Bingen Fernández
 Kevin de Weert, Bingen Fernández and José Luis Rubiera Vigil | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bingen Fernández Bustinza |
| Born | December 15, 1972 Bermeo, Spain |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Cofidis |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Professional teams | |
| 1996–2001 | Equipo Euskadi |
| 2002–2009 | Cofidis |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2010–2016 | Garmin–Transitions |
| 2017–2020 | Team Dimension Data |
| 2021– | Cofidis |
Bingen Fernández Bustinza (born December 15, 1972, in Bermeo, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for Cofidis. He became a sporting director in 2010, for Garmin–Transitions, and currently works with Cofidis.
Biography
[edit]He turned professional in 1996 with the Euskaltel–Euskadi (1994–2013) team and raced with the Cofidis (cycling team) team from 2002 to 2009. In 2010, he became Sporting director of the EF Education–EasyPost team, now EF Education–EasyPost. Between 2017 and 2020, he held the same position at Team Qhubeka NextHash, then since 2021 at Cofidis (cycling team).[1]
Major results
[edit]- 1997
- 2nd Trofeo Forla de Navarra
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 10th Tour de l'Avenir
- 1999
- 1st Mountains classification Vuelta a La Rioja
- 8th GP Miguel Induráin
- 2000
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
- 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 2001
- 5th GP Primavera
- 2002
- 8th GP Miguel Induráin
- 2003
- 9th GP Miguel Induráin
- 2004
- 10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | DNF | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 105 |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | — | 50 | 87 | 85 | 67 | 34 | 85 | 68 | 87 | 58 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Bingen Fernández at trap-friis.dk
- Bingen Fernández at ProCyclingStats
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