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Álvaro Pino
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Pino Couñago
Born (1956-08-17) 17 August 1956 (age 68)
Ponteareas, Spain
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Directeur sportif
Rider type Climber
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
General classification (1986)
Mountains classification (1988)
5 individual stages (1981, 1986, 1988, 1989)

Stage races

Volta a Catalunya (1987)

Álvaro Pino Couñago (born 17 August 1956) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Galicia who raced between 1981 through 1991 and is most famous for winning the overall title at the 1986 Vuelta a España over favorites Robert Millar from Great Britain, Laurent Fignon from France and Sean Kelly from Ireland. The following year, Pino captured the 1987 Volta a Catalunya and at the 1988 Vuelta, Pino won two stages and the King of the Mountains jersey. In all, he won five stages over his career at the Vuelta a España.

From 2007 through 2010, Pino worked as a directeur sportif for Spanish professional continental team Xacobeo–Galicia.

Major results

1981
1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España
1982
1st Subida al Naranco
1st Stage 2b (ITT) Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
3rd Overall Vuelta Asturias
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
10th Overall Vuelta a España
1983
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos
2nd Overall Vuelta Asturias
4th Overall Vuelta a España
Held Jersey yellow.svg after stages 14 & 15a
9th Tre Valli Varesine
1985
3rd GP Navarra
5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Overall Vuelta a España
9th Clásica de San Sebastián
1986
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 21 (ITT)
2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Overall Tour de France
1987
1st MaillotVolta.png Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 5 & 8a
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stage 1a & 1b (ITT)
3rd Subida al Naranco
1988
2nd Overall Tour of Galicia
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
5th Overall Critérium International
8th Overall Tour de France
8th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Jersey black dotted.svg Mountains classification
1st Stages 8 & 9 (ITT)
8th Overall Paris–Nice
10th Road race, National Road Championships
1989
1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
2nd Klasika Primavera
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
3rd Overall Vuelta Asturias
3rd Subida al Naranco
5th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 17
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
A yellow jersey Vuelta a España 22 10 4 DNF 8 1 8 5 DNF
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 30 18 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 19 8 8 16 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

See also

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