# Fernando Escartín

Fernando Escartín Coti (born 24 January 1968) is a Spanish former road racing cyclist. Between 1995 and 2000 he came in the top 10 of the Tour de France five times and in that same time period finished on the podium in 2nd place at the Vuelta a España, twice.

## 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 (1999–2005), 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.
He has worked as a race co-designer for the Vuelta a España since retirement.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 1993

    1st Gran Premio de Náquera
    1st Stage 5 Tour of Galicia
    2nd Trofeo Luis Ocaña
    3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Klasika Primavera
    9th Overall Critérium International
    10th Overall Vuelta a España

#### 1994

    1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
    2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
    7th Subida al Naranco
    8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    9th Overall Vuelta a España

#### 1995

    1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
       1st Stage 1
    1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
    2nd Subida al Naranco
    3rd Klasika Primavera
    6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    6th Overall Critérium International
    7th Overall Tour de France
    10th Overall Tour de Suisse

#### 1996

    1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
    6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
    7th Subida al Naranco
    8th Overall Tour de France
    10th Overall Vuelta a España

#### 1997

    1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
       1st Stage 6
    2nd Overall Vuelta a España
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    5th Overall Tour de France
    6th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
    9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
    10th Grand Prix Navarre

#### 1998

    1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Aragón
    2nd Overall Vuelta a España
    3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
       1st Stage 8
    4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
    8th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
    9th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

#### 1999

    3rd Overall Tour de France
       1st Stage 15
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
       1st Stages 4 & 5
    4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
       1st Stages 3 & 5
    7th Overall Volta a Catalunya

#### 2000

    2nd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
    4th Overall Tour of Galicia
    7th Overall Vuelta a España
    10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    8th Overall Tour de France
    9th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
    10th Overall Euskal Bizikleta

#### 2001

    3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
    3rd Züri-Metzgete
    10th Overall Vuelta a España

#### 2002

    4th GP Miguel Induráin
    5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    8th Overall Giro d'Italia

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Tour de France | 45 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | DNF | 3 | 8 | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | 10 | 9 | — | 10 | 2 | 2 | DNF | 7 | 10 | DNF |
DNF=Did not finish