Eduardo Chozas Olmo (born 5 July 1960 in Madrid) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He won four stages at the Tour de France and three in the Giro d'Italia. He was also chosen as the most combative rider of 1990 Tour de France.

Eduardo Chozas
Personal information
Full nameEduardo Chozas Olmo
Born (1960-07-05) 5 July 1960 (age 64)
Madrid, Spain
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Professional teams
1980–1984Fosforera–Vereco MG
1985Reynolds
1986–1987Teka
1988Kelme
1989–1991ONCE
1992–1993Artiach–Royal
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 3 stages
Tour de France,
Combativity award (1990)
4 stages

As of 2014, Chozas holds the record for most Grand Tour participations and finishes. He started in a total of 26 Grand Tours (6 Tours, 7 Giros and 13 Vueltas), and finished in 25 of them, only abandoning the 1984 Vuelta a España on the last stage.[1]

Career achievements

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Major results

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1979
3rd Clásica a los Puertos
1980
2nd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
9th Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 5b
1981
2nd Overall Vuelta Asturias
1st Stage 1
3rd Clásica a los Puertos
1983
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja
1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 2
1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
1st GP Camp de Morvedre
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
3rd Clásica a los Puertos
6th Overall Vuelta a España
8th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 5
1984
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1985
3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude
7th Subida a Arrate
8th Overall Route du Sud
9th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 15
1986
1st Stage 17 Tour de France
1987
1st Stage 22 Tour de France
3rd Trofeo Luis Puig
6th Trofeo Masferrer
9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1990
1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
6th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 13
  Combativity award
1991
5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stage 4a
10th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 13
1992
3rd Clásica a los Puertos
1993
2nd Clásica de Almería
5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
  Vuelta a España 36 11 14 6 DNF 29 24 36 67 24 33 11 43 22
  Giro d'Italia 16 19 8 45 11 10 32
  Tour de France 9 14 25 30 6 11

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