Domingo Perurena

Domingo Perurena
Perurena, c. 1973
Personal information
Full nameDomingo Perurena Telletxea
NicknameTxomin
Born(1943-12-15)15 December 1943
Oiartzun, Spain
Died8 June 2023(2023-06-08) (aged 79)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber specialist
Sprinter
Amateur teams
1962Nuarbe
1963–1964Olarra
Professional teams
1965Mobylette GAC
1966–1969Fagor
1970–1978Kas–Kaskol
1979Teka
Managerial teams
1980–1982Teka
1984–1991Orbea–Danena
1992Festina–Lotus
1994–1997Euskadi–Petronor
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Mountains classification (1974)
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (1971, 1975)
Vuelta a España
Points Classification (1972, 1974)
12 individual stages
(19661969, 19721975, 1978)

Stage races

Volta a Catalunya (1973)
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (1973)
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme (1967)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1973, 1975)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1965 San Sebastián Team time trial

Domingo Perurena Telletxea or Txomin Perurena (15 December 1943 – 8 June 2023) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He was most famous for winning the overall mountains classification of 1974 Tour de France. He also finished second at the 1975 Vuelta a España and won a total of 12 stages in this race.[1] With 158 professional wins he is the winningest Spanish rider in the sport's history[2]

Perurena died on 8 June 2023, at the age of 79.[2]