Francisco Cerezo

Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (born 1971), known as Francisco Cerezo for short, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.^[1]

Francisco Cerezo

Personal information
Full name	Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales
Born	(1971-01-06) 6 January 1971 (age 54)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1992	Seur
1993–1998	Deportpublic - Otero
1999–2000	Vitalicio Seguros
2001–2002	CSC–Tiscali
2003	Cafés Baqué

Career

He rode at the Danish professional cycling team of CSC-Tiscali, which he joined in 2001 from the Spanish team Vitalicio Seguros. He left the team in 2002 to join the Spanish team Cafés Baqué. In the 2000 Vuelta a España he was involved in a heated argument, which turned violent, with Mario Cipollini resulting in Cipollini being kicked from the race and Cerezo needing three stitches in his face.^[2]

Major results

Source:^[3]

1989

3rd Junior Time trial Championships

1992

4th Subida al Naranco

1993

1st Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo

1994

1st Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias

1998

2nd Trofeo Luis Ocana

1999

2nd National Road race Championships

6th Memorial Manuel Galera

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Giro d'Italia	–	119	98	–	–	39	–	–	59	–
Tour de France	–	–	–	–	–	47	–	118	–	–
Vuelta a España	84	53	39	32	DNF	–	55	–	–	96