Vicente López Carril

Vicente López

Personal information
Full name	Vicente López Carril
Born	(1942-12-02)2 December 1942 A Coruña, Spain
Died	29 March 1980(1980-03-29) (aged 37) Gijón, Spain
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1966–1975	Kas–Kaskol
1976–1978	Kas–Campagnolo
1979	Teka
Major wins
Spain Road Race Championship (1974) Giro d'Italia, 1 stage Tour de France, 3 stages Vuelta a España, 1 stage

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Carril.

Vicente López Carril (2 December 1942, A Coruña, province of A Coruña – 29 March 1980, Gijón, Asturias) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist from A Coruña. He finished among the top ten riders in the overall classification of several Grand Tours and third in 1974 Tour de France. During his career he also won three stages of Tour de France, as well as a stage in both Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.

Major results

1971

Trofeo Elola

Giro d'Italia:

Winner stage 5

Tour de France:

10th place overall classification

1972

GP Navarra

1973

Tour de France:

Winner stage 9

9th place overall classification

1974

Le Creusot

Spain National Road Race Championship

Tour de France:

Winner stage 11

3rd place overall classification

1975

Saussignac

Vuelta a Levante

Tour de France:

Winner stage 17

5th place overall classification

1976

Vuelta a España:

Winner stage 15

Tour de France:

10th place overall classification

1977

GP Navarra

Klasika Primavera

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

Vuelta Ciclista Asturias

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling

External links

• Vicente Lopez-Carril at Cycling Archives
• Vicente Lopez Carril at CycleBase
• Vicente Lopez-Carril – official Tour de France results (archive)