Antonio Suárez
Spanish cyclist
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Full name | Antonio Suárez Vázquez |
Born | (1932-05-20)20 May 1932 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 6 January 1981(1981-01-06) (aged 48) Madrid, Spain |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Major wins | |
1959 Vuelta a España | |
Antonio Suárez Vázquez (20 May 1932 – 6 January 1981) was a professional road racing cyclist from Spain between 1956 and 1965. He is most famous for winning the overall title and the climbers classification at the 1959 Vuelta a España. In addition, Suarez won the points classification at the 1961 Vuelta and a career total of five stages at the Vuelta.
Suárez also won a stage and finished on the podium in third place at the 1961 Giro d’Italia behind Arnaldo Pambianco of Italy and Jacques Anquetil of France.
Major results
- 1957 – Guardio de Franco
- ???, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 16, (San Sebastián - Bilbao, 193 km)
- 1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol
- 1958 – Lube
- 1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol
- 64th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1959 – Licor 43
- 1st, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, King of the Mountains Classification
- 1st, Stage 5, (Guadix -Murcia, 225 km)
- 1st, Stage 10, (Granollers- Lérida, 183 km)
- Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
- 1960 – Faema
- Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 14, (San Sebastián - Vitoria, 263 km)
- Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
- 17th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1961 – Faema
- 3rd, Overall, Giro d'Italia
- 1st, Stage 7
- 4th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, Points classification
- 1st, Stage 12, Valladolid -Palencia, 40 km (ITT)
- Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
- 1962 – Ghigi
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- 1963 – Faema-Flandria
- 6th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 43rd, Overall, Tour de France
- 1964 – IBAC
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- 1965 – Tedi Montjuich
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External links
- Antonio Suárez at Cycling Archives
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Vuelta a España general classification winners
- 1935–36: Gustaaf Deloor
- 1937–40 Spanish Civil War
- 1941–42: Julián Berrendero
- 1943–44 World War II
- 1945: Delio Rodríguez
- 1946: Dalmacio Langarica
- 1947: Edward Van Dijck
- 1948: Bernardo Ruiz
- 1949 Race not held
- 1950: Emilio Rodríguez
- 1951–54 Race not held
- 1955: Jean Dotto
- 1956: Angelo Conterno
- 1957: Jesús Loroño
- 1958: Jean Stablinski
- 1959: Antonio Suárez
- 1960: Frans De Mulder
- 1961: Angelino Soler
- 1962: Rudi Altig
- 1963: Jacques Anquetil
- 1964: Raymond Poulidor
- 1965: Rolf Wolfshohl
- 1966: Francisco Gabica
- 1967: Jan Janssen
- 1968: Felice Gimondi
- 1969: Roger Pingeon
- 1970: Luis Ocaña
- 1971: Ferdinand Bracke
- 1972: José Manuel Fuente
- 1973: Eddy Merckx
- 1974: José Manuel Fuente
- 1975: Agustín Tamames
- 1976: José Pesarrodona
- 1977: Freddy Maertens
- 1978: Bernard Hinault
- 1979: Joop Zoetemelk
- 1980: Faustino Ruperez
- 1981: Giovanni Battaglin
- 1982: Marino Lejarreta
- 1983: Bernard Hinault
- 1984: Éric Caritoux
- 1985: Pedro Delgado
- 1986: Álvaro Pino
- 1987: Luis Herrera
- 1988: Sean Kelly
- 1989: Pedro Delgado
- 1990: Marco Giovannetti
- 1991: Melcior Mauri
- 1992–93–94: Tony Rominger
- 1995: Laurent Jalabert
- 1996–97: Alex Zülle
- 1998: Abraham Olano
- 1999: Jan Ullrich
- 2000: Roberto Heras
- 2001: Ángel Casero
- 2002: Aitor González
- 2003–04–05: Roberto Heras
- 2006: Alexander Vinokourov
- 2007: Denis Menchov
- 2008: Alberto Contador
- 2009: Alejandro Valverde
- 2010: Vincenzo Nibali
- 2011: Chris Froome
- 2012: Alberto Contador
- 2013: Chris Horner
- 2014: Alberto Contador
- 2015: Fabio Aru
- 2016: Nairo Quintana
- 2017: Chris Froome
- 2018: Simon Yates
- 2019–20–21: Primož Roglič
- 2022: Remco Evenepoel
- 2023: Sepp Kuss
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