Félix García Casas

Félix García Casas
To person
Full name	Félix Manuel García Casas
Nickname	"El Trampas"
Date of birth	December 29, 1968
nation	Spain
discipline	Street
Driver type	Mountain riders
To the team
Current team	End of career
function	driver
Team (s)
1992 ; 1993–1995 ; 1996–2001 ; 2002 ; 2003	CHCS-Ciemar ; Kelme-Artiach ; Festina ; BigMat-Auber 93 ; Team Bianchi
Most important successes
	8th place overall Vuelta a España 2002
	Last update: End of career

Félix Manuel García Casas (born December 29, 1968 in Madrid ) is a former Spanish cyclist.

Career

His professional career began in 1992 when he joined the Spanish team CHCS-Ciemar . But he only came to Kelme-Artiach for a year and won a stage of the Tour of Portugal , with which he celebrated his first stage win. After he narrowly failed to win in 1994, he won the Gran Premio Miguel Induráin in 1995 . In 1996 he switched to Team Festina and finished 48th in the overall standings at the Tour de France . At the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile , he won one stage each in 1996 and 1997. In the Tour de France 2000 he was able to drive himself to 14th place. In May 2001 he finished second at the Tour de Romandie, 43 seconds behind the overall winner Dario Frigo . In 2002 he moved to the BigMat-Auber 93 team . This was not eligible to compete in the Tour de France 2002 , but at the Vuelta a España 2002 he achieved eighth place in the overall standings, his best result in the grand tour. He crowned the 2002 season with second place at Escalada a Montjuïc . In 2003 he moved to the German team Bianchi , where Jan Ullrich was one of his teammates. After a 23rd place in the Tour de France and a 15th place in the Vuelta ended his career at the end of the 2003 season.

Grand Tour	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	17th	12	37	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de France	-	-	-	48	-	-	-	14th	37	-	23
Vuelta a España	80	21st	15th	-	13	20th	17th	21st	15th	8th	15th