Personal information | |
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Full name | Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales |
Born | 6 January 1971 |
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 |
Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (born 1971), known as Francisco Cerezo for short, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. [1]
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]
Source: [3]
Grand Tour | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
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Giro d'Italia | – | 119 | 98 | – | – | 39 | – | – | 59 | – |
Tour de France | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | – | 118 | – | – |
Vuelta a España | 84 | 53 | 39 | 32 | DNF | – | 55 | – | – | 96 |
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