Julio Jiménez

Julio Jiménez Muñoz (28 October 1934 – 8 June 2022) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist.

Early life Jiménez's father was an ambulance driver during Spain's Civil War, and later a chauffeur for a general in the Spanish army, who gave Jiménez his first bike as a gift. As an amateur rider, he won a stage at the 1960 Volta a Catalunya, which helped him earn his first professional contract.

Career Known as a climbing specialist, he won the King of the Mountains title six times at Grand Tours. He won five stages of the Tour de France in his career; stage 20 of the 1964 Tour de France was one of the most famous stages in TDF history due to the battle up the Puy-de-Dôme between Anquetil and Poulidor. This stage was won by Jiménez, who was able to cross the line 0:11 ahead of Spanish climber Federico Bahamontes, 0:57 ahead of Poulidor, 1:30 ahead of Vittorio Adorni and 1:39 ahead of Anquetil. Although beaten by Bahamontes in the Mountains classification at the 1964 Tour, Jiménez would win the Mountains classification at the next three Tours de France, also finishing second overall in 1967.

In 1965, he became one of (now) four riders to complete the Tour/Vuelta double by winning both Tour's mountains competition in the same year. He also wore the leaders jersey at the 1964 Vuelta; and the 1966 and 1968 Giro d'Italia. He retired after the 1969 season, returning to his home town of Avila where he opened a nightclub and restaurant.

Major results

1960 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya 1961 Vuelta a Colombia 1st Stages 6, 8, 9 & 11 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Eibarko Bizikleta 5th Campeonato Vasco Navarro de Montaña 5th GP Ayuntamiento de Bilbao 1962 1st Subida a Urkiola 1st Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya 2nd Subida a Arrate 1963 1st Mountains classification, Vuelta a España 4th GP Ayuntamiento de Bilbao 5th Mont Faron Hill Climb 8th Road race, National Road Championships 9th Trofeo Jaumendreu 1964

1st Subida a Urkiola 2nd Overall Eibarko Bizikleta 1st Stage 4 5th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 5 & 14 5th GP Ayuntamiento de Bilbao 6th Subida a Arrate 7th Overall Tour de France 1st Stages 3b (TTT), 13 & 20 1965

1st Stage 2 (ITT) 1st Subida a Urkiola Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 9 & 17 Vuelta a España 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 10b 1966 Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 16 2nd Subida al Naranco 2nd Circuit d'Auvergne 4th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 2 & 15

1967 1st Polymultipliée 1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg 2nd Overall Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 2nd Mont Faron Hill Climb 3rd À travers Lausanne 1968 2nd Overall Vuelta a Mallorca 1st Stage 4a 2nd Overall Polymultipliée 10th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 9 & 18

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish