Francisco Masip (8 August 1926 – 25 September 2015) was a Spanish professional cyclist.[2] He was professional from 1948 until 1960.[3][4]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Francisco Masip Llop[1] |
Born | Barcelona, Spain | 8 August 1926
Died | 25 September 2015 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain | (aged 89)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1948 | Insecticidas Z.Z. |
1949–1951 | Individual |
1952 | Torpado |
1953 | Metropole-Hutchinson |
1953 | Peña Solera |
1954 | Gitane–Hutchinson |
1954 | Ideor |
1954–1956 | Splendid-d'Alessandro |
1957 | Ignis–Doniselli |
1957 | Mobylette Coabania |
1958 | Ignis–Doniselli |
1958 | Peña Solera-Cacaolat |
1959 | Maderas Goiria |
1960 | Maderas Goiria |
1960 | Faema |
Major wins | |
Spanish National Road Race Championships (1953) 1st stages in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (1955) |
Biography
editMasip was born in Santa Coloma de Gramanet on August 8, 1926, and in Catalonia.[5] He has lived in Santa Coloma de Gramenet for his entire life.[6]
Career
editHe was the first Spanish cyclist to participate in five consecutive Tour de France editions, between 1951 and 1955. His cycling career spanned 16 seasons, from 1945 to 1960, in which he obtained a total of 19 victories.[7]
Major results
edit- 1945
- 3rd Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1946
- 5th Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1948
- 1st Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 8th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana
- 1949
- 3rd National Climbing Championships
- 1950
- 1st Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1st Trofeo Masferrer
- 2nd Overall GP Catalunya
- 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1951
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1952
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1953
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1954
- 1st Clásica a los Puertos
- 2nd Overall Volta a Tarragona
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 1955
- 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana
- 1st Stages 1 & 6
- 1st Stage 6a Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2nd Clásica a los Puertos
- 3rd Trofeo Masferrer
- 1956
- 1st Trofeo Masferrer
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 3rd National Climbing Championships
- 1959
- 6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
Grand Tour results
editTour de France
editVuelta a España
editGiro d'Italia
edit- 1954: 39th
References
edit- ^ "Francisco MASIP LLOP" (in Italian). museociclismo.it. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Francisco Masip, el campeón" (in Spanish). firstcycling.com. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Francisco Masip Llop" (in Italian). museociclismo.it. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Fallece Francisco Masip". Mundo Deportivo. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Photo album Francisco Masip Llop". cyclingarchives.com/. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Francisco Masip information". worldcyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Francisco Masip". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Francisco Masip information" (in French). lequipe.fr. Archived from the original on 2006-11-25. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
External links
edit- Francisco Masip at Cycling Archives (archived)