Joseph Novales (23 July 1937 – 23 March 1985) was a French professional cyclist. He was professional from 1962 until 1966.

Biography

Joseph Novales was born in Torralba de Aragón on March 23, 1937 and died in

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at the age of 47. He was accorded the citizenship of France in 1950.

Career

He competed in three

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

editions, between 1962 and 1966. His cycling career spanned 5 seasons, from 1962 to 1966, in which he obtained a total of 13 victories.

Major results

;1962 : 3rd Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ...

::1st Stage 1b ;1963 : 1st MaillotVolta

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 ...

: 1st

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: 1st Circuito du Morbihan : 2nd GP du Parisien ;1964 : 1st

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: 1st Stage 5

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part ...

: 3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 2 : 9th Overall

;1965 : 1st Stage 1

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Grand Tour results

Tour de France

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

: DNF *

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

: 19th *

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

: DNF

Vuelta a España results

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

: DNF

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Novales, Joseph 1937 births 1985 deaths Spanish male cyclists French male cyclists Volta a Catalunya cyclists Spanish emigrants to France Sportspeople from the Province of Huesca Cyclists from Aragon