Alberto Fernández (cyclist)

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Alberto Fernández


fullname = Alberto Fernández Blanco
nickname = "El Galleta" (The Biscuit)
dateofbirth = birth date|1955|1|15
dateofdeath = death date and age|1984|12|14|1955|1|15
country = Spain
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = All-rounder
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1978
1979
1980–1982
1983–1984
proteams = Novostil-Helios
Moliner-Vereco
Teka
Zor-Gemeaz
majorwins = Volta a Catalunya (1982)
Vuelta al País Vasco (1980)
Giro d'Italia, 2 stages
Vuelta a España, a stage
updated = 6 September 2007

Alberto Fernández Blanco (born 15 January 1955, died 14 December 1984), was a Spanish road racing cyclist. His son Alberto Fernández Sainz is also a road racing cyclist.

As an amateur, he won the Spanish mountain bike championships, and turned professional in 1978. During his career, he was nicknamed "el Galleta" ("the Biscuit"), because the town where he lived, Aguilar de Campoo, had several biscuit factories.

His best results came during the last two years of his career. He finished 10th overall in the 1982 Tour de France, and 3rd in his first appearance in the 1983 Giro d'Italia. He also finished 3rd in the 1983 Vuelta, improving to 2nd in 1984, only 6 seconds behind winner Éric Caritoux, the shortest winning margin in any of the Grand Tours.

He was killed, alongside his wife, in a car accident in December 1984, just short of his 30th birthday.

ee also

* List of doping cases in cycling

External links

*cyclingwebsite|4908

Persondata
NAME= Fernández, Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1955-01-15
PLACE OF BIRTH=Cuena, Spain
DATE OF DEATH=1984-12-14
PLACE OF DEATH=