Antonio Suárez Vázquez

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 mountains classification of 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

1956 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias 1st Stage 1 1957 1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España 1st Stages 1 & 8 Vuelta a Levante 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a La Rioja 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stage 7 1958 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stage 2 Circuito Montañés 3rd Overall Eibarko Bizikleta 1st Stage 5 1959 1st Overall Vuelta a España 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 5 & 10 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1960 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Overall Barcelona–Madrid 1st Stage 1 1st Stage 14 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 3 Eibarko Bizikleta 1961 1st Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 7 4th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 1st Stage 12 (ITT) 1962 2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 3rd Giro dell'Emilia 1963 2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu 6th Overall Vuelta a España 1964 3rd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama