Juan Campillo García (16 August 1930 – 28 February 1964) was a professional road bicycle racer between 1953 and 1963.[1]
Career
Campillo competed in five Vuelta a Españas and four Tour de Frances, with his best result being fifth overall in the 1960 Vuelta a España.[2]
Retirement and death
Campillo retired from racing at the end of the 1963 season and used his savings to buy a restaurant in Andorra. On 28 February 1964, the day before its opening, he was crushed by a truck and died aged 33, leaving his six-year-old son an orphan after his mother died giving birth to him.[3]
Career achievements
Major results
- 1956
- 3rd Trofeo Masferrer
- 1957
- 6th Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1959
- 1st Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1st Stage 1a (TTT), Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2nd Spanish National Hill Climb Championship
- 1960
- 2nd Vuelta a La Rioja
- Vuelta a España
- 5th Trofeo Masferrer
- 1961
- 3rd Circuito de Getxo
- 1962
- 3rd Grand Prix d'Issoire
- 5th Tour de Suisse
- 9th Mountains classification
- 10th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | 25 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 15 | — | — |
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | 58 | — | 55 | 27 | 46 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Juan Campillo García". Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Juan Campillo – Results". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ R. Torres (29 February 1964). "Juan Campillo ha muerto" [Juan Campillo has died]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). p. 8.
- ^ "Juan Campillo García". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2019.