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 Catalunya

    Vuelta a España results

    Cyclo-Cross results

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Joaquim FILBA PASCUAL Rider Professional. 2020-04-25. museociclismo.it.
    2. Web site: Joaquim Filba Rider. 2020-04-25. procyclingstats.com.
    3. Web site: Joaquín Filbá Pascual. es. 2020-04-25. sitiodeciclismo.net.
    4. Web site: Joaquim FILBA PASCUAL Ciclista Professionista. it. 2020-04-25. museociclismo.it.
    5. Web site: Joaquin FILBÁ. 2020-04-25. cyclebase.nl.
    6. Web site: Ciclismo - Joaquin Filba. es. 2020-04-25. los-deportes.info.
    7. Web site: Joaquin Filba Results. 2020-04-25. firstcycling.com.
    8. Web site: FILBA Joaquin Rider Info. 2020-04-25. cyclocross24.com.
    9. Web site: FILBA Joaquin Cyclocross Results 1952-1953. 2020-04-25. cyclocross24.com.

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