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Encyclopedia > Antonio Suarez

Antonio Suárez Vázquez (20 May 19326 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. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ... The General Classification (or GC) in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races. ... The King of the Mountains is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race. ... The Vuelta a España bicycle race is one of the three Grand Tours of Europe and, after the Tour de France and the Giro dItalia, the third most important road cycling stage race in the world. ...


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. Arnaldo Pambianco is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. ... Jacques Anquetil (January 8, 1934 - November 18, 1987), was a French cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. ...

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Major achievements

1965 – Tedi Montjuich
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1964 – IBAC
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1963 – Faema-Flandria
1962 – Ghigi
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1961 – Faema
  • 3rd, Overall, Giro d'Italia
    • 1st, Stage 7
  • 4th, Overall, Vuelta a España
  • Spain Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
1960 – Faema
1959 – Licor 43
1958 – Lube
1957 – Guardio de Franco
  •  ???, Overall, Vuelta a España
    • 1st, Stage 16, (San Sebastián - Bilbao, 193 km)
  • 1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol
Preceded by:
Jean Stablinski
Winner of the Vuelta a España
1959
Succeeded by:
Franz De Mulder
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