José Martín Farfán Pulido (born 21 August 1965) is a Colombian former road cyclist, who was a professional from 1988 to 1995. He was nicknamed Farfantastico during his career. Farfán is one of only 4 Colombians to win the Mountain jersey at the Vuelta a España.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | José Martín Farfán Pulido |
| Nickname | Farfantastico |
| Born | 21 August 1965 Facatativá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1988–1989 | Café de Colombia |
| 1990–1993 | Kelme–Ibexpress |
| 1994 | Postobón–Manzana |
| 1995 | Kelme–Sureña |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Career
editIn the 1989 Vuelta a España while racing the Stage 15 Time trial Farfán finished in third this was enough to put him into the lead of the race by 2 seconds to eventual winner Pedro Delgado.[2] Farfán's biggest win of his career was Stage 18 of the 1990 Vuelta a España which he won ahead of teammate and fellow Colombian Fabio Parra.[3] This victory would move Farfán up to 6th overall, he would lose time in the remaining stages to finish eleventh at the end of the Vuelta.[4] He did end up winning the Mountains classification for most mountain points that year.[5]
Major results
edit- 1987
- 2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
- 1988
- 4th Overall Vuelta al Táchira
- 1st Stage 2b
- 1989
- 1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN
- Vuelta a España
- Wore
after Stage 15
- Wore
- 1990
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 18
- 1st
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1991
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st
Combination classification - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 9th Overall Tour of Galicia
- 1992
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 6
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1993
- 5th Clásica de Almería
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1994
- 1st Overall Vuelta al Tolima
- 2nd Overall Clásico RCN
- 1st Stage 2
- 1995
- 1st Mountains classification, Clásico RCN
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
23 | 11 | 53 | 38 | 40 | — | DNF |
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | DNF | — | 49 |
| Tour de France
|
— | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Ciclismo: La Vuelta toma de la mano a Contador". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 16 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 May 1989. p. 44. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 May 1990. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1990. p. 41. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Marin, Toni (31 October 2018). "Martín Farfán: el rey de la montaña en entredicho". Ciclismo para ciclistas, amantes del deporte de las dos ruedas (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "José Martín Farfán Pulido". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "José Martín Farfán". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "José Martín Farfán". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
External links
edit- José Martín Farfán at Cycling Archives
- José Martín Farfán at CycleBase
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