Federico Echave Musatadi (born 20 July 1960 in
Kortezubi) is a Spanish former professional
road bicycle racer
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. He won the prestigious stage up to
Alpe d'Huez
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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
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: 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
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 ...
: 1st Stage 5,
Vuelta a España
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: 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
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 ...
: 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
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 ...
: 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)
Vuelta a España
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: 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
Vuelta a España
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: 10th Overall
Tour de l'Avenir
;1990
: 1st Overall
Tour of Galicia
: 5th Overall
Giro d'Italia
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: 5th
Giro di Lombardia
: 6th Overall
Vuelta a España
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::1st Stage 17
;1991
: 1st Stage 3,
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
: 4th Overall
Vuelta a España
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: 7th Overall
Vuelta a Burgos
;1992
: 1st
Grand Prix des Amériques
: 1st
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 ...
: 5th Overall
Vuelta a España
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: 6th Overall
Volta Catalunya
;1993
: 1st Stage 2,
Tour of the Basque Country
: 1st
Subida al Txitxarro
: 3rd Overall
Vuelta a Mallorca
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::1st Stage 5
;1996
: 9th Overall
Tour DuPont
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General classification results timeline
References
External links
Federico Echave Palmarès by urtekaria.com
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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
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