Monuments & Tributes
- In Torres Vedras, on top of the Parque Verde da Várzea, there is a monument built in honour of Joaquim Agostinho.
- In the gardens of Silveira a monument was inaugurated on 14 May 1989.
- The 'Avenida Joaquim Agostinho' (avenue) leads to the centre the Santa Cruz Beach.
- In France, on the 14th curve of the Alpe d'Huez, a bronze bust (1.70 m high, 70 cm wide and weighing 70 kg), mounted on a granite pedestal three feet high, commemorates his stage victory in 1979.
- In 2000 the journalists of A Bola selected Agostinho as the 4th most important Portuguese Sportsman of the 20th Century, behind Eusébio (1st), Carlos Lopes (2nd) and Rosa Mota (3rd).
- In 1984 Agostinho was awarded the official title Grau de Oficial da Ordem do Infante, by then President of Portugal Ramalho Eanes.
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