José Martín Farfán

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Farfán and the second or maternal family name is Pulido.

José Martín Farfán

Personal information
Full name	José Martín Farfán Pulido
Nickname	Farfantastico
Born	(1965-08-21) 21 August 1965 (age 59) Facatativá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1988–1989	Café de Colombia
1990–1993	Kelme–Ibexpress
1994	Postobón–Manzana
1995	Kelme–Sureña
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España Mountains classification (1990) 1 individual stage (1990)

José Martín Farfán Pulido (born 21 August 1965) is a Colombian former road cyclist, who was a professional from 1988 to 1995. He was nicknamed Farfantastico during his career. Farfán is one of only 4 Colombians to win the Mountain jersey at the Vuelta a España.[1]

Career

In the 1989 Vuelta a España while racing the Stage 15 Time trial Farfán finished in third this was enough to put him into the lead of the race by 2 seconds to eventual winner Pedro Delgado.[2] Farfán's biggest win of his career was Stage 18 of the 1990 Vuelta a España which he won ahead of teammate and fellow Colombian Fabio Parra.[3] This victory would move Farfán up to 6th overall, he would lose time in the remaining stages to finish eleventh at the end of the Vuelta.[4] He did end up winning the Mountains classification for most mountain points that year.[5]

Major results

Sources:[6][7][8]

1987

2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia

1988

4th Overall Vuelta al Táchira

1st Stage 2b

1989

1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN

Vuelta a España

Wore after Stage 15

1990

Vuelta a España

1st Mountains classification

1st Stage 18

7th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1991

3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos

3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Combination classification

1st Stage 6

9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

9th Overall Tour of Galicia

1992

1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos

4th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá

8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stage 6

10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

1993

5th Clásica de Almería

10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

1994

1st Overall Vuelta al Tolima

2nd Overall Clásico RCN

1st Stage 2

1995

1st Mountains classification, Clásico RCN

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Vuelta a España	23	11	53	38	40	—	DNF
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	49
Tour de France	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. "Ciclismo: La Vuelta toma de la mano a Contador". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 16 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
2. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 May 1989. p. 44. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
3. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 May 1990. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
4. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1990. p. 41. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
5. Marin, Toni (31 October 2018). "Martín Farfán: el rey de la montaña en entredicho". Ciclismo para ciclistas, amantes del deporte de las dos ruedas (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
6. "José Martín Farfán Pulido". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
7. "José Martín Farfán". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
8. "José Martín Farfán". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

External links

• José Martín Farfán at Cycling Archives (archived)
• José Martín Farfán at CycleBase