Fernando Escartín Explained
| Fernando Escartín |
| Full Name: | Fernando Escartín Coti |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Biescas, Spain |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Weight: | 64 kg |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Proyears1: | 1990–1993 |
| Proyears2: | 1994–1995 |
| Proyears3: | 1996–2000 |
| Proyears4: | 2001–2002 |
| Majorwins: | Grand Tours Tour de France
1 individual stage (1999)Stage races
Volta a Catalunya (1997)
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Fernando Escartín Coti (born 24 January 1968) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist. Between 1995 and 2000 he came in the top 10 of the Tour de France five times and in that same time period finished on the podium in 2nd place at the Vuelta a España, twice.
Biography
Escartín was born in Biescas, Aragon.
Tour de France
Escartín won a stage and finished third overall in the 1999 Tour de France. Of the cyclists who finished on the podium in the era in which Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times (1999–2005), Escartín is the sole rider not to be implicated in a doping scandal.[1] In response to the Armstrong doping scandal, Escartin stated, "Lance Armstrong remains the 1999 Tour winner, second Zulle and third, me... It's 13 years now since this all happened. It seems completely illogical and unreal. I don't want to even think about it."
Escartín was, however, one of the names involved with the Giardini Margherita Raid where prescriptions for banned substances were found, handwritten by sports doctors.[2]
Retirement
Escartín rode his last race at a criterium in Llobregat on 4 November 2002, before retiring from professional cycling.[3]
He has worked as a race co-designer for the Vuelta a España since retirement.[4]
Career achievements
Major results
- 1993
1st Gran Premio de Náquera
1st Stage 5 Tour of Galicia
2nd Trofeo Luis Ocaña
3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Klasika Primavera
9th Overall Critérium International
10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1994
1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
7th Subida al Naranco
8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1995
1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 3
1st Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
1st Stage 1
1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
2nd Subida al Naranco
3rd Klasika Primavera
6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
6th Overall Critérium International
7th Overall Tour de France
10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1996
1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
7th Subida al Naranco
8th Overall Tour de France
10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1997
1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 6
2nd Overall Vuelta a España
3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
5th Overall Tour de France
6th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
10th Grand Prix Navarre
- 1998
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Aragón
2nd Overall Vuelta a España
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 8
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
9th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1999
3rd Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 15
3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stages 4 & 5
4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
1st Stages 3 & 5
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2000
2nd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
4th Overall Tour of Galicia
7th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Overall Tour de France
9th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
10th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 2001
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
3rd Züri-Metzgete
10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2002
4th GP Miguel Induráin
5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Overall Giro d'ItaliaGrand Tour general classification results timeline
DNF=Did not finish
References
- News: Slater. Matt. Lance Armstrong titles 'should be void' says Tour de France director. BBC Sport. 12 October 2012.
- Web site: Giardini Margherita raid [Bologna] . Dopeology].
- Web site: Jones . Jeff . Escartín and Mauri's last races . cyclingnews.com . 23 September 2019 . 4 November 2002.
- Web site: Fotheringham . Alasdair . Five key stages of the 2021 Vuelta a España . cyclingnews.com . 18 August 2021 . 14 February 2021.
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