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{{short description|Spanish cyclist}}
{{Infobox Cyclist
| ridername = Pedro Torres
{{for|the Roman Catholic prelate|Pedro Torres (bishop)}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| image =
| fullname = Pedro Torres Cruces
| name = Pedro Torres
| nickname =
| image =
| full_name = Pedro Torres Cruces
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1949|4|27}}
| country = {{ESP}}
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|4|27|df=y}}
| currentteam = Retired
| birth_place = [[Humilladero]], Spain
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| currentteam = Retired
| ridertype =
| discipline = Road
| amateurteams =
| role = Rider
| amateuryears =
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| proyears = 1971&ndash;1974<br>1975&ndash;1976<br>1977&ndash;1978<br>1979<br>1980
| amateurteam1 =
| proteams = La Casera-Peña Bahamontes<br>Super Ser<br>Teka<br>Transmallorca-Flavia<br>Kelme
| proyears1 = 1971–1974
| majorwins = Tour de France, 1 stage<br>
| proteam1 = [[La Casera–Peña Bahamontes]]
:[[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] King of the Mountains (1973)
| proyears2 = 1975–1976
Vuelta a España, 1 stage
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Super Ser|1975}}
:King of the Mountains (1977)
| updated = December 20, 2007
| proyears3 = 1977–1978
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|Teka|1977}}
}}
| proyears4 = 1979
'''Pedro Torres Cruces''' (born April 27, 1949 in [[Humilladero]]) is a [[Spain|Spanish]] former [[road bicycle racer]] who won the [[Polka dot jersey]] in the [[1973 Tour de France]].
| proteam4 = Transmallorca–Flavia
| proyears5 = 1980
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|KEL|1980}}
| majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::[[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]] ([[1973 Tour de France|1973]])
::1 individual stage ([[1973 Tour de France|1973]])
:'''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
::[[Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España|Mountains classification]] ([[1977 Vuelta a España|1977]])
::1 individual stage ([[1977 Vuelta a España|1977]])}}


'''Pedro Torres Cruces''' (born 27 April 1949 in [[Humilladero]]) is a Spanish former [[road bicycle racer]]. He was a [[Yellow Jersey|GC contender]] in [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]].
== Palmarès ==

{{palmares start}}
His first was the [[1972 Vuelta a España|1972 Vuelta]]. In [[1973 Vuelta a España|the following year]] he placed 5th overall in the Vuelta and won the [[King of the Mountains]] competition, as well as a stage in the [[1973 Tour de France]]. Late in the year at the World Championships he finished 6th.

In 1975 he took a top 10 in the [[Volta a Catalunya]] and then in the [[1975 Vuelta a España|Vuelta]] he came up just short of winning the King of the Mountains while finishing 14th overall. In the [[1975 Tour de France|Tour]] he finished 10th while taking a 4th place at the World Championships. In 1976 he started with another top 10 in the Volta a Catalunya, finished 9th in the [[1976 Vuelta a España]] and just inside the top 20 in the [[1976 Tour de France|Tour]].

He began 1977 with another top 10 in the Volta a Catalunya and had a very strong performance in the [[1977 Vuelta a España|77 Vuelta]] winning stage 15, winning the King of the Mountains and finishing top 10 overall. He then rode the [[1977 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]] and finished top 10 in a race that included [[Bernard Hinault|Hinault]], [[Eddy Merckx|Merckx]], [[Joop Zoetemelk|Zoetemelk]], [[Lucien Van Impe|Van Impe]], [[Joaquim Agostinho|Agostinho]], [[Jean-Pierre Danguillaume|Danguillaume]] and [[Bernard Thévenet|Thévenet]]. In the [[1977 Tour de France|Tour]] he had his worst finish to date coming in just inside the top 20.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rider Pedro Torres
|publisher=
|date=25 February 2022
|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/pedro-torres/1980
}}</ref>

In 1978 he started off the year with a podium placing in the Volta a Catalunya. He also skipped the [[1978 Vuelta a España|78 Vuelta]] in favor of riding [[Paris–Nice]] and the [[Giro d'Italia]] for the first time. In the [[1978 Giro d'Italia|Giro]] he took two top 5 stage finishes en route to a top 20 finish. In 1979 he had another top 5 in the Volta a Catalunya, rode the [[Tour de Suisse]] for the first time and returned to the [[1979 Vuelta a España|Vuelta]] where he finished 6th.

The [[1980 Vuelta a España]] was the final Vuelta of his career as well as his strongest performance. He finished on the stage podium in each of the ITT's and finished in 2nd place overall. The [[1980 Tour de France]] was his 15th and final grand tour. Nearly his entire team abandoned the race with only [[Jorge Fortia]] and [[Vicente Belda]] finishing with him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rider Pedro Torres
|publisher=
|date=25 February 2022
|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/pedro-torres/1980
}}</ref>

==Major results==
{{Div col}}
;1971
: 7th Overall [[Vuelta a Andalucía]]
;1972
: 3rd [[Clásica de Sabiñánigo]]
: 7th Overall [[1972 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
: 8th Overall [[Volta a Portugal]]
;1973
;1973
:[[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]]:
: [[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
:: 1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]
::Winner stage 14
:: 1st Stage 14
::[[Image:Jersey_polkadot.svg|20px]] Winner mountains classification
: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Asturias]]
: 5th Overall [[1973 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 5th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 6th [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1973 UCI Road World Championships|UCI World Road Championships]]
;1974
;1974
: 1st [[Subida a Arrate]]
:[[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]]:
: 3rd Overall [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]]
::10th place overall classification
: 7th Overall [[1974 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]]
: 7th Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
: 10th Overall [[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
;1975
: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Aragón]]
: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]]
: 4th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 4th [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1975 UCI Road World Championships|UCI World Road Championships]]
: 5th [[Trofeo Masferrer]]
: 6th [[Klasika Primavera]]
: 7th Overall [[1975 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]]
: 8th Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]]
: 10th Overall [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]]
;1976
: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]]
: 6th Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]]
: 7th Overall [[1976 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]]
: 7th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 9th Overall [[1976 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 9th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 10th Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
;1977
;1977
: 1st Stage 1 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
:[[1977 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]:
: [[1977 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::Winner stage 15
:: 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España|Mountains classification]]
::Winner mountains classification
:: 1st Stage 15
: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]]
: 4th [[Trofeo Masferrer]]
: 6th Overall [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]]
: 6th [[Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia|GP Villafranca de Ordizia]]
: 8th [[Clásica de Sabiñánigo]]
: 9th Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
: 9th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 10th Overall [[1977 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 10th Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]]
;1978
;1978
: 2nd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]]
:Trofeo Masferrer (with [[Miguel Maria Lasa Urquia]])
: 3rd Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]]
{{palmares end}}
: 3rd [[Trofeo Masferrer]]
: 5th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 7th Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
;1979
: 2nd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]]
: 4th Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]]
: 6th Overall [[1979 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 9th Overall [[Vuelta a Andalucía]]
;1980
: 2nd Overall [[1980 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 2nd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]]
:: 1st Stage 5b
: 5th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 1972
! scope="col" | 1973
! scope="col" | 1974
! scope="col" | 1975
! scope="col" | 1976
! scope="col" | 1977
! scope="col" | 1978
! scope="col" | 1979
! scope="col" | 1980
|-
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1972 Vuelta a España|31]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"| [[1973 Vuelta a España|5]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1974 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1975 Vuelta a España|14]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"| [[1976 Vuelta a España|5]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"| [[1977 Vuelta a España|5]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"|[[1979 Vuelta a España|6]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"|[[1980 Vuelta a España|2]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1978 Giro d'Italia|16]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1973 Tour de France|13]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"| [[1975 Tour de France|10]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1976 Tour de France|17]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1977 Tour de France|19]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1978 Tour de France|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"|[[1980 Tour de France|35]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{cyclingwebsite|7521}}
*{{Sports links}}
*[http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4193.html Official Tour de France results for Pedro Torres]
*[http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4193.html Official Tour de France results for Pedro Torres]


{{Polka dot jersey}}
{{Polka dot jersey}}


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Latest revision as of 21:24, 5 May 2024

For the Roman Catholic prelate, see Pedro Torres (bishop).
Pedro Torres
Personal information
Full namePedro Torres Cruces
Born (1949-04-27) 27 April 1949 (age 75)
Humilladero, Spain
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1971–1974La Casera–Peña Bahamontes
1975–1976Super Ser
1977–1978Teka
1979Transmallorca–Flavia
1980Kelme–Gios
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Mountains classification (1973)
1 individual stage (1973)
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (1977)
1 individual stage (1977)

Pedro Torres Cruces (born 27 April 1949 in Humilladero) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He was a GC contender in Grand Tours.

His first was the 1972 Vuelta. In the following year he placed 5th overall in the Vuelta and won the King of the Mountains competition, as well as a stage in the 1973 Tour de France. Late in the year at the World Championships he finished 6th.

In 1975 he took a top 10 in the Volta a Catalunya and then in the Vuelta he came up just short of winning the King of the Mountains while finishing 14th overall. In the Tour he finished 10th while taking a 4th place at the World Championships. In 1976 he started with another top 10 in the Volta a Catalunya, finished 9th in the 1976 Vuelta a España and just inside the top 20 in the Tour.

He began 1977 with another top 10 in the Volta a Catalunya and had a very strong performance in the 77 Vuelta winning stage 15, winning the King of the Mountains and finishing top 10 overall. He then rode the 1977 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished top 10 in a race that included Hinault, Merckx, Zoetemelk, Van Impe, Agostinho, Danguillaume and Thévenet. In the Tour he had his worst finish to date coming in just inside the top 20.[1]

In 1978 he started off the year with a podium placing in the Volta a Catalunya. He also skipped the 78 Vuelta in favor of riding Paris–Nice and the Giro d'Italia for the first time. In the Giro he took two top 5 stage finishes en route to a top 20 finish. In 1979 he had another top 5 in the Volta a Catalunya, rode the Tour de Suisse for the first time and returned to the Vuelta where he finished 6th.

The 1980 Vuelta a España was the final Vuelta of his career as well as his strongest performance. He finished on the stage podium in each of the ITT's and finished in 2nd place overall. The 1980 Tour de France was his 15th and final grand tour. Nearly his entire team abandoned the race with only Jorge Fortia and Vicente Belda finishing with him.[2]

Major results

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1971
7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1972
3rd Clásica de Sabiñánigo
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Overall Volta a Portugal
1973
Tour de France
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 14
3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
5th Overall Vuelta a España
5th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Road race, UCI World Road Championships
1974
1st Subida a Arrate
3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
10th Overall Tour de France
1975
3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
4th Road race, UCI World Road Championships
5th Trofeo Masferrer
6th Klasika Primavera
7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1976
3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
9th Overall Vuelta a España
9th Road race, National Road Championships
10th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1977
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Escalada a Montjuïc
Vuelta a España
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 15
3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
4th Trofeo Masferrer
6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
6th GP Villafranca de Ordizia
8th Clásica de Sabiñánigo
9th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
9th Road race, National Road Championships
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1978
2nd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
3rd Trofeo Masferrer
5th Road race, National Road Championships
7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1979
2nd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
6th Overall Vuelta a España
9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1980
2nd Overall Vuelta a España
2nd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
1st Stage 5b
5th Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
A yellow jersey Vuelta a España 31 5 DNF 14 5 5 — 6 2
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — — — 16 — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 13 — 10 17 19 DNF — 35

References

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  1. ^ "Rider Pedro Torres". 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Rider Pedro Torres". 25 February 2022.
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