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]

José Martín Farfán
Personal information
Full nameJosé Martín Farfán Pulido
NicknameFarfantastico
Born (1965-08-21) 21 August 1965 (age 59)
Facatativá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1988–1989Café de Colombia
1990–1993Kelme–Ibexpress
1994Postobón–Manzana
1995Kelme–Sureña
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (1990)
1 individual stage (1990)

Career

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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]

Major results

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Sources:[6][7][8]

1987
2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
1988
4th Overall Vuelta al Táchira
1st Stage 2b
1989
1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN
Vuelta a España
Wore   after Stage 15
1990
Vuelta a España
1st   Mountains classification
1st Stage 18
7th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1991
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st   Combination classification
1st Stage 6
9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
9th Overall Tour of Galicia
1992
1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
4th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 6
10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1993
5th Clásica de Almería
10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1994
1st   Overall Vuelta al Tolima
2nd Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stage 2
1995
1st Mountains classification, Clásico RCN

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
  Vuelta a España 23 11 53 38 40 DNF
  Giro d'Italia DNF 49
  Tour de France DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Ciclismo: La Vuelta toma de la mano a Contador". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 16 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 May 1989. p. 44. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 May 1990. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1990. p. 41. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. ^ Marin, Toni (31 October 2018). "Martín Farfán: el rey de la montaña en entredicho". Ciclismo para ciclistas, amantes del deporte de las dos ruedas (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. ^ "José Martín Farfán Pulido". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. ^ "José Martín Farfán". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  8. ^ "José Martín Farfán". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
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