DASCALU Vlad

World Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country
2020	Leogang, AUT	11

European Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country
2020	Monte Tamaro, SUI	11

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Cross-country	-	1 x 5th, 1 x 14th, 1 x 17th
2021	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 9th, 1 x 10th, 1 x 26th
2020	Cross-country	-	1 x 30th
2020	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 23rd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
5	2021	Cross-country	Leogang, AUT
9	2021	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Leogang, AUT
10	2021	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
14	2021	Cross-country	Les Gets, FRA
17	2021	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
18	2021	Cross-country	Albstadt, GER
23	2020	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
26	2021	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Albstadt, GER
27	2021	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Les Gets, FRA
30	2020	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE

World Championships (Under 23)

Year	Location	Cross-country
2019	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN	1
2018	Lenzerheide, SUI	22
2017	Cairns, QLD, AUS	29

Legend
IP - In Progress, XCO - Cross-country, X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Reading, watching television. (redbull.com, 01 Jan 2020)

Athlete

English, Romanian, Spanish

Team Trek-Pirelli [Italy] since 2020

Paulo de la Fuente [personal]

He began downhill mountain bike racing in about 2012 in Spain. He switched his focus to cross-country in 2014. "When I started to get serious about mountain biking at age 15, I knew that I wanted to dedicate myself to the sport." (redbull.com, 27 Jul 2020; brujulabike.com, 28 Jun 2019)

He took up the sport after moving from Romania to Spain at age nine. "The first bike I had was when we moved to Spain. I liked to pedal around where we lived like any kid would do, and also ride jumps. In around 2012, I started to explore the world of cycling a bit more. One day I met up with two friends to ride a downhill trail. My bike wasn't really suited to riding downhill, but I gave it a go and really liked it. I did downhill races for less than two years, a time in which I also took part in cross-country races from time to time. Later I decided to focus only on cross-country and prepare myself as best I could for those races. In 2014 I raced at a cross-country event on a friend's bike. I finished in second place. This was an important moment for me. I never trained for the race and suddenly being on the podium at my first race was incredible. By 2015, I was entering and preparing more for cross-country races." (redbull.com, 27 Jul 2020; brujulabike.com, 28 Jun 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (redbull.com, 27 Jul 2020)

He trains six days a week, with Mondays usually his rest day. He has double sessions two days a week [bike in the morning and gym in the afternoon]. (brujulabike.com, 28 Jun 2019)

"I never had any regrets. I look back and see what I got from making the sacrifices and I see it was all worth it. There are things I will do in the future to become the best athlete I can be." (redbull.com, 27 Jul 2020)