José Martín Farfán
Personal information | |
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Full name | José Martín Farfán Pulido |
Nickname | Farfantastico |
Born | (1965-08-21) 21 August 1965 (age 58) Facatativá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1988–1989 | Café de Colombia |
1990–1993 | Kelme–Ibexpress |
1994 | Postobón–Manzana |
1995 | Kelme–Sureña |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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José Martín Farfán Pulido (born 21 August 1965) is a Colombian former road cyclist, who was a professional from 1988 to 1995. He was nicknamed Farfantastico during his career. Farfán is one of only 4 Colombians to win the Mountain jersey at the Vuelta a España.[1]
Career
In the 1989 Vuelta a España while racing the Stage 15 Time trial Farfán finished in third this was enough to put him into the lead of the race by 2 seconds to eventual winner Pedro Delgado.[2] Farfán's biggest win of his career was Stage 18 of the 1990 Vuelta a España which he won ahead of teammate and fellow Colombian Fabio Parra.[3] This victory would move Farfán up to 6th overall, he would lose time in the remaining stages to finish eleventh at the end of the Vuelta.[4] He did end up winning the Mountains classification for most mountain points that year.[5]
Major results
- 1987
- 2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
- 1988
- 4th Overall Vuelta al Táchira
- 1st Stage 2b
- 1989
- 1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN
- Vuelta a España
- Wore after Stage 15
- 1990
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 18
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1991
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 9th Overall Tour of Galicia
- 1992
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 6
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1993
- 5th Clásica de Almería
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1994
- 1st Overall Vuelta al Tolima
- 2nd Overall Clásico RCN
- 1st Stage 2
- 1995
- 1st Mountains classification, Clásico RCN
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
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Vuelta a España | 23 | 11 | 53 | 38 | 40 | — | DNF |
Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 49 |
Tour de France | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Ciclismo: La Vuelta toma de la mano a Contador". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 16 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 May 1989. p. 44. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 May 1990. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1990. p. 41. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Marin, Toni (31 October 2018). "Martín Farfán: el rey de la montaña en entredicho". Ciclismo para ciclistas, amantes del deporte de las dos ruedas (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "José Martín Farfán Pulido". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "José Martín Farfán". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "José Martín Farfán". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
External links
- José Martín Farfán at Cycling Archives
- José Martín Farfán at CycleBase
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- 1936: Salvador Molina
- 1941: Fermín Trueba
- 1942: Julián Berrendero
- 1945: Julián Berrendero
- 1946–47: Emilio Rodriguez
- 1948: Bernardo Ruiz
- 1950: Emilio Rodriguez
- 1955: Giuseppe Buratti
- 1956: Nino Defilippis
- 1957–58: Federico Bahamontes
- 1959: Antonio Suárez
- 1960–62: Antonio Karmany
- 1963–65: Julio Jiménez
- 1966: Gregorio San Miguel
- 1967: Mariano Díaz
- 1968: Francisco Gabica
- 1969: Luis Ocaña
- 1970: Agustín Tamames
- 1971: Joop Zoetemelk
- 1972: José Manuel Fuente
- 1973–74: José Luis Abilleira
- 1975–76: Andrés Oliva
- 1977: Pedro Torres
- 1978: Andrés Oliva
- 1979: Felipe Yáñez
- 1980: Juan Fernández
- 1981–83: José Luis Laguía
- 1984: Felipe Yáñez
- 1985–86: José Luis Laguía
- 1987: Luis Herrera
- 1988: Álvaro Pino
- 1989: Óscar Vargas
- 1990: José Martín Farfán
- 1991: Luis Herrera
- 1992: Carlos Hernández Bailo
- 1993: Tony Rominger
- 1994: Luc Leblanc
- 1995: Laurent Jalabert
- 1996: Tony Rominger
- 1997–99: José María Jiménez
- 2000: Carlos Sastre
- 2001: José María Jiménez
- 2002: Aitor Osa
- 2003–04: Félix Cárdenas
- 2005: Joaquín Rodríguez
- 2006: Egoi Martínez
- 2007: Denis Menchov
- 2008–11: David Moncoutié
- 2012: Simon Clarke
- 2013: Nicolas Edet
- 2014: Luis León Sánchez
- 2015–16: Omar Fraile
- 2017: Davide Villella
- 2018: Thomas De Gendt
- 2019: Geoffrey Bouchard
- 2020: Guillaume Martin
- 2021: Michael Storer
- 2022: Richard Carapaz
- 2023: Remco Evenepoel
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