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Pedro Delgado
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| Delgado in Zaragoza at the 2004 Vuelta a España | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Pedro Delgado Robledo |
| Nickname | Perico |
| Date of birth | April 15, 1960 |
| Country |  Spain |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1982-1984 1985 1986-1987 1988-1994 |
Reynolds Seat-Orbea PDM Reynolds/Banesto |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France (1988) Vuelta a España (1985, 1989) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| August 20, 2007 | |
Pedro Delgado Robledo (born April 15, 1960 in Segovia), also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989.
He became an impetus for change in cycling's doping regulations after testing positive for probenecid, a masking agent, during the 1988 Tour de France. Though other sports bodies, such as the IOC, recognized probenecid as doping, the UCI, which oversaw cycling, did not, thus Delgado was allowed to continue.
He works now as a sports commentator for Televisión Española during large cycling events.
He is 171 centimetres tall (5 ft 7-1/2 in) and used to weigh 64 kilograms (141 lb), which made him a good climber. He had an aggressive style, making cycling a spectacle, which gained him fans.
His most spectacular performance was not his win but the following year. Showing up 2m 40s late for the prologue, he was beaten on time only by Charly Mottet and Greg LeMond but finished the day last on general classification because of lost time. He became the only defending champion to begin the race in last place.
Delgado rode the whole race on the offensive, but a weak team time trial due to illness - he would have been dropped by his team had they not waited - cost him the race and he finished third behind LeMond and Laurent Fignon. Delgado would not have won the 1989 Tour even without his lost 2m 40s.
[edit] Major results
- 1983: 15th overall
- 1984: did not finish
- 1985: 6th overall; winner stage 17
- 1986: did not finish; winner stage 12
- 1987: 2nd overall; 3rd points classification; 1st stage 19; Combativity award; 4 days in maillot jaune
- 1988:
1st overall; 3rd mountains classification; 11 days in maillot jaune; winner stage 13 - 1989: 3rd overall; 2nd mountains classification
- 1990: 4th overall
- 1991: 9th overall
- 1992: 6th overall
- 1993: 9th overall
- 1982: 29th overall
- 1983: 15th overall
- 1984: 4th overall
- 1985:
1st overall; 1 stage win - 1986: 10th overall
- 1987: 10th overall
- 1989: 1st overall; 3 stage wins
- 1990: 2nd overall
- 1992: 10th overall; 1 stage win
- 1993: 6th overall
- 1994: 3rd overall
- Other one-day races and stage races
- Vuelta a Murcia (1981)
- Subida a Urkiola (1991)
- GP Miguel Indurain (1990)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Pedro Delgado's Official Website
- Pedro Delgado profile at the Cycling Website
- Official Tour de France results for Pedro Delgado
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Stephen Roche |
Winner of the Tour de France 1988 |
Succeeded by Greg LeMond |
| Preceded by Seán Kelly |
Winner of the Vuelta a España 1989 |
Succeeded by Marco Giovanetti |
| Preceded by Éric Caritoux |
Winner of the Vuelta a España 1985 |
Succeeded by Álvaro Pino |
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