title: Antonio Suárez
text: # 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 results
  
  ### 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, Overall, Vuelta a España
         1st, King of the Mountains Classification
         1st, Stage 5, (Guadix -Murcia, 225 km)
         1st, Stage 10, (Granollers- Lérida, 183 km)
      Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
  
  ### 1960 – Faema
  
      Vuelta a España
         1st, Stage 14, (San Sebastián - Vitoria, 263 km)
      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)
      Spanish National Cycling Road Race Champion
  
  ### 1963 – Faema-Flandria
  
      6th, Overall, Vuelta a España
      43rd, Overall, Tour de France
  