Francisco Cerezo

Francisco Cerezo
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales
Born	6 January 1971
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1992	Seur
1993–1998	Deportpublic - Otero
1999–2000	Vitalicio Seguros
2001–2002	CSC–Tiscali
2003	Cafés Baqué

Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (born 1971), known as Francisco Cerezo for short, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.[1]

Career

He rode at the Danish professional cycling team of CSC-Tiscali, which he joined in 2001 from the Spanish team Vitalicio Seguros. He left the team in 2002 to join the Spanish team Cafés Baqué. In the 2000 Vuelta a España he was involved in a heated argument, which turned violent, with Mario Cipollini resulting in Cipollini being kicked from the race and Cerezo needing three stitches in his face.[2]

Source:[3]

Grand Tour	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Giro d'Italia	–	119	98	–	–	39	–	–	59	–
Tour de France	–	–	–	–	–	47	–	118	–	–
Vuelta a España	84	53	39	32	DNF	–	55	–	–	96

"Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
"Cipollini thrown out of Tour of Spain after violent brawl". irishtimes.com. 31 August 2000. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
"Francisco Javier Cerezo". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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