Joaquim Agostinho

Joaquim Agostinho
	Agostinho in 1972
Personal information
Full name	Joaquim Francisco Agostinho
Nickname	Tinho
Born	7 April 1943; Portugal
Died	10 May 1984 (aged 41)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1968	Sporting Clube de Portugal
1969–1970	Frimatic
1971	Hoover
1972	Magniflex
1973	Sporting Clube de Portugal, Bic
1974	Bic
1975	Sporting Clube de Portugal
1976–1977	Teka
1978–1979	Flandria
1980	Puch
1981–1983	Sem France Loire
1984	Sporting Clube de Portugal
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 4 individual stages (1969, 1973, 1979) Vuelta a España 3 individual stages (1974, 1976) Stage races Tour of Portugal (1970, 1971, 1972) (26 stages) One-day races and Classics Trofeo Baracchi (1969) National Road Race Championships (1968–1973) National Time Trial Championships (1968–1973)

Joaquim Fernandes Agostinho, OIH (7 April 1943 – 10 May 1984) was a Portuguese professional bicycle racer. He was champion of Portugal in six successive years. He rode the Tour de France 13 times and finished all but once, winning on Alpe d'Huez in 1979, and finishing third twice. All total he finished in the top 10 of a Grand Tour eleven times, made three podiums and won a total of seven stages between the Vuelta and Tour.

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