With his performance on stage 20, Mas moved from 4th to 2nd place overall in the Vuelta, finishing on the podium in just his second Grand Tour.
Mas earned top 10 places in both the2019 Volta a Catalunya as well as the2019 Tour de Suisse. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the2019 Tour de France.[8] He finished the race in 22nd place overall.
During the 2020 season he earned top 5 finishes in both theTour and theVuelta and won his second young rider competition in the latter. During that Vuelta he assistedPrimož Roglič in securing his second title through the circumstances of the race situation.Richard Carapaz dropped Roglič on the final climb of the final mountain stage but Roglič was able to limit his losses by getting on the wheel of Mas and following him up the climb. Mas was fighting to gain time overDan Martin and jump into 4th place in the overall standings.
Mas rode in the2021 Tour de France, which was marred by crashes and bad weather early in the race. He finished in 6th place overall, the highest placed rider on Movistar Team.
During the2021 Vuelta a España Mas proved himself to be in very good form early in the race and the race eventually turned into a battle between Primož Roglič and him. By the end of the first week he was among the handful of riders within +1:00 of Roglič. After stage nine all of the other general classification riders had fallen behind and he was the only rider within a minute of Roglič being about +0:30 behind. Throughout the remainder of the race Mas was able to consistently stay with the Slovenian on most of the climbs. He lost time to Roglič on stage seventeen, which included a summit finish atLagos de Covadonga, crossing the line with the surviving GC favorites about a minute and a half behind. On stage eighteen his teammateMiguel Ángel López attacked and won the stage. Mas did not join in this attack as he felt that if he also attacked Roglič would have gone with him.[9] Stage twenty saw several highly placed riders lose considerable time when a gap formed between the GC riders. Mas was able to stay in the lead group and went into the final time trial about two and a half minutes behind Roglič, finishing in second overall.[10]
Mas started the2022 Tour de France as the leader for Team Movistar.[11] He was forced to withdraw before stage 19 due to testing positive for COVID-19. Before his withdrawal, Mas was in 11th place in the general classification.[12]
Later, Mas raced in theVuelta a España, where he ultimately placed second overall, 2'02" behindRemco Evenepoel.[13] This was Mas's third time placing second in the race. Mas finished the season with a strong performance in theItalian autumn classics, where he defeatedTadej Pogacar to win the2022 Giro dell'Emilia,[14] and placed second inIl Lombardia.[15]
Mas started the2023 Tour de France but was involved in a crash on the first stage; he andRichard Carapaz had to withdraw.[16]
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
OverallVolta ao Alentejo
Points classification
Young rider classification OverallTour de Savoie Mont-Blanc Points classification Young rider classification Points classification Young rider classification
Combativity award Stages 6 & 20
Young rider classification Young rider classification
Young rider classification
OverallTour of Guangxi Young rider classification after Stage 13
Combativity award Stage 20Tour de France| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | 22 | 5 | 6 | DNF | DNF | 19 | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | 71 | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||
| Race | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
 Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 6 | 12 | — |
 Volta a Catalunya | 75 | 44 | 9 | NH | 19 | — | — | 5 | 3 |
| Tour of the Basque Country | 14 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 5 | — | 2 | |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné | DNF | — | — | 20 | 11 | DNF | 17 | — | 7 |
| Tour de Suisse | — | 4 | 9 | NH | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Monument | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | Has not yet contested during his career | |||||||
| Tour of Flanders | ||||||||
| Paris–Roubaix | ||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | 81 | 59 | — | 116 | 12 | DNF | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 51 | 13 | — | — | 2 | DNF | 5 |
| Classic | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | DNF | 30 | — | 77 | 33 | 17 | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 77 | — | 8 | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Milano–Torino | — | 66 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro dell'Emilia | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Tre Valli Varesine | — | — | — | NH | — | 22 | 11 | NR |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
| NR | No result |
