Antonio Suárez

Antonio Suárez
Personal information
Full name Antonio Suárez Vázquez
Born (1932-05-20)May 20, 1932
Madrid, Spain
Died January 6, 1981(1981-01-06) (aged 48)
Madrid, Spain
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins
1959 Vuelta a España
Infobox last updated on
April 7, 2009

Antonio Suárez Vázquez (20 May 1932 6 January 1981) was a professional road racing cyclist from Spain between 1956 and 1965. He is most famous for winning the overall title and the climbers classification at the 1959 Vuelta a España. In addition, Suarez won the points classification at the 1961 Vuelta and a career total of five stages at the Vuelta.

Suárez also won a stage and finished on the podium in third place at the 1961 Giro d’Italia behind Arnaldo Pambianco of Italy and Jacques Anquetil of France.

Major achievements

1957 Guardio de Franco
???, Overall, Vuelta a España
1st, Stage 16, (San Sebastián - Bilbao, 193 km)
1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol
1958 Lube
1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol
64th, Overall, Tour de France
1959 Licor 43
1st, Overall, Vuelta a España
1st, King of the Mountains Classification
1st, Stage 5, (Guadix -Murcia, 225 km)
1st, Stage 10, (Granollers- Lérida, 183 km)
Spain Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
1960 Faema
Vuelta a España
1st, Stage 14, (San Sebastián - Vitoria, 263 km)
Spain Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
17th, Overall, Tour de France
1961 Faema
3rd, Overall, Giro d'Italia
1st, Stage 7
4th, Overall, Vuelta a España
1st, Points Classification
1st, Stage 12, Valladolid -Palencia, 40 km (ITT)
Spain Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
1962 Ghigi
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1963 Faema-Flandria
6th, Overall, Vuelta a España
43rd, Overall, Tour de France
1964 IBAC
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1965 Tedi Montjuich
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