Fernando Escartín

Fernando Escartín Coti (born 24 January 1968) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist. Between 1995 and 2000 he came in the top 10 of the Tour de France five times and in that same time period finished on the podium in 2nd place at the Vuelta a España, twice.

Biography
Escartín was born in Biescas, Aragon.

Tour de France
Escartín won a stage and finished third overall in the 1999 Tour de France. Of the cyclists who finished on the podium in the era in which Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times (1999–2005), Escartín is the sole rider not to be implicated in a doping scandal. In response to the Armstrong doping scandal, Escartin stated, "Lance Armstrong remains the 1999 Tour winner, second Zulle and third, me... It's 13 years now since this all happened. It seems completely illogical and unreal. I don't want to even think about it."

Escartín was, however, one of the names involved with the Giardini Margherita Raid where prescriptions for banned substances were found, handwritten by sports doctors.

Retirement
Escartín rode his last race at a criterium in Llobregat on 4 November 2002, before retiring from professional cycling.

He has worked as a race co-designer for the Vuelta a España since retirement.

Major results

 * 1993
 * 1st Gran Premio de Náquera
 * 1st Stage 5 Tour of Galicia
 * 2nd Trofeo Luis Ocaña
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Klasika Primavera
 * 9th Overall Critérium International
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 1994
 * 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
 * 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 7th Subida al Naranco
 * 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 1995
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Aragón
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
 * 2nd Subida al Naranco
 * 3rd Klasika Primavera
 * 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 6th Overall Critérium International
 * 7th Overall Tour de France
 * 10th Overall Tour de Suisse


 * 1996
 * 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
 * 7th Subida al Naranco
 * 8th Overall Tour de France
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 1997
 * 1st MaillotVolta.png Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Stage 6
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 5th Overall Tour de France
 * 6th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
 * 9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
 * 10th Grand Prix Navarre


 * 1998
 * 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Aragón
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
 * 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Stage 8
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
 * 8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a Asturias


 * 1999
 * 3rd Overall Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 15
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 1st Stages 4 & 5
 * 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
 * 1st Stages 3 & 5
 * 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya


 * 2000
 * 2nd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
 * 4th Overall Tour of Galicia
 * 7th Overall Vuelta a España
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 8th Overall Tour de France
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
 * 10th Overall Euskal Bizikleta


 * 2001
 * 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 3rd Züri-Metzgete
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 2002
 * 4th GP Miguel Induráin
 * 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 8th Overall Giro d'Italia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
DNF=Did not finish