José Viejo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Viejo

Road bicycle racer

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1949

Place of Birth: Azuqueca de Henares, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Date of Death: 16-Nov-2014

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

José Luis Viejo Gómez (2 November 1949 – 16 November 2014) was a Spanish road cyclist who was professional from 1973 to 1982.
He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, where he finished in 37th place in the men's individual road race.
Viejo won the 11th stage of the 1976 Tour de France with a time difference of 22 minutes and 50 seconds to the second-placed cyclist; this is the largest lead in the Tour de France after the Second World War.
He also won the Tour de Pologne 1972.