Faustino Rupérez

Faustino Rupérez Rincón (born 29 July 1956) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1979 and 1985. Ruperez is most famous for capturing the overall title at the 1980 Vuelta a España.

He finished 4th in the 1979 Vuelta a España, won the 1981 Volta a Catalunya and finished 2nd overall at the 1984 Tour of the Basque Country behind Sean Kelly.

Since retiring from competitive cycling, Rupérez has served as a directeur sportif for the Spain national team.

Major results

 * 1977
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
 * 1st Stages 2 & 4
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall Volta a Lleida


 * 1978
 * 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir


 * 1979
 * 1st MaillotEspaña.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
 * 1st Stage 5b Vuelta a Aragón
 * 1st Stage 5 Costa del Azahar
 * 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
 * 3rd GP Navarra
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 1980
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey gold.svg|20px]] Overall Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stages 5 & 7
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía


 * 1981
 * 1st MaillotVolta.png Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Overall Six Days of Madrid (with Donald Allan)
 * 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Cantabria
 * 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
 * 4th Subida al Naranco
 * 4th Trofeo Masferrer
 * 8th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 1982
 * 1st Giro del Piemonte
 * 1st GP Villafranca de Ordizia
 * 1st GP Pascuas
 * 1st Stage 4a Vuelta a Burgos
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
 * 2nd Subida a Arrate
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a España
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 4th Subida al Naranco
 * 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
 * 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country


 * 1983
 * 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
 * 2nd Clásica de Sabiñánigo
 * 2nd Subida a Arrate
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
 * 5th Clásica de San Sebastián
 * 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 1984
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a La Rioja
 * 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
 * 10th Clásica de San Sebastián


 * 1985
 * 1st Memorial Alberto Fernandez
 * 2nd Trofeo Luis Puig
 * 10th Clásica de San Sebastián