Federico Echave Musatadi (born 20 July 1960 in Kortezubi) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the prestigious stage up to Alpe d'Huez in 1987 Tour de France. Echave holds the record for most Vueltas finished, 14, all of them being consecutive.

Federico Echave
Personal information
Full nameFederico Echave Musatadi
Born (1960-07-20) July 20, 1960 (age 64)
Kortezubi, Spain
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Professional teams
1982–1986Teka
1987–1989BH
1990–1993CLAS–Cajastur
1994–1996Mapei–CLAS
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1987)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (1985, 1990)
1 TTT Stage (1988)

Major results

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1981
2nd Circuito de Getxo
9th Klasika Primavera
10th Costa del Azahar
1982
1st Stage 1, Vuelta a Cantabria
1st GP Caboalles de Abajo
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd GP Pascuas
6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
8th Clásica de San Sebastián
9th Trofeo Masferrer
1983
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2 (TTT), Vuelta a Asturias
8th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Stage 2 TTT
1984
1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 and 4a
6th Overall Ruota d'Oro
1st Stage 4
7th Overall
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
1985
1st Klasika Primavera
1st Stage 5, Vuelta a España
1st Stage 4, Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 2, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Prologue, Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
1st Stage 1, Volta a Galicia
6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Stage 2
1986
1st Klasika Primavera
1st Stage 8, Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 2, Vuelta a Cantabria
1987
1st Stage 20, Tour de France
1st Circuito de Getxo
3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 2
1988
1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Mountain classification
1st Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a España
2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 4
1989
1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Overall Bicicleta Eibarresa
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Itzulia Basque Country
1st Points classification
4th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1990
1st Overall Tour of Galicia
5th Overall Giro d'Italia
5th Giro di Lombardia
6th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 17
1991
1st Stage 3, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
4th Overall Vuelta a España
7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1992
1st Grand Prix des Amériques
1st Klasika Primavera
5th Overall Vuelta a España
6th Overall Volta Catalunya
1993
1st Stage 2, Tour of the Basque Country
1st Subida al Txitxarro
3rd Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
1st Stage 5
1996
9th Overall Tour DuPont

General classification results timeline

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Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
  Vuelta a España DNF 39 41 17 33 36 17 13 4 6 4 5 24 22 18
  Giro d'Italia 5 13
  Tour de France 39 38 12 25 DNF DNF 23 34 40

References

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  1. ^ "Federico Echave". Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Federico Echave". Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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