Antonio Jiménez Quiles (13 July 1934 – 15 June 2023) was a Spanish

road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

. Professional from 1954 to 1963, he most notably finished 2nd overall at the

1955 Vuelta a España The 10th ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour d ...

, while being the youngest competitor at 20 years old. He also won a stage of the

1958 Vuelta a España The 13th ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 30 April to 15 May 1958. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of , and was won by Jean Stablinski. Salvador Bot ...

. Jiménez Quiles died on 15 June 2023, at the age of 88.Muere la leyenda granadina del ciclismo Antonio Jiménez Quiles

Major results

;1955 : 1st Overall

Vuelta a Navarra The Vuelta a Navarra is a road cycling stage race held annually since 1941 in the Autonomous community of Navarra, Spain. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were ...

: 1st Stage 4b

Vuelta a Levante The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...

: 1st Stage 2 GP Ayutamiento de Bilbao : 2nd Overall

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage 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'Italia, the r ...

: 2nd GP Goierri : 6th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) 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 th ...

;1956 : 1st Stage 3

: 4th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI P ...

;1957 : 1st MaillotEspaña

National Hill-climb Championships : 1st Stage 1 Gran Premio de la Bicicleta Eibarresa : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

: 5th Overall

;1959 : 4th

Trofeo Masferrer Trofeo Masferrer was a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Aut ...

;1960 : 1st MaillotEspaña

National Hill-climb Championships ;1961 : 1st Stage 9

Volta a Portugal The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week s ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez Quiles, Antonio 1934 births 2023 deaths Sportspeople from Granada Spanish male cyclists Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Andalusia