Joaquín Filba Explained
Joaquín Filba |
Fullname: | Joaquín Filba Pascual |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1923 |
Birth Place: | Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Catalonia, Spain[1] |
Death Place: | Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Catalonia, Spain |
Currentteam: | Retired |
Role: | Rider |
Proyears1: | 1945–1951 |
Proteam1: | Individual |
Proyears2: | 1952 |
Proteam2: | C.C Barcelona–Conservas, Puig |
Proyears3: | 1953 |
Proteam3: | Individual |
Proyears4: | 1954 |
Proteam4: | Peña Solera-Cacaolat |
Proyears5: | 1955 |
Proteam5: | Mariotas |
Joaquín Filba (1 January 1923 – 15 August 2012)[2] was a Spanish cyclist, who was professional between 1945 and 1955. From 1945 to 1951 he competed as an individual. Filba notably won the 1949 Vuelta a Levante, and also finished fifth at the world cyclo-cross championships in 1953.[3]
Biography
Joaquín Filba was born in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Catalonia on January 1, 1923 and died in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor in 2012 at the age of 89.[4] Filba finished 2nd in the 1953 and 3rd in the 1947 editions of the Gran Premio de Catalunya, and won a stage in 1950. He was also the team director of the Moià Cycling Association. Filba competed in the 1947 and 1955 Vuelta a España.[5]
Major results
- 1945
8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1946
9th Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1947
3rd Overall Gran Premio de Cataluña
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1948
1st Circuito Ribera Jalon
3rd Subida a Arrate
4th Overall Gran Premio de Cataluña
- 1949
1st Overall Vuelta a Levante[6]
1st Stages 1, 2 4b & 5
1st Road race, Barcelona Road Championships
6th Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1950
1st Stages 3b & 5 Gran Premio de Cataluña
2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu
6th Trofeo Masferrer
- 1951
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1952
7th Overall Gran Premio de Cataluña
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 1953
2nd Overall Gran Premio Cataluña
10th Overall Volta a CatalunyaVuelta a España results
Cyclo-Cross results
Notes and References
- Web site: Joaquim FILBA PASCUAL Rider Professional. 2020-04-25. museociclismo.it.
- Web site: Joaquim Filba Rider. 2020-04-25. procyclingstats.com.
- Web site: Joaquín Filbá Pascual. es. 2020-04-25. sitiodeciclismo.net.
- Web site: Joaquim FILBA PASCUAL Ciclista Professionista. it. 2020-04-25. museociclismo.it.
- Web site: Joaquin FILBÁ. 2020-04-25. cyclebase.nl.
- Web site: Ciclismo - Joaquin Filba. es. 2020-04-25. los-deportes.info.
- Web site: Joaquin Filba Results. 2020-04-25. firstcycling.com.
- Web site: FILBA Joaquin Rider Info. 2020-04-25. cyclocross24.com.
- Web site: FILBA Joaquin Cyclocross Results 1952-1953. 2020-04-25. cyclocross24.com.