José Martín Farfán

José Martín Farfán Pulido (born 21 August 1965) is a Colombian former road cyclist, who was a professional from 1988 to 1995. He was nicknamed Farfantastico during his career. Farfán is one of only 4 Colombians to win the Mountain jersey at the Vuelta a España.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Farfán and the second or maternal family name is Pulido.
José Martín Farfán
Personal information
Full nameJosé Martín Farfán Pulido
NicknameFarfantastico
Born (1965-08-21) 21 August 1965
Facatativá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1988–1989Café de Colombia
1990–1993Kelme–Ibexpress
1994Postobón–Manzana
1995Kelme–Sureña
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (1990)
1 individual stage (1990)

Career

In the 1989 Vuelta a España while racing the Stage 15 Time trial Farfán finished in third this was enough to put him into the lead of the race by 2 seconds to eventual winner Pedro Delgado.[2] Farfán's biggest win of his career was Stage 18 of the 1990 Vuelta a España which he won ahead of teammate and fellow Colombian Fabio Parra.[3] This victory would move Farfán up to 6th overall, he would lose time in the remaining stages to finish eleventh at the end of the Vuelta.[4] He did end up winning the Mountains classification for most mountain points that year.[5]

Major results

Sources:[6][7][8]

1987
2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
1988
4th Overall Vuelta al Táchira
1st Stage 2b
1989
1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN
Vuelta a España
Wore after Stage 15
1990
Vuelta a España
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 18
7th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1991
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Combination classification
1st Stage 6
9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
9th Overall Tour of Galicia
1992
1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
4th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 6
10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1993
5th Clásica de Almería
10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1994
1st Overall Vuelta al Tolima
2nd Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stage 2
1995
1st Mountains classification, Clásico RCN

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Vuelta a España 23 11 53 38 40 — DNF
Giro d'Italia — — — — DNF — 49
Tour de France — DNF — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Ciclismo: La Vuelta toma de la mano a Contador". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 16 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 May 1989. p. 44. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 May 1990. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1990. p. 41. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. Marin, Toni (31 October 2018). "Martín Farfán: el rey de la montaña en entredicho". Ciclismo para ciclistas, amantes del deporte de las dos ruedas (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. "José Martín Farfán Pulido". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. "José Martín Farfán". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  8. "José Martín Farfán". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.


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