Joaquín Filba

Joaquín Filba (1 January 1923 – 15 August 2012)^[2] was a Spanish cyclist, who was professional between 1945 and 1955. From 1945 to 1951 he competed as an individual. Filba notably won the 1949 Vuelta a Levante, and also finished fifth at the world cyclo-cross championships in 1953.^[3]

Joaquín Filba

Personal information
Full name	Joaquín Filba Pascual
Born	(1923-01-01)1 January 1923 Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Catalonia, Spain[1]
Died	15 August 2012(2012-08-15) (aged 89) Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Catalonia, Spain
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1945–1951	Individual
1952	C.C Barcelona–Conservas, Puig
1953	Individual
1954	Peña Solera-Cacaolat
1955	Mariotas

Biography

Joaquín Filba was born in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Catalonia on January 1, 1923 and died in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor in 2012 at the age of 89.^[4] Filba finished 2nd in the 1953 and 3rd in the 1947 editions of the Gran Premio de Catalunya, and won a stage in 1950. He was also the team director of the Moià Cycling Association. Filba competed in the 1947 and 1955 Vuelta a España.^[5]

Major results

1945

8th Overall Volta a Catalunya

1946

9th Trofeo Jaumendreu

1947

3rd Overall Gran Premio de Cataluña

4th Overall Volta a Catalunya

1948

1st Circuito Ribera Jalon

3rd Subida a Arrate

4th Overall Gran Premio de Cataluña

1949

1st Overall Vuelta a Levante^[6]

1st Stages 1, 2 4b & 5

1st Road race, Barcelona Road Championships

6th Trofeo Jaumendreu

1950

1st Stages 3b & 5 Gran Premio de Cataluña

2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu

6th Trofeo Masferrer

1951

10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

1952

7th Overall Gran Premio de Cataluña

1st Stage 2 (ITT)

1953

2nd Overall Gran Premio Cataluña

10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

Vuelta a España results

• 1947: DNF
• 1955: 45th^[7]

Cyclo-Cross results

• 1947–1948:3rd^[8]
• 1952–1953:2nd^[9]
• 1953:5th

References

1. "Joaquim FILBA PASCUAL Rider Professional". museociclismo.it. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
2. "Joaquim Filba Rider". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
3. "Joaquín Filbá Pascual" (in Spanish). sitiodeciclismo.net. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
4. "Joaquim FILBA PASCUAL Ciclista Professionista" (in Italian). museociclismo.it. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
5. "Joaquin FILBÁ". cyclebase.nl. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
6. "Ciclismo - Joaquin Filba" (in Spanish). los-deportes.info. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
7. "Joaquin Filba Results". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
8. "FILBA Joaquin Rider Info". cyclocross24.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
9. "FILBA Joaquin Cyclocross Results 1952-1953". cyclocross24.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

External links

• Joaquín Filba at Cycling Archives (archived)