Jose Manuel Fuente

Jose Manuel Fuente Lavandera is a Spanish cyclist born the September 30th 1945 in Limares (Asturies) and deceased the July 18th 1996 with Oviedo. It was professional of 1970 with 1976.

Pure climbing, Fuente is distinguished especially in the races with stages. It thus gained 4 times the Grand Prix of the Mountain from the Tour of Italy and 1 time that of the Tour of Spain. It with the characteristic to have gained stages in the three Large Turns. He knows the dedication by gaining the Turn of Spain 1972, whereas it was not at the beginning that the team-member of the favorite Miguel-Maria Lasa. Two years later, in 1974, Fuente dominate its adversaries in the mountain. It is victim of a fall at the time of the 18th stage which weakens it for last against-the-watch. Its main adversary, the Portuguese Joaquim Agostinho, manages to begin again to him more than 2 minutes on this stage, but it is not sufficient and Fuente preserves only 11 seconds in advance and gains its second Vuelta!

Teams

1969 to 1970: Karpy
1971 to 1975: Kas-Kaskol
1976 : Bianchi-Campagnolo

Prize list

2 Turns of Spain (1972, 1974)
Turn of Switzerland 1973
9 stages of the Turn of Italy (1971, 1972,1973,1974)
3 stages of the Turn of Spain (1972, 1974)
2 stages of the Tour de France (1971)
2nd of the Turn of Italy 1972
3rd of the Tour de France 1973

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