José Martín Farfán | |
Full Name: | José Martín Farfán Pulido |
Nickname: | Farfantastico |
Birth Place: | Facatativá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
Currentteam: | Retired |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Proyears1: | 1988–1989 |
Proyears2: | 1990–1993 |
Proyears3: | 1994 |
Proyears4: | 1995 |
Majorwins: | Grand Tours
Mountains classification (1990) 1 individual stage (1990) |
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 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]
Grand Tour | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | |
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Vuelta a España | 23 | 11 | 53 | 38 | 40 | — | DNF | |
Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 49 | |
Tour de France | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete | |
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DNF | Did not finish |