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Alves Barbosa

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Alves Barbosa
Personal information
Full nameAntónio da Silva Alves Barbosa[1]
Born(1931-12-24)24 December 1931
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Died29 September 2018(2018-09-29) (aged 86)
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
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António da Silva Alves Barbosa (24 December 1931 – 29 September 2018),[2][3] commonly known as Alves Barbosa, was a Portuguese professional road cyclist. He won the Volta a Portugal in 1951, 1956 and 1958, placing third in 1955, and rode the Tour de France from 1956 until 1958 and again in 1960.[4][5] He also won a stage of the 1961 Vuelta a España.

Major results

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1950
1st Junior National Road Race Championships
1951
1st Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Prologue & Stages 2 & 3
1952
1st Prova Ciclística 9 de Julho
1st Stage 9 Tour du Maroc
1954
1st National Road Race Championships
1955
1st Prova Ciclística 9 de Julho
1st Stages 4, 7, 8b, 9, 10 & 12a Volta a Portugal
1956
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Stages 2a, 4a, 7, 8b, 9b, 10b, 12, 14 & 15
8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
10th Overall Tour de France
1958
1st Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Stages 1b, 8, 12, 17, 21, 22a & 23
1959
1st Stages 5a, 5b (TTT), 13, 14, 15a, 16a & 19 Volta a Portugal
1960
1st Stages 1 & 6 Tour du Maroc
9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1961
1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España
8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 4

References

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  1. ^ "António da Silva Alves Barbosa". Museo del Ciclismo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Morreu Alves Barbosa – Notícias de Coimbra". www.noticiasdecoimbra.pt. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. ^ RTP, RTP, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal -. "Morreu Alves Barbosa, primeiro triplo vencedor da Volta a Portugal em bicicleta". Retrieved 30 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Antonino Dos Santos Baptista". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  5. ^ "47ème Tour de France 1960" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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