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| name = Pedro Torres |
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| full_name = Pedro Torres Cruces |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|4|27|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Humilladero]], Spain |
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| currentteam |
| currentteam = Retired |
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| discipline |
| discipline = Road |
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| role = Rider |
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| proyears1 = 1971–1974 |
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| proyears = 1971–1974<br>1975–1976<br>1977–1978<br>1979<br>1980 |
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| proteam1 = [[La Casera–Peña Bahamontes]] |
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| proyears2 = 1975–1976 |
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| majorwins = Tour de France, 1 stage<br> |
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| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Super Ser|1975}} |
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: King of the Mountains (1973) |
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| proyears3 = 1977–1978 |
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Vuelta a España, 1 stage |
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| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|Teka|1977}} |
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:King of the Mountains (1977) |
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| proyears4 = 1979 |
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| proteam4 = Transmallorca–Flavia |
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| proyears5 = 1980 |
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'''Pedro Torres Cruces''' (born April 27, 1949 in [[Humilladero]]) is a [[Spain|Spanish]] former [[road bicycle racer]]. He won the [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|mountains classification]] in the [[1973 Tour de France]]. |
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| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|KEL|1980}} |
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| majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]''' |
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:'''[[Tour de France]]''' |
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::[[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]] ([[1973 Tour de France|1973]]) |
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::1 individual stage ([[1973 Tour de France|1973]]) |
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:'''[[Vuelta a España]]''' |
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::[[Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España|Mountains classification]] ([[1977 Vuelta a España|1977]]) |
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::1 individual stage ([[1977 Vuelta a España|1977]])}} |
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'''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]]. |
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== Palmarès == |
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{{palmares start}} |
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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. |
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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]]. |
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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 |
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|date=25 February 2022 |
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|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/pedro-torres/1980 |
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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. |
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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 |
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|publisher= |
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|date=25 February 2022 |
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|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/pedro-torres/1980 |
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==Major results== |
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;1971 |
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: 7th Overall [[Vuelta a Andalucía]] |
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;1972 |
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: 3rd [[Clásica de Sabiñánigo]] |
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: 7th Overall [[1972 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]] |
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: 8th Overall [[Volta a Portugal]] |
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;1973 |
;1973 |
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:[[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]] |
: [[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]] |
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:: 1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]] |
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::Winner stage 14 |
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:: 1st Stage 14 |
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::Winner [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]] |
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: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Asturias]] |
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: 5th Overall [[1973 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] |
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: 5th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships |
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: 6th [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1973 UCI Road World Championships|UCI World Road Championships]] |
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;1974 |
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: 1st [[Subida a Arrate]] |
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:[[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]]: |
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: 3rd Overall [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]] |
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::10th place overall classification |
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: 7th Overall [[1974 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]] |
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: 7th Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]] |
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: 10th Overall [[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]] |
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;1975 |
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: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Aragón]] |
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: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]] |
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: 4th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]] |
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: 4th [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1975 UCI Road World Championships|UCI World Road Championships]] |
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: 5th [[Trofeo Masferrer]] |
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: 6th [[Klasika Primavera]] |
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: 7th Overall [[1975 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]] |
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: 8th Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]] |
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: 10th Overall [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]] |
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;1976 |
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: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]] |
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: 6th Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]] |
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: 7th Overall [[1976 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]] |
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: 7th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]] |
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: 9th Overall [[1976 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] |
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: 9th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships |
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: 10th Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]] |
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;1977 |
;1977 |
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: 1st Stage 1 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[Escalada a Montjuïc]] |
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:[[1977 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]: |
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: [[1977 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] |
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::Winner stage 15 |
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:: 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España|Mountains classification]] |
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::Winner mountains classification |
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:: 1st Stage 15 |
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: 3rd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]] |
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: 4th [[Trofeo Masferrer]] |
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: 6th Overall [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]] |
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: 6th [[Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia|GP Villafranca de Ordizia]] |
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: 8th [[Clásica de Sabiñánigo]] |
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: 9th Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]] |
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: 9th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships |
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: 10th Overall [[1977 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]] |
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: 10th Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]] |
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;1978 |
;1978 |
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: 2nd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]] |
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:Trofeo Masferrer (with [[Miguel Maria Lasa Urquia]]) |
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: 3rd Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]] |
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{{palmares end}} |
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: 3rd [[Trofeo Masferrer]] |
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: 5th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships |
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: 7th Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]] |
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;1979 |
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: 2nd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]] |
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: 4th Overall [[Volta a Catalunya]] |
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: 6th Overall [[1979 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] |
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: 9th Overall [[Vuelta a Andalucía]] |
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;1980 |
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: 2nd Overall [[1980 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] |
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: 2nd Overall [[Vuelta a Cantabria]] |
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:: 1st Stage 5b |
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: 5th [[Spanish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships |
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===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== |
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! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] |
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! scope="col" | 1972 |
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! scope="col" | 1973 |
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! scope="col" | 1974 |
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! scope="col" | 1975 |
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! scope="col" | 1976 |
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! scope="col" | 1977 |
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! scope="col" | 1978 |
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! scope="col" | 1979 |
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! scope="col" | 1980 |
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! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[1972 Vuelta a España|31]] |
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| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"| [[1973 Vuelta a España|5]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[1974 Vuelta a España|DNF]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[1975 Vuelta a España|14]] |
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| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"| [[1976 Vuelta a España|5]] |
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| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"| [[1977 Vuelta a España|5]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"|[[1979 Vuelta a España|6]] |
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| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"|[[1980 Vuelta a España|2]] |
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! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[1978 Giro d'Italia|16]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"|— |
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[1973 Tour de France|13]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center; background:#ddf;"| [[1975 Tour de France|10]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[1976 Tour de France|17]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[1977 Tour de France|19]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[1978 Tour de France|DNF]] |
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| style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[1980 Tour de France|35]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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*[http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4193.html Official Tour de France results for Pedro Torres] |
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Latest revision as of 21:24, 5 May 2024
Personal information | |
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Full name | Pedro Torres Cruces |
Born | Humilladero, Spain | 27 April 1949
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1971–1974 | La Casera–Peña Bahamontes |
1975–1976 | Super Ser |
1977–1978 | Teka |
1979 | Transmallorca–Flavia |
1980 | Kelme–Gios |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Grand Tour | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
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Vuelta a España | 31 | 5 | DNF | 14 | 5 | 5 | — | 6 | 2 |
Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — |
Tour de France | — | 13 | — | 10 | 17 | 19 | DNF | — | 35 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Rider Pedro Torres". 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Rider Pedro Torres". 25 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Pedro Torres at Cycling Archives
- Pedro Torres at ProCyclingStats
- Pedro Torres at CycleBase
- Official Tour de France results for Pedro Torres