Joaquim Agostinho - Notable Results

Notable Results

  • Volta a Portugal:
    • Winner: 1970,1971,1972
    • 26 stages
  • Tour de France:
1969:8th place, winner stages 5 and 14
1970:14th place
1971:5th place
1972:8th place
1973:8th place, winner stage 16B
1974:6th place
1975:15th place
1977:13th place, winner stage 18 (later awarded to Eddy Merckx, for testing doping)
1978:3rd place
1979:3rd place, winner stage 17
1980:5th place
1981:not finished
1983:11th place
  • Vuelta a España
    • 2nd: 1974
    • 3 stages
    • 5 days yellow jersey
  • Portuguese championship
    • Champion: 1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973

  • Famous Stages:
    • Alpe d'Huez (Tour) - 1979
    • Lagos de Covadonga (Vuelta) - 1974
    • Torre (Volta a Portugal)- 1971, 1973
    • Penhas da Saúde (Volta a Portugal)- 1970, 1971
    • Solothurn Balmberg (Tour de Suisse) - 1972
  • Trofeo Baracchi (1969, with Herman van Springel)

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