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Pedro Delgado Information
Pedro Delgado
Delgado in Zaragoza at the 2004 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full name
Pedro Delgado Robledo
Nickname
Perico
Date of birth
April 15, 1960 (1960-04-15)(age 48)
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)
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 was the winner of 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 governing bodies, such as the IOC, recognized probenecid as a doping agent, the UCI, which oversaw cycling, did not, and thus Delgado was allowed to continue in the event without sanction.
He presently works as a sports commentator for Televisión Española during large cycling events.
He managed to finish his secondary school education before his professional success. He is 171 cm. tall (5 ft 7-1/2 in) and used to weigh 64 kg. (141 lb.), which made him highly effective in the mountain stages. He had an aggressive racing style, making cycling a spectacle, which gained him support from many fans.
Arguably his most spectacular performance was not that of year of his win, but it was the following year when he made his defence of the 1988 yellow jersey. Showing up an astonishing 2'40" late for the prologue he put in a superb ride time (3rd fasted behind Charlie Mottet and Greg LeMond), but actually finished the day last on the general clasification because the race organisors started the clock at the time Delgado should have ridden down the start ramp. He therefore became the only defending champion to begin the race proper as the last placed rider.
Clearly believing he could still win the 1989 Tour de France Delgado rode the whole race on the offensive, but a weak team time trial due to temporary illness, where he would have been dropped by his team had they not waited for him more or less cost him the race, and he finished in Paris third behind LeMond and Fignon. Even accounting for his 2'40" initial deficit Delgado would not have won the 1989 Tour because the time he lost in the team time trial.
Had it not been for the constant swapping between those two riders of the yellow jersey, and that final individual time trial by LeMond to take the race by the closet ever margin, Delgado's troubled race would certainly be the biggest drama of the 1989 Tour de France.
Trivia
His name was the inspiration for the name of the now-disbanded Scottish rock group The Delgados.
Major results
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
1989: 3rd overall; 2nd mountains classification
1990: 4th overall
1991: 9th overall
1992: 6th overall
1993: 9th overall
1988: 7th overall
1991: 15th 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
Vuelta a Murcia (1981)
Subida a Urkiola (1991)
GP Miguel Indurain (1990)
External links
Pedro Delgado's Official Website
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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Tour de France Yellow jersey winners
1903 Maurice Garin ·1904 Henri Cornet ·1905 Louis Trousselier ·1906 René Pottier ·1907-1908 Lucien Petit-Breton ·1909 François Faber ·1910 Octave Lapize ·1911 Gustave Garrigou ·1912 Odile Defraye ·1913-1914 Philippe Thys ·1915-1918 World War I ·1919 Firmin Lambot ·1920 Philippe Thys ·1921 Léon Scieur ·
Pedro Delgado (born 1960 - 04-15 in Segovia ), also known as Perico , is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer . He was the winner of the 1988 Tour de France , and the Vuelta a España in ...
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1st overall; 3rd mountains classification; 11 days in maillot jaune
1st overall; 1 stage win
