Francisco Cerezo

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Francisco Cerezo
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco Javier Cerezo Perales
Born (1971-01-06) 6 January 1971 (age 54)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1992 Seur
1993–1998 Deportpublic - Otero
1999–2000 Vitalicio Seguros
2001–2002 CSC–Tiscali
2003 Cafés Baqué

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

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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 1994199519961997199819992000200120022003
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia – 119 98 – – 39 – – 59 –
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France – – – – – 47 – 118 – –
Jersey gold.svg Vuelta a España 84 53 39 32 DNF – 55 – – 96

References

  1. ↑ "Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Cipollini thrown out of Tour of Spain after violent brawl". irishtimes.com. 31 August 2000. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Francisco Javier Cerezo". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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