Domingo Perurena
 Perurena, c. 1973 | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Domingo Perurena Telletxea | |||||||||||
| Nickname | Txomin | |||||||||||
| Born | 15 December 1943 Oiartzun, Spain | |||||||||||
| Died | 8 June 2023 (aged 79) | |||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||
| Rider type | Climber specialist Sprinter | |||||||||||
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| 1962 | Nuarbe | |||||||||||
| 1963–1964 | Olarra | |||||||||||
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| 1965 | Mobylette GAC | |||||||||||
| 1966–1969 | Fagor | |||||||||||
| 1970–1978 | Kas–Kaskol | |||||||||||
| 1979 | Teka | |||||||||||
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| 1980–1982 | Teka | |||||||||||
| 1984–1991 | Orbea–Danena | |||||||||||
| 1992 | Festina–Lotus | |||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Euskadi–Petronor | |||||||||||
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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
[edit]- 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
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 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
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ Domingo Perurena Telletxea. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ a b Addio a Domingo “Txomin” Perurena: è morto a 79 anni (in Italian)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Domingo Perurena.
- Palmarès of Domingo Perurena at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-05-17) (in Spanish)
- Domingo Perurena at ProCyclingStats