Antonio Suarez

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Antonio Suarez Road cycling
To person
Date of birth May 20, 1932
date of death January 6, 1981
nation Spain
discipline Street
Most important successes

Tour of Spain 1959: Winner Tour of
Italy 1961: 3rd place

Last updated: August 10, 2009

Antonio Suárez Vázquez (born May 20, 1932 in Madrid ; † January 6, 1981 there ) was a Spanish cyclist .

Career

His most important success was winning the overall classification of the Tour of Spain in 1959, in which he also won the mountain classification. In 1961 he was able to win the points classification on this tour. Between 1959 and 1961 he was Spanish road champion three times in a row. At the Tour of Italy in 1961, he not only won one stage, but was also the first Spaniard to make it onto the podium in third place overall.

Most important successes

  • 1957 16th stage Tour of Spain
  • 1959 Overall winner of the Tour of Spain with two stage successes (5th + 10th stage) as well as a mountain classification
Spanish road champion
  • 1960 14th stage Tour of Spain
Spanish road champion
  • 1961 12th stage Tour of Spain and first in the points classification
7th stage Tour of Italy and third in the overall classification
Spanish road champion

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personal data
SURNAME Suarez, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Suárez Vázquez, Antonio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1981
Place of death Madrid