Francisco Javier Cerezo Perales (born 1971), known as Francisco Cerezo for short, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.
Career
He rode at the Danish professional cycling team of CSC-Tiscali, which he joined in 2001 from the Spanish team Vitalicio Seguros. He left the team in 2002 to join the Spanish team Cafés Baqué. In the 2000 Vuelta a España he was involved in a heated argument, which turned violent, with Mario Cipollini resulting in Cipollini being kicked from the race and Cerezo needing three stitches in his face.
Major results
Source:
- 1989
- 3rd Junior Time trial Championships
- 1992
- 4th Subida al Naranco
- 1993
- 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo
- 1994
- 1st Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
- 1998
- 2nd Trofeo Luis Ocana
- 1999
- 2nd National Road race Championships
- 6th Memorial Manuel Galera
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
- Francisco Cerezo at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Francisco Cerezo at ProCyclingStats
- Francisco Cerezo at Cycling Quotient
- Trap-Friis profile (source)
- Photo: http://www.louison.dds.nl/Cerezo.jpg
