Federico Echave Musatadi (born 20 July 1960 in Kortezubi) is a Spanish former professional

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. He won the prestigious stage up to

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in 1987 Tour de France. Echave holds the record for most Vueltas finished, 14, all of them being consecutive.

Major results

Sources: ;1981 : 2nd

Circuito de Getxo The Circuito de Getxo () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo Getxo () (Spanish: ''Guecho'') is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basq ...

: 9th

Klasika Primavera The Klasika Primavera () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Amorebieta, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Established in 1946 as ''Gran Premio de Primavera'', it is now he ...

: 10th Costa del Azahar ;1982 : 1st Stage 1, Vuelta a Cantabria : 1st GP Caboalles de Abajo : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd GP Pascuas : 6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 8th Clásica de San Sebastián : 9th Trofeo Masferrer ;1983 : 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2 (TTT), Vuelta a Asturias : 8th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 2 TTT ;1984 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3 and 4a : 6th Overall Ruota d'Oro ::1st Stage 4 : 7th Overall ::1st Stage 2 (TTT) ;1985 : 1st

: 1st Stage 5,

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

: 1st Stage 4, Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st Stage 2, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana : 1st Prologue, Vuelta a los Valles Mineros : 1st Stage 1, Volta a Galicia : 6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 2 ;1986 : 1st

: 1st Stage 8,

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

: 1st Stage 2, Vuelta a Cantabria ;1987 : 1st Stage 20, Tour de France : 1st

: 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián : 5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias ::1st Stage 2 ;1988 : 1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Mountain classification : 1st Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 3 (TTT)

: 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias ::1st Stage 4 ;1989 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 1st Overall Bicicleta Eibarresa ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall Itzulia Basque Country ::1st Points classification : 4th Overall

: 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ;1990 : 1st Overall Tour of Galicia : 5th Overall

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

: 5th Giro di Lombardia : 6th Overall

::1st Stage 17 ;1991 : 1st Stage 3, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana : 4th Overall

: 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos ;1992 : 1st Grand Prix des Amériques : 1st

: 5th Overall

: 6th Overall Volta Catalunya ;1993 : 1st Stage 2, Tour of the Basque Country : 1st Subida al Txitxarro : 3rd Overall

Vuelta a Mallorca The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca (, ) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or early February. The event is used as an early season preparato ...

::1st Stage 5 ;1996 : 9th Overall

Tour DuPont The Tour DuPont was a cycling stage race in the United States held annually between 1989 and 1996, initially called the Tour de Trump in the first two years. It was intended to become a North American cycling event similar in format and prestig ...

General classification results timeline

References

External links

Federico Echave Palmarès by urtekaria.com
* Spanish Tour de France stage winners Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners Spanish male cyclists 1960 births Living people People from Busturialdea Cyclists from Biscay 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-cycling-bio-1960s-stub