Julio Jiménez

Julio Jiménez

Personal information
Full name	Julio Jiménez Muñoz
Nickname	La pulga de Ávila
Born	(1934-10-28) October 28, 1934 (age 77) Spain
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional team(s)
1959 1960–1961 1962–1963 1964–1965 1966 1966 1967–1968 1969	Bilbao-Goyoaga Catigene Faema KAS-Kaskol Ford France-Geminiani KAS-Kaskol Bic Eliolona
Major wins
National Road Race Champion Giro d'Italia, 4 stages Tour de France, 5 stages King of the Mountains, 3 times Vuelta a España, 3 stages King of the Mountains, 3 times
Infobox last updated on January 3, 2008

Julio Jiménez Muñoz (born October 28, 1934 in Ávila) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. Known as a climbing specialist, he captured six King of the Mountains jerseys at the Grand Tours. In 1965, he became one of (now) four riders to complete the Tour/Vuelta double by winning both Tour's mountains competition in the same year.

Major Accomplishments

External links

• Julio Jiménez profile at Cycling Archives
• Palmarès at velo-club.net (French)

v t e Tour de France mountains classification winners 1933 Vicente Trueba 1934 René Vietto 1935 Félicien Vervaecke 1936 Julián Berrendero 1937 Félicien Vervaecke 1938 Gino Bartali 1939 Sylvère Maes 1947 Pierre Brambilla 1948 Gino Bartali 1949 Fausto Coppi 1950 Louison Bobet 1951 Raphaël Géminiani 1952 Fausto Coppi 1953 Jesús Loroño 1954 Federico Bahamontes 1955–1956 Charly Gaul 1957 Gastone Nencini 1958–1959 Federico Bahamontes 1960–1961 Imerio Massignan 1962–1964 Federico Bahamontes 1965–1967 Julio Jiménez 1968 Aurelio González Puente 1969–1970 Eddy Merckx 1971–1972 Lucien Van Impe 1973 Pedro Torres 1974 Domingo Perurena 1975 Lucien Van Impe 1976 Giancarlo Bellini 1977 Lucien Van Impe 1978 Mariano Martínez 1979 Giovanni Battaglin 1980 Raymond Martin 1981 Lucien Van Impe 1982 Bernard Vallet 1983 Lucien Van Impe 1984 Robert Millar 1985 Luis Herrera 1986 Bernard Hinault 1987 Luis Herrera 1988 Steven Rooks 1989 Gert-Jan Theunisse 1990 Thierry Claveyrolat 1991–1992 Claudio Chiappucci 1993 Tony Rominger 1994–1997 Richard Virenque 1998 Christophe Rinero 1999 Richard Virenque 2000 Santiago Botero 2001–2002 Laurent Jalabert 2003–2004 Richard Virenque 2005–2006 Michael Rasmussen 2007 Mauricio Soler 2008 Bernhard Kohl 2009 Franco Pellizotti 2010 Anthony Charteau 2011 Samuel Sánchez

Persondata
Name	Jiménez Muñoz, Julio
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1934-10-28
Place of birth	Ávila, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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