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Joaquín Filba

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Joaquín Filba
Personal information
Full nameJoaquín Filba Pascual
Born(1923-01-01)1 January 1923
Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Catalonia, Spain[1]
Died15 August 2012(2012-08-15) (aged 89)
Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Catalonia, Spain
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
  • Road
  • Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Professional teams
1945–1951Individual
1952C.C Barcelona–Conservas, Puig
1953Individual
1954Peña Solera-Cacaolat
1955Mariotas

Joaquín Filba (1 January 1923 – 15 August 2012)[2] was a Spanish cyclist, who was professional between 1945 and 1955. From 1945 to 1951 he competed as an individual. Filba notably won the 1949 Vuelta a Levante, and also finished fifth at the world cyclo-cross championships in 1953.[3]

Biography

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Joaquín Filba was born in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Catalonia on January 1, 1923 and died in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor in 2012 at the age of 89.[4] Filba finished 2nd in the 1953 and 3rd in the 1947 editions of the Gran Premio de Catalunya, and won a stage in 1950. He was also the team director of the Moià Cycling Association. Filba competed in the 1947 and 1955 Vuelta a España.[5]

Major results

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1945
8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1946
9th Trofeo Jaumendreu
1947
3rd Overall Gran Premio de Cataluña
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1948
1st Circuito Ribera Jalon
3rd Subida a Arrate
4th Overall Gran Premio de Cataluña
1949
1st Overall Vuelta a Levante[6]
1st Stages 1, 2 4b & 5
1st Road race, Barcelona Road Championships
6th Trofeo Jaumendreu
1950
1st Stages 3b & 5 Gran Premio de Cataluña
2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu
6th Trofeo Masferrer
1951
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1952
7th Overall Gran Premio de Cataluña
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
1953
2nd Overall Gran Premio Cataluña
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

Vuelta a España results

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Cyclo-Cross results

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References

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  1. ^ "Joaquim FILBA PASCUAL Rider Professional". museociclismo.it. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Joaquim Filba Rider". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Joaquín Filbá Pascual" (in Spanish). sitiodeciclismo.net. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Joaquim FILBA PASCUAL Ciclista Professionista" (in Italian). museociclismo.it. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Joaquin FILBÁ". cyclebase.nl. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Ciclismo - Joaquin Filba" (in Spanish). los-deportes.info. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Joaquin Filba Results". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. ^ "FILBA Joaquin Rider Info". cyclocross24.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  9. ^ "FILBA Joaquin Cyclocross Results 1952-1953". cyclocross24.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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