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Julio Jiménez

Personal information
Full name	Julio Jiménez Muñoz
Nickname	La pulga de Ávila
Date of birth	October 28, 1934 (1934-10-28) (age 75)
Country	Spain
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional team(s)1
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 1 Team names given are those prevailing at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Julio Jiménez Muñoz (born October 28, 1934 in Ávila) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. Known as a climbing specialist, Jiménez 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.

[edit] Major Accomplishments

[edit] External links

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

v • d • e Tour de France mountains classification winners 1933 Trueba • 1934 Vietto • 1935 Vervaecke • 1936 Berrendero • 1937 Vervaecke • 1938 Bartali • 1939 Maes • 1947 Brambilla • 1948 Bartali • 1949 Coppi • 1950 Bobet • 1951 Géminiani • 1952 Coppi • 1953 Loroño • 1954 Bahamontes • 1955–1956 Gaul • 1957 Nencini • 1958–1959 Bahamontes • 1960–1961 Massignan • 1962–1964 Bahamontes • 1965–1967 Jiménez • 1968 González • 1969–1970 Merckx • 1971–1972 Van Impe • 1973 Torres • 1974 Perurena • 1975 Van Impe • 1976 Bellini • 1977 Van Impe • 1978 Martínez • 1979 Battaglin • 1980 Martin • 1981 Van Impe • 1982 Vallet • 1983 Van Impe • 1984 Millar • 1985 Herrera • 1986 Hinault • 1987 Herrera • 1988 Rooks • 1989 Theunisse • 1990 Claveyrolat • 1991–1992 Chiappucci • 1993 Rominger • 1994–1997 Virenque • 1998 Rinero • 1999 Virenque • 2000 Botero • 2001–2002 Jalabert • 2003–2004 Virenque • 2005–2006 Rasmussen • 2007 Soler • 2008 None • 2009 Pellizotti

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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