Antonio Suárez

Antonio Suárez Vázquez (20 May 1932 – 6 January 1981) was a professional road racing cyclist from Spain between 1956 and 1965. He is most famous for winning the overall title and the climbers classification at the 1959 Vuelta a España. In addition, Suarez won the points classification at the 1961 Vuelta and a career total of five stages at the Vuelta.

Suárez also won a stage and finished on the podium in third place at the 1961 Giro d’Italia behind Arnaldo Pambianco of Italy and Jacques Anquetil of France.

Major results

 * 1957 – Guardio de Franco
 * ???, Overall, Vuelta a España
 * 1st, Stage 16, (San Sebastián - Bilbao, 193 km)
 * 1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol


 * 1958 – Lube
 * 1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol
 * 64th, Overall, Tour de France


 * 1959 – Licor 43
 * Jersey yellow.svg, Overall, Vuelta a España
 * 1st, King of the Mountains Classification
 * 1st, Stage 5, (Guadix -Murcia, 225 km)
 * 1st, Stage 10, (Granollers- Lérida, 183 km)
 * 🇪🇸 Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion


 * 1960 – Faema
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st, Stage 14, (San Sebastián - Vitoria, 263 km)
 * 🇪🇸 Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
 * 17th, Overall, Tour de France


 * 1961 – Faema
 * 3rd, Overall, Giro d'Italia
 * 1st, Stage 7
 * 4th, Overall, Vuelta a España
 * 1st, Points classification
 * 1st, Stage 12, Valladolid -Palencia, 40 km (ITT)
 * 🇪🇸 Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion


 * 1962 – Ghigi


 * 1963 – Faema-Flandria
 * 6th, Overall, Vuelta a España
 * 43rd, Overall, Tour de France


 * 1964 – IBAC


 * 1965 – Tedi Montjuich