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1955 Volta A Catalunya
The 1955 Volta a Catalunya was the 35th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 3 September to 11 September 1955. The race started in Sabadell and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by José Gómez del Moral. General classification References 1955 Volta Volta may refer to: Persons * Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt * Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop * Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–184 ... 1955 in Spanish road cycling September 1955 sports events in Europe {{Volta a Catalunya-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Gómez Del Moral
José Gómez del Moral (4 December 1931 – 7 August 2021) was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He was a professional cyclist from 1955 to 1963. During this time he won the Volta a Catalunya and the Vuelta a Andalucía in 1955 and the Vuelta a Colombia in 1957. He was the second, and last, non-Colombian winner of the Vuelta a Colombia of the 20th century. He was the brother of cyclist Antonio Gómez del Moral. Major results ;1955 : 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya : 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 2 : 4th Overall Eibarko Bizikleta : 7th Trofeo Masferrer ;1956 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana ::1st Stage 2 : 8th Overall Eibarko Bizikleta ;1957 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stage 7 : 7th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana ;1958 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 2 ;1959 : 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 3 : 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 8th Campeonato Vasco Navarro de Montaña ;196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Jiménez Quiles
Antonio Jiménez Quiles (13 July 1934 – 15 June 2023) was a Spanish road cyclist. Professional from 1954 to 1963, he most notably finished 2nd overall at the 1955 Vuelta a España, while being the youngest competitor at 20 years old. He also won a stage of the 1958 Vuelta a España. Jiménez Quiles died on 15 June 2023, at the age of 88. Major results ;1955 : 1st Overall : 1st Stage 4b |
1955 In Catalonia
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first Nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18–January 20, 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Taiwan, Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volta A Catalunya By Year
Volta may refer to: Persons * Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt * Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop * Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1842) Italian priest, naturalist and paleontologist * Massimo Volta (born 1987), Italian footballer *Leopoldo Camillo Volta (1751–1823) Italian librarian and historian of Mantua Places * Volta, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California, US * Volta Mantovana, an Italian municipality in the Lombardy region * Porta Volta, a former city gate of Milan, Italy * Volta Grande, a Brazilian municipality in the Minas Gerais state * Volta Redonda, a Brazilian municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state * Upper Volta (other) * Lake Volta, in Ghana * Volta Region, in Ghana * Volta River, primarily flowing in Ghana, with its headstreams: ** White Volta ** Red Volta ** Black Volta * Volta (crater), a crater on the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Crespo Hita
Joan Crespo Hita (7 March 1927 – 9 April 2014) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1951 and 1959. Biography Joan Crespo was born in Barcelona, Catalonia on March 7, 1927 and died in Barcelona at the age of 87. Crespo turned professional in 1951 with the Spanish team P.C. Nicky's. His main victory was the Trofeo Masferrer in 1958. He finished 39th in the general classification of the 1957 Vuelta a España. Crespo's last win was the GP de Martorell in 1959. Crespo retired from cycling at the end of the 1959 season. His father, Antonio Crespo Sanjuán, was one of the pioneers in the sport in Catalonia. Major results ;1951 : 2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu ;1952 : 1st Gran Premio Cataluña ;1956 : 3rd GP de Martorell ;1957 : 2nd Trofeo Masferrer ;1958 : 1st Trofeo Masferrer ;1959 : 1st GP de Martorell Vuelta a España results * 1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Ruiz
Bernardo Ruiz Navarrete (born 8 January 1925) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the overall and climbers competition at the 1948 Vuelta a España. He went on to become the first Spaniard to take two wins in a single edition of the Tour de France in 1951, the first to finish on the overall podium at the Tour the following year, and the first to win a stage of the Giro d'Italia in 1955. Alasdair Fotheringham has described him as "an accidental pioneer for post-Civil War Spanish professional cycling", through his international success at a time when Spain was experiencing economic hardship during the early years of the Franco era, paving the way for countrymen such as Federico Bahamontes. Ruiz was born into a Communist Party-supporting family in Orihuela and grew up in the Valencian Community: he himself was a member of the pioneer movement in Spain during his youth. After the defeat of the Republican faction in the Spanish Civil War, his family suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Serena
Walter Serena (3 April 1928 – 19 August 2011) was an Italian cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1952 to 1957. He most notably won the 1954 Volta a Catalunya. He also competed in five editions of the Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1953 : 6th Züri-Metzgete : 9th Giro dell'Appennino ;1954 : 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stage 8 (ITT) : 6th Coppa Sabatini : 6th Giro del Veneto : 7th Giro di Campania : 8th Giro di Lombardia : 10th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1955 : 3rd Giro del Veneto : 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 9th Giro di Lombardia ;1956 : 1st Stage 2b ( TTT) Giro d'Italia : 3rd Overall Giro di Sicilia Giro di Sicilia (English: Tour of Sicily) is a men's multi-stage bicycle race held on Sicily, Italy. The race was first held in 1907 and was won by Carlo Galetti. The race disappeared from the calendar after the 1977 edition won by Giuseppe Saron ... : 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya References External links * 1928 births 2011 deaths Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Moreno Martínez
Francisco Moreno Martínez (14 March 1931 – 23 January 2018) was a Spanish racing cyclist. He rode in the 1958 Tour de France The 1958 Tour de France was the 45th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 26 June to 19 July. The total race distance was 24 stages over . The yellow jersey for the leader in the general classification changed owner a record 11 times .... References External links * 1931 births 2018 deaths Spanish male cyclists Place of birth missing Sportspeople from the Province of Albacete Cyclists from Castilla-La Mancha {{Spain-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Bahamontes
Federico Martín Bahamontes, born Alejandro Martín Bahamontes (; born 9 July 1928), is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He won the 1959 Tour de France and a total of 11 Grand Tour stages between 1954-1965. He won a total of 9 mountain classifications and was the first cyclist to complete a "career triple" by winning the mountain classification in all three Grand Tours. Following his retirement, Bahamontes ran a bicycle and motorcycle shop and was named the best climber in the history of the Tour de France by a panel organised by L'Équipe in 2013. Early life Bahamontes was born in Santo Domingo-Caudilla, Toledo to Julián Martín and Victoria Bahamontes. Unlike the usual custom of calling a Spaniard by the first of two surnames, Bahamontes is known by his second; there were too many with the surname Martín in his village so he took up his mother's surname. He is named after his uncle, Federico, who was the head of the family and proclaimed that Bahamonte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Company (cyclist)
Gabriel Company Bauzá (born 16 May 1930 in Sant Joan, Mallorca) is a Spanish former racing cyclist. In 1958 he won the Vuelta a Andalucía. He also finished 6th overall and won a stage of the 1955 Vuelta a España, and won a second stage in 1961. Major results ;1953 : 2nd Campeonato Vasco Navarro de Montaña ;1954 : 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya ;1955 : 1st Overall Circuito Montañes : 1st Trofeo Masferrer : 1st Trofeo del Sprint : 1st Stage 5 Euskal Bizikleta : 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd GP Pascuas : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 6th Overall Vuelta a España ::1st Stage 5 ;1956 : 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama : 4th Trofeo Masferrer ;1957 : 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya : 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Andalucía : 4th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana ;1958 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 2nd Trofeo Masferrer : 2nd National Hill Climb Championship ;1959 : 1st Trofeo Masferrer : 6th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Brulé (cyclist)
André Brulé (4 February 1922 – 3 March 2015) was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 and 1949 Tour de France The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . The Italian team had internal problems, because Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi could both be the team leade .... References External links * 1922 births 2015 deaths French male cyclists Sportspeople from Eure-et-Loir Cyclists from Centre-Val de Loire Tour de Suisse stage winners {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
