Enrique Martínez Heredia

Enrique Martínez Heredia

To person
Date of birth	January 27, 1953
nation	Spain
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	End of career
Team (s)
1976–1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984	KAS - Campagnolo TEKA CR - Colchon Kelme Hueso Chocolates Hueso
Most important successes
Grand Tours White Tour de France Jersey 1976 Spanish championships Spanish champion - road race 1978
Last updated: September 9, 2012

Enrique Martínez Heredia (born January 27, 1953 in Huesas ) is a former Spanish road cyclist .

Career

Before Martínez Heredia became a professional he was able to catch up with some success as an amateur . Among other things, he won the Vuelta a Navarra in 1973 and the Tour de l'Avenir in 1974 . In 1975 he also competed in the International Peace Race , where he wore the jersey of the best climber and was 47 overall. In his first year as a professional in 1976, he was the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France junior rider . By the end of his career in 1984, further successes followed, such as the Spanish championship in road racing , as well as stage victories in the Vuelta a España .

After his cycling career, Enrique Martínez Heredia founded a cycling business.

Placements in the Grand Tours

Grand Tour	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
Vuelta a España	12	-	8th	35	31	17th	11	42
Giro d'Italia	-	DNF	-	-	-	-	DNF	-
Tour de France	23	18th	DNF	-	-	-	-	-

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

• 1976-1979 KAS - Campagnolo
• 1980 TEKA
• 1981 CR - Colchon
• 1982 Kelme
• 1983 Hueso Chocolates
• 1984 Hueso

Web links

• Enrique Martínez Heredia in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Enrique Martínez Heredia in the Tour de France database(French / English )
• Enrique Martínez Heredia in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 247 .