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José Martín Farfán
Colombian cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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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
- Wore
- 1990
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 18
- 1st
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1991
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st
Combination classification - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 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
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