Faustino Rupérez
Spanish cyclist
Personal information | |
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Full name | Faustino Rupérez Rincón |
Born | (1956-07-29) 29 July 1956 (age 67) Piquera de San Esteban, Soria, Spain |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional team | |
1979–1985 | Moliner–Vereco |
Managerial teams | |
1986–1988 | Kas |
1989 | Fagor–MBK |
1990–1992 | Puertas Mavisa |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
Stage races
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Faustino Rupérez Rincón (born 29 July 1956) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1979 and 1985. Ruperez is most famous for capturing the overall title at the 1980 Vuelta a España.[1]
He finished 4th in the 1979 Vuelta a España, won the 1981 Volta a Catalunya and finished 2nd overall at the 1984 Tour of the Basque Country behind Sean Kelly.
Since retiring from competitive cycling, Rupérez has served as a directeur sportif for the Spain national team.
Career achievements
Major results
- 1977
- 1st Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st Overall Volta a Lleida
- 1978
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1979
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st Stage 5b Vuelta a Aragón
- 1st Stage 5 Costa del Azahar
- 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 3rd GP Navarra
- 4th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1980
- 1st Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 5 & 7
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1981
- 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Overall Six Days of Madrid (with Donald Allan)
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Cantabria
- 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 4th Subida al Naranco
- 4th Trofeo Masferrer
- 8th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1982
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st GP Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st GP Pascuas
- 1st Stage 4a Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2nd Subida a Arrate
- 4th Overall Vuelta a España
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 4th Subida al Naranco
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1983
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 2nd Clásica de Sabiñánigo
- 2nd Subida a Arrate
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1984
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1985
- 1st Memorial Alberto Fernandez
- 2nd Trofeo Luis Puig
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | 11 | DNF | 10 | 7 | 13 | — |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 |
Vuelta a España | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 19 |
References
- ^ "Clasificacions Oficiales" [Official Classifications] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 May 1980. p. 41. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
External links
- Faustino Rupérez 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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