Fernando Escartín


Fernando Escartín Coti is a Spanish former road racing cyclist.

Biography

Escartín was born in Biescas, Aragon.

Tour de France

Escartín won a stage and finished third overall in the 1999 Tour de France. Of the cyclists who finished on the podium in the era in which Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times, Escartín is the sole rider not to be implicated in a doping scandal. In response to the Armstrong doping scandal, Escartin stated, "Lance Armstrong remains the 1999 Tour winner, second Zulle and third, me... It's 13 years now since this all happened. It seems completely illogical and unreal. I don't want to even think about it."
Escartín was, however, one of the names involved with the Giardini Margherita Raid where prescriptions for banned substances were found, handwritten by sports doctors.

Retirement

Escartín rode his last race at a criterium in Llobregat on 4 November 2002, before retiring from professional cycling.

Career achievements

Major results

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002
Giro d'Italia——————————8
Tour de France453012785DNF38——
Vuelta a España—109—1022DNF710DNF

DNF=Did not finish