# Pedro Torres

Pedro Torres Cruces (born 27 April 1949 in Humilladero) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He was a GC contender in Grand Tours.
His first was the 1972 Vuelta. In the following year he placed 5th overall in the Vuelta and won the King of the Mountains competition, as well as a stage in the 1973 Tour de France. Late in the year at the World Championships he finished 6th.
In 1975 he took a top 10 in the Volta a Catalunya and then in the Vuelta he came up just short of winning the King of the Mountains while finishing 14th overall. In the Tour he finished 10th while taking a 4th place at the World Championships. In 1976 he started with another top 10 in the Volta a Catalunya, finished 9th in the 1976 Vuelta a España and just inside the top 20 in the Tour.
He began 1977 with another top 10 in the Volta a Catalunya and had a very strong performance in the 77 Vuelta winning stage 15, winning the King of the Mountains and finishing top 10 overall. He then rode the 1977 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished top 10 in a race that included Hinault, Merckx, Zoetemelk, Van Impe, Agostinho, Danguillaume and Thévenet. In the Tour he had his worst finish to date coming in just inside the top 20.
In 1978 he started off the year with a podium placing in the Volta a Catalunya. He also skipped the 78 Vuelta in favor of riding Paris–Nice and the Giro d'Italia for the first time. In the Giro he took two top 5 stage finishes en route to a top 20 finish. In 1979 he had another top 5 in the Volta a Catalunya, rode the Tour de Suisse for the first time and returned to the Vuelta where he finished 6th.
The 1980 Vuelta a España was the final Vuelta of his career as well as his strongest performance. He finished on the stage podium in each of the ITT's and finished in 2nd place overall. The 1980 Tour de France was his 15th and final grand tour. Nearly his entire team abandoned the race with only Jorge Fortia and Vicente Belda finishing with him.

## Major results
### 1971

    7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

### 1972

    3rd Clásica de Sabiñánigo
    7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    8th Overall Volta a Portugal

### 1973

    Tour de France
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 14
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
    5th Overall Vuelta a España
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Road race, UCI World Road Championships

### 1974

    1st Subida a Arrate
    3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    10th Overall Tour de France

### 1975

    3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
    4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
    4th Road race, UCI World Road Championships
    5th Trofeo Masferrer
    6th Klasika Primavera
    7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

### 1976

    3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
    6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
    9th Overall Vuelta a España
    9th Road race, National Road Championships
    10th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

### 1977

    1st Stage 1 (ITT) Escalada a Montjuïc
    Vuelta a España
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 15
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
    4th Trofeo Masferrer
    6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    6th GP Villafranca de Ordizia
    8th Clásica de Sabiñánigo
    9th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    9th Road race, National Road Championships
    10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
    10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

### 1978

    2nd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
    3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
    3rd Trofeo Masferrer
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

### 1979

    2nd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
    4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    6th Overall Vuelta a España
    9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

### 1980

    2nd Overall Vuelta a España
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
       1st Stage 5b
    5th Road race, National Road Championships

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
| Vuelta a España | 31 | 5 | DNF | 14 | 5 | 5 | — | 6 | 2 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 13 | — | 10 | 17 | 19 | DNF | — | 35 |