Agustín Tamames
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Agustín Tamames Iglesias |
Born | Monterrubio de Armuña, Spain | 19 October 1944
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Major wins | |
1975 Vuelta a España |
Agustín Tamames Iglesias[a] (born 19 October 1944) is a former Spanish road racing cyclist. In 1975 he won the overall title and five stages of the Vuelta a España. Over his entire career, Tamames won 11 stage wins at the Vuelta a España. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]
Major achievements
[edit]- 1970
- 2nd, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, KoM
- 1st, Stage 9
- 1971
- 7th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 9
- 1972
- 3rd, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 13
- 1st, Stage 16
- 1974
- 17th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 17
- 1st, Stage 18
- 1975
- 1st, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 3
- 1st, Stage 12
- 1st, Stage 14
- 1st, Stage 15
- 1st, Stage 16
- 3rd, Overall, Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st, Stage 1
- 1st, Stage 4
- 1976
- Spain National Road Race Champion
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tamames and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Agustín Tamames". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
External links
[edit]- Complete Palmarès
- Official Tour de France results for Agustín Tamames (archived)
- Agustín Tamames at ProCyclingStats
- Agustin Tamames Iglesias at CycleBase
- Agustín Tamames at Olympedia
- Agustín Tamames Iglesias at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Spanish male cyclists
- Vuelta a España winners
- Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners
- Sportspeople from the Province of Salamanca
- Olympic cyclists for Spain
- Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists from Castile and León
- Vuelta a Asturias winners
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish cycling biography, 20th-century birth stubs