José Pérez Francés

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José Pérez Francés
Pérez Francés c. 1966
Personal information
Full nameJosé Pérez Francés
Born(1936-12-27)27 December 1936
Santander, Spain
Died30 September 2021(2021-09-30) (aged 84)
Barcelona, Spain
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1960–1966Ferrys
1967–1968Kas–Kaskol
1969Bic
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1965)
Vuelta a España
Points classification (1964)
3 individual stages (1961, 1963, 1968)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1963)

José Pérez Francés (27 December 1936 – 30 September 2021[1]) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He finished four times on the podium of Vuelta a España and won three stages, although he never won the overall classification. He also finished third in 1963 Tour de France, after Jacques Anquetil and Federico Bahamontes, and won a stage in 1965.

Major Results

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1955
1st Stage 4a Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1957
7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1960
2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 3a (TTT) & 8
1961
1st Gran Premio Navarra
2nd Circuito Montañés
3rd Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 8
5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
7th Overall Tour de France
7th Overall Madrid–Barcelona
1st Stage 6a
8th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1962
2nd Overall Vuelta a España
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Circuito de Getxo
6th Overall Giro d'Italia
8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 7 (ITT)
1963
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Gran Premio Navarra
1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España
1st Stage 8 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall Tour de France
4th Trofeo Masferrer
6th Subida a Arrate
1964
1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stage 1
1st GP Villafranca de Ordizia
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 1b & 6
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stages 3 & 7
3rd Overall Vuelta a España
1st Points classification
3rd Gran Premio Navarra
3rd Klasika Primavera
5th Gran Premio Fedrácion Catalana de Ciclismo
9th Barcelona-Andorra
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
10th Trofeo Masferrer
1965
1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stages 1 & 7
1st Gran Premio de Primavera
5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stage 4
6th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 11
6th Trofeo Masferrer
1966
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a La Rioja
3rd Klasika Primavera
9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1967
1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stages 2, 3 & 5a
1st Barcelona-Andorra
2nd Trofeo Masferrer
3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stage 4
5th Overall Giro d'Italia
6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
10th Overall Vuelta a España
1968
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stages 2 & 4
2nd Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 12
3rd GP Pascuas
7th Overall Tour de Suisse
8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta

References

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  1. ^ Luque, Xavier G. (1 October 2021). "Muere Pérez Francés, el ciclista que emocionó a Barcelona". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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