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Spanish cyclist (1943–2023)
Domingo Perurena Telletxea or Txomin Perurena (15 December 1943 – 8 June 2023) was a Spanish professional
road racing cyclist . He was most famous for winning the overall
mountains classification of
1974 Tour de France . He also finished second at the
1975 Vuelta a España and won a total of 12 stages in this race.
[1] With 158 professional wins he is the winningest Spanish rider in the sport's history
[2]
Perurena died on 8 June 2023, at the age of 79.
[2]
Major results
1965
1st
Vuelta a Cantabria
2nd
Team time trial ,
UCI Road World Championships
9th Overall
Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 8
1966
1st
Subida al Naranco
1st Stage 18
Vuelta a España
2nd
GP Pascuas
5th Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
9th Overall
Euskal Bizikleta
1st Stage 4
1967
1st Overall
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stages 3 & 5
1st Trofeo Juan Fina
1st Stage 2
Vuelta a España
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stages 4 & 7
3rd
Trofeo Masferrer
4th Overall
Euskal Bizikleta
1st Stage 3
7th Gran Premio Fedrácion Catalana de Ciclismo
1968
1st
GP Pascuas
1st Trofeo Juan Fina
1st Barcelona-Andorra
1st Stage 10
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 3
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 2
Euskal Bizikleta
1st Stage 3
Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja
7th Overall
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stage 6
1969
1st
GP Pascuas
1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
1st Stage 4
Vuelta a España
Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja
1st Stages 2 & 3b
1st Stage 7
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
9th Overall
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 5b (
ITT )
1970
1st Trofeo Elola
1st Stage 5
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 2
Tour de Picardie
1st Stage 2a
Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja
2nd
Clásica de Sabiñánigo
3rd
GP Pascuas
5th Overall
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 4
10th Overall
Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
1971
1st
GP Pascuas
1st
Klasika Primavera
1st
GP Villafranca de Ordizia
1st
Trofeo Masferrer
1st Stage 6
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 4
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 3
Vuelta a Mallorca
2nd Grand Prix de Valence
2nd
Clásica de Sabiñánigo
3rd Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 1 & 2
3rd
Road race , National Road Championships
3rd
Druivenkoers Overijse
4th Overall
Vuelta a Cantabria
1st Stages 1a, 1b, 4 & 6
1972
1st Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 3
1st Overall GP Leganes
1st
GP Villafranca de Ordizia
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 4 & 5
Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stages 2, 3 & 5a
1st Stage 2b Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
1st Stage 3
Tour de la Nouvelle France
2nd Grand Prix de Valence
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
3rd Overall
Vuelta a Cantabria
1st Stages 1a, 3 & 5
5th Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 1, 2a & 3
6th Overall
Vuelta a España
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 10
7th
Milan–San Remo
10th Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stages 4 & 5
1973
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
1st
Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 1 & 5
1st Trofeo Elola
1st GP Navarra
1st Stage 13
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 7
Tour de Suisse
Vuelta a Mallorca
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 5
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 1
Vuelta a Cantabria
2nd Grand Prix de Valence
3rd Overall
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 3 & 5
3rd Overall GP Leganes
9th Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
1974
1st
GP Pascuas
1st
Trofeo Masferrer
1st Stage 4
Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 1a
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 2a
Vuelta a Asturias
1st
Mountains classification
Tour de France
2nd
Klasika Primavera
2nd GP Navarra
3rd Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 1 & 3a
4th Overall
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4a
5th Overall
Vuelta a España
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 5 & 7
8th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
1975
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
1st
Trofeo Masferrer
1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
1st Stage 7a
Giro d'Italia
Vuelta a Cantabria
1st Stages 3a & 4
1st Stage 4
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 5
Ronde van Nederland
1st Stage 3 GP Leganes
2nd Overall
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 13
2nd
GP Pascuas
3rd GP Navarra
5th Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1st Prologue & Stages 1a & 6
5th Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stages 2 & 3
7th Overall
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stage 5
1976
1st Overall GP Leganes
1st
GP Pascuas
1st
GP Villafranca de Ordizia
1st Trofeo Elola
1st Stage 4
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 1
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 2a
Vuelta a Cantabria
3rd Overall
Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stages 3 & 6a
8th Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1977
1st Grand Prix de Valence
2nd Overall
Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja
3rd Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
4th Overall
Vuelta a España
5th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
5th GP Navarra
6th
GP Pascuas
6th GP Leganes
7th Overall
Vuelta a Asturias
8th Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 3
1978
1st
GP Pascuas
1st
Klasika Primavera
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 7 & 19a
2nd Grand Prix de Valence
8th Overall Costa del Azahar
Team management
He was a directeur sportif in
Teka ,
Orbea ,
Caja Rural ,
Paternina ,
Artiach ,
Lotus and
Euskadi . Riders under his direction included
Alberto Fernández ,
Marino Lejarreta ,
Federico Echave ,
Mathieu Hermans ,
Peio Ruiz Cabestany ,
Pedro Delgado ,
Sean Kelly and
Roberto Laiseka .
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