Joaquim Agostinho

Joaquim Agostinho
Agostinho in 1972
Personal information
Full nameJoaquim Francisco Agostinho
NicknameTinho
Born(1943-04-07)7 April 1943
Portugal
Died10 May 1984(1984-05-10) (aged 41)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1968Sporting Clube de Portugal
1969–1970Frimatic
1971Hoover
1972Magniflex
1973Sporting Clube de Portugal, Bic
1974Bic
1975Sporting Clube de Portugal
1976–1977Teka
1978–1979Flandria
1980Puch
1981–1983Sem France Loire
1984Sporting Clube de Portugal
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
4 individual stages (1969, 1973, 1979)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (1974, 1976)

Stage races

Tour of Portugal (1970, 1971, 1972) (26 stages)

One-day races and Classics

Trofeo Baracchi (1969)
National Road Race Championships (1968–1973)
National Time Trial Championships (1968–1973)

Joaquim Fernandes Agostinho, OIH (7 April 1943 – 10 May 1984) was a Portuguese professional bicycle racer. He was champion of Portugal in six successive years. He rode the Tour de France 13 times and finished all but once, winning on Alpe d'Huez in 1979, and finishing third twice. All total he finished in the top 10 of a Grand Tour eleven times, made three podiums and won a total of seven stages between the Vuelta and Tour.

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