Álvaro Pino Couñago (born 17 August 1956) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Galicia who raced between 1981 through 1991 and is most famous for winning the overall title at the 1986 Vuelta a España over favorites Robert Millar from Great Britain, Laurent Fignon from France and Sean Kelly from Ireland. The following year, Pino captured the 1987 Volta a Catalunya and at the 1988 Vuelta, Pino won two stages and the King of the Mountains jersey. In all, he won five stages over his career at the Vuelta a España.

Álvaro Pino
Personal information
Full nameÁlvaro Pino Couñago
Born (1956-08-17) 17 August 1956 (age 68)
Ponteareas, Spain
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleDirecteur sportif
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
1981Colchon
1982–1986Zor
1987–1989BH
1990Seur
1991Kelme
Managerial teams
1992–1999Kelme
2002–2005Phonak
2007–2010Karpin–Galicia
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
General classification (1986)
Mountains classification (1988)
5 individual stages (1981, 1986, 1988, 1989)

Stage races

Volta a Catalunya (1987)

From 2007 through 2010, Pino worked as a directeur sportif for Spanish professional continental team Xacobeo–Galicia.

Major results

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1981
1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España
1982
1st Subida al Naranco
1st Stage 2b (ITT) Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
3rd Overall Vuelta Asturias
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
10th Overall Vuelta a España
1983
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos
2nd Overall Vuelta Asturias
4th Overall Vuelta a España
Held   after stages 14 & 15a
9th Tre Valli Varesine
1985
3rd GP Navarra
5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Overall Vuelta a España
9th Clásica de San Sebastián
1986
1st   Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 21 (ITT)
2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Overall Tour de France
1987
1st   Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 5 & 8a
1st   Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stage 1a & 1b (ITT)
3rd Subida al Naranco
1988
2nd Overall Tour of Galicia
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
5th Overall Critérium International
8th Overall Tour de France
8th Overall Vuelta a España
1st   Mountains classification
1st Stages 8 & 9 (ITT)
8th Overall Paris–Nice
10th Road race, National Road Championships
1989
1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
2nd Klasika Primavera
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
3rd Overall Vuelta Asturias
3rd Subida al Naranco
5th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 17
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
  Vuelta a España 22 10 4 DNF 8 1 8 5 DNF
  Giro d'Italia 30 18 DNF
  Tour de France 19 8 8 16 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
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