Domingo Perurena

Domingo Perurena

To person
Full name	Domingo Perurena telletxea
Date of birth	December 15, 1943
nation	Spain
discipline	Street
Team (s)
1965 1966–1969 1970 1970 1971–1978 1979	GAC Fagor KAS Fagor KAS Teka
Most important successes
UCI Road World Championships 1965 - team time trial (with José Manuel Lasa , José-Manuel Lopéz Rodríguez and Ventura Diaz Arrey ) José Manuel Lasa / Domingo Perurena Tour de France Mountain classification winner 1974 Vuelta a España 10th place overall in 1972 ; 2nd place overall in 1975 Scoring 1972 , 974 Stages 1966 (1), 1967 (1), 1968 (1), 1969 (1), 1972 (1), 1973 (1), 1974 (2) and 1978 (2) National championships 1973 and 1975 Six days race 1970 Madrid (with José Manuel Lopez Rodriguez )
Last updated: April 27, 2020

Domingo Perurena Telletxea , also Txomin Perurena Telletxea , (born December 15, 1943 in Oiartzun ) is a former Spanish cyclist . He was one of the most successful road racers in his country from the 1960s to the 1970s.

As an amateur , Domingo Perurena won the silver medal in the team time trial over 100 kilometers at the UCI Road World Championships in Lasarte-Oria in 1965 , together with Ventura Diaz Arrey , José-Manuel Lopéz Rodríguez and José Manuel Lasa .

From 1966 to 1979 Perurena worked as a professional . During these years he achieved numerous victories, especially in races in Spain and France . His first victory as a professional driver was in the spring of 1966 in the race from Bordeaux to Saintes . He started 14 times in the Vuelta a España alone . In 1972 and 1974 he won the points classification , in 1972 he wore the overall leader's maillot amarillo for eleven days and in 1974 for seven days. In 1975 he was second overall. He also won a total of twelve stages. In 1974 he won the mountain classification of the Tour de France . He took part in the UCI road world championships five times and finished eighth in 1974 . In 1973 and 1975 he was Spanish road racing champion.

Other successes included winning the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme in 1967 , the Gran Premio de Llodio in 1969 and 1970, the Tour of Valencia in 1972, the Tour of Catalonia in 1973 , the Navarra GP and the Miguel Indurain Grand Prix . In 1971 and 1977 he also won the Klasika Primavera . In total, he recorded 94 stage victories on various tours in the course of his sporting career . At the end of his career as a professional driver, he had won 160 victories. Twice he started the Six Days of Madrid , in 1966, he took along with Jose Manuel Lopez Rodriguez third place, and in 1970 won the two drivers.

After finishing his active sports career, Perurena became the sports director of various teams .

Web links

• Domingo Perurena in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Domingo Tellechea on urtekaria.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1450 (Flemish).