Eduardo Chozas
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Eduardo Chozas Olmo |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 5 July 1960
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climbing specialist |
Professional teams | |
1980–1984 | Fosforera–Vereco MG |
1985 | Reynolds |
1986–1987 | Teka |
1988 | Kelme |
1989–1991 | ONCE |
1992–1993 | Artiach–Royal |
Major wins | |
Giro d'Italia, 3 stages Tour de France,
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Eduardo Chozas Olmo (born 5 July 1960 in Madrid) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He won four stages at the Tour de France and three in the Giro d'Italia. He was also chosen as the most combative rider of 1990 Tour de France.
As of 2014, Chozas holds the record for most Grand Tour participations and finishes. He started in a total of 26 Grand Tours (6 Tours, 7 Giros and 13 Vueltas), and finished in 25 of them, only abandoning the 1984 Vuelta a España on the last stage.[1]
Career achievements
[edit]Major results
[edit]- 1979
- 3rd Clásica a los Puertos
- 1980
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
- 9th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 5b
- 1981
- 2nd Overall Vuelta Asturias
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Clásica a los Puertos
- 1983
- 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
- 1st GP Camp de Morvedre
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 3rd Clásica a los Puertos
- 6th Overall Vuelta a España
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 5
- 1984
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
- 3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1985
- 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 7th Subida a Arrate
- 8th Overall Route du Sud
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 15
- 1986
- 1st Stage 17 Tour de France
- 1987
- 1st Stage 22 Tour de France
- 3rd Trofeo Luis Puig
- 6th Trofeo Masferrer
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1990
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 13
- Combativity award
- 1991
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 4a
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 13
- 1992
- 3rd Clásica a los Puertos
- 1993
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Year | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
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Vuelta a España | 36 | 11 | 14 | 6 | DNF | 29 | 24 | 36 | 67 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 43 | 22 |
Giro d'Italia | — | 16 | 19 | 8 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 10 | — | 32 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 14 | 25 | 30 | — | 6 | 11 | — | — |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website (in Spanish)
- Eduardo Chozas at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official Tour de France results for Eduardo Chozas