Francisco Cerezo
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| 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]
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
- 1999
- 2nd National Road race Championships
- 6th
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 |
References[]
- ^ "Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Cipollini thrown out of Tour of Spain after violent brawl". irishtimes.com. 31 August 2000. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Francisco Javier Cerezo". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
External links[]
- Francisco Cerezo at Cycling Archives
- Francisco Cerezo at ProCyclingStats
- Francisco Cerezo at Cycling Quotient
- Trap-Friis profile (source)
- Photo: http://www.louison.dds.nl/Cerezo.jpg
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