Antonio Suárez

Antonio Suárez Vázquez (20 May 1932 – 6 January 1981) was a professional road racing cyclist from Spain between 1956 and 1965. He is most famous for winning the overall title and the climbers classification at the 1959 Vuelta a España. In addition, Suarez won the points classification at the 1961 Vuelta and a career total of five stages at the Vuelta.

Suárez also won a stage and finished on the podium in third place at the 1961 Giro d’Italia behind Arnaldo Pambianco of Italy and Jacques Anquetil of France.

Major achievements

;1957 – Guardio de Franco: ???, Overall, Vuelta a España:: 1st, Stage 16, (San Sebastián - Bilbao, 193 km): 1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol;1958 – Lube: 1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol: 64th, Overall, Tour de France;1959 – Licor 43: :: 1st, King of the Mountains Classification:: 1st, Stage 5, (Guadix -Murcia, 225 km):: 1st, Stage 10, (Granollers- Lérida, 183 km): flagicon|ESP Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion;1960 – Faema: Vuelta a España:: 1st, Stage 14, (San Sebastián - Vitoria, 263 km): flagicon|ESP Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion: 17th, Overall, Tour de France;1961 – Faema: 3rd, Overall, Giro d'Italia:: 1st, Stage 7: 4th, Overall, Vuelta a España:: 1st, Points Classification:: 1st, Stage 12, Valladolid -Palencia, 40 km (ITT): flagicon|ESP Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion;1962 – Ghigi: -;1963 – Faema-Flandria: 6th, Overall, Vuelta a España: 43rd, Overall, Tour de France;1964 – IBAC: -;1965 – Tedi Montjuich: -