José Luis Viejo
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| Full name | José Luis Viejo Gómez |
| Date of birth | November 2, 1949 |
| date of death | November 16, 2014 |
| nation |
 Spain
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| discipline | Street |
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| Last updated: January 31, 2016 | |
José Luis Viejo Gómez (born November 2, 1949 in Yunquera de Henares , † November 16, 2014 in Azuqueca de Henares ) was a Spanish cyclist . In 1976 he won a stage of the Tour de France with the largest gap to date (22 minutes, 50 seconds) on second. (As of 2015)
Athletic career
In 1971, José Luis Viejo won the bronze medal in the amateurs road race at the road world championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland . In the same year he won the Vuelta a Toledo and the Vuelta a Navarra . The following year he won the overall standings as well as two stages of the Tour of Poland and started the road race (37th) and the team time trial (12th) at the Olympic Games in Munich .
From 1973 to 1982 Viejo was active as a professional . During these years he won several stages, especially in important races in Spain. He started four times in the Tour de France . In 1976 he won, as a member of Super Ser teammate of Luis Ocaña , the eleventh stage from Montgenèvre to Manosque after a solo journey over 160 kilometers with a lead of 22 minutes 50 seconds. That made him the stage winner with the greatest gap to second in the history of the tour. His hometown Azuqueca de Henares celebrated this success with fireworks that his wife recorded on tape so that he could listen to them when he returned.
After retiring from active cycling, Viejo, the father of five children, opened a sports shop with a lottery outlet in Azuqueca de Henares. He died in 2014 after a long illness. Shortly before, a square in Azuqueca had been named Plaza de Jose Luis Viejo after him. The Marcha Cicloturista Homenaje a Jose Luis Viejo everyone’s race was organized in his honor for the first time in 2015 .
successes
- 1971
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World Championships - Road Races (Amateurs) - Vuelta a Toledo
- Vuelta a Navarre
- 1972
- Overall ranking and two stages Tour of Poland
- 1973
- one stage tour of Portugal
- 1974
- one stage Aragon tour
- a stage of the Ruta del Sol
- 1975
- a stage Vuelta a Asturias
- 1976
- a stage Tour de France
- two stages Vuelta a Asturias
- 1977
- Prologue and a stage Vuelta a Asturias
- Trofeo Masferrer
- 1978
- a stage of Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- two stages tour of the Basque Country
- 1980
- one stage tour of Cantabria
- a stage Vuelta a Asturias
Teams
- 1973-74 La Casera-Peña Bahamontes
- 1975-76 Super Ser
- 1977-78 KAS Campanolo
- 1979-81 Teka
- 1982 Zor-Helios
Web links
- José Luis Viejo in the Radsportseiten.net database
- José Luis Viejo in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- José Luis Viejo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- José Luis Viejo in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- José Luis Viejo website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tour de France stage win record holder José Viejo dies. In: Cycling Weekly. November 17, 2014, accessed January 31, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Fallce José Luis Viejo, el fugado con más ventaja en el Tour. In: ciclismo.as.com. November 16, 2014, accessed January 31, 2016 (Spanish).
- ↑ Death: Jose Viejo, Tour stage winner with record lead, died at the age of 65. In: 06.live-radsport.ch. Retrieved January 31, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Viejo, José Luis Viejo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Viejo Gómez, José Luis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yunquera de Henares |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 2014 |
| Place of death | Azuqueca de Henares |