Francisco Cepeda

Francisco Cepeda (8 March 1906 – 14 July 1935) was a Spanish cyclist.

On July 11, 1935 Cepeda crashed on the outskirts of Rioupéroux during the seventh stage of the Tour de France, 60 kilometres after crossing the summit of the Col du Galibier. His unconscious body was rushed to a hospital in Grenoble where he died three days later, on July 14, becoming the Tour’s first racing fatality, and only the second rider to die during the race, after Adolphe Hélière’s rest-day death in 1910 while swimming.

Major results

1925 1st Circuito de Getxo 1926 2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 2nd Circuito de Getxo 1927 3rd Spanish National Road Race Championships 1929 1st Circuito de Getxo 1st GP Pascuas 1st Vuelta a Alava 2nd GP Vizcaya 1931 2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 3rd GP Vizcaya 1932 3rd Vuelta a Alava