Juan Manuel Santisteban Lapeire (25 October 1944 â 21 May 1976) was a Spanish road cyclist.
During the first stage of the 1976 Giro d'Italia, Santisteban crashed and hit his head, ultimately dying from his injuries.
He rode in five editions of the Vuelta a España, winning two stages.
Major results
1970
3rd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
10th Overall Vuelta a España
1971
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Levante
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Cantabria
1972
1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
1973
1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España
1974
1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
:1st Stages 2b (TTT) & 4
1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
1st Overall Tres DÃÂas de Leganés
2nd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
2nd Overall Vuelta a Segovia
1976
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a AndalucÃÂa
References