Antonio Suárez
- May 20, 1932
- January 6, 1981
- 48 years
About Antonio Suárez
Antonio Suárez, 48, Spanish racing cyclist.
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|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 mountains classification of 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
- 1956
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 1
- 1957
- 1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 1 & 8 Vuelta a Levante
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a La Rioja
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 7
- 1958
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 2 Circuito Montañés
- 3rd Overall Eibarko Bizikleta
- 1st Stage 5
- 1959
- 1st Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 5 & 10
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1960
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Barcelona–Madrid
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 14 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 3 Eibarko Bizikleta
- 1961
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 7
- 4th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 12 (ITT)
- 1962
- 2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 1963
- 2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 6th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1964
- 3rd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
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