Antonio Piedra Pérez (born 10 October 1985) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2017 for the , , , and squads.

Career

Born in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

, Piedra became a professional in 2007, competing for the team, before joining in 2008. He spent four years with the team before joining the team for the 2012 season. Piedra took a prestigious victory by winning the

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in May

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, soloing away to win by 35 seconds over his nearest challenger. He participated in that year's Vuelta a España, his team being invited as a 'wildcard', and had a major victory on stage 15, a high mountain affair finishing atop the

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climb. Piedra followed a move that formed on the first climb of the day, and dropped his breakaway companions on the final difficulty of the race, the first "Hors Category" climb of the Vuelta. He had 2 minutes and 2 seconds of an advantage over his nearest competitor, 's

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Major results

;2006 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Segovia ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Palencia ::1st Stage 2 (TTT) ;2009 : 1st Stage 5

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;2011 : 8th Overall

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: 9th

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;2012 : 1st

: 1st Stage 15

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;2013 : Combativity award Stage 5

;2016 : 10th Overall

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References

External links

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Spanish male cyclists 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Seville Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Andalusia {{Spain-cycling-bio-1980s-stub