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1957 Volta A Catalunya
The 1957 Volta a Catalunya was the 37th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 1 September to 8 September 1957. The race started in Montjuïc and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Jesús Loroño. General classification References 1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ... Volta 1957 in Spanish road cycling September 1957 sports events in Europe {{Volta a Catalunya-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Loroño
Jesus Loroño Artega (Larrabetzu, 10 January 1926 – Larrabetzu, 12 August 1998) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s. Loroño is most famous for capturing the 1957 Vuelta a España. The previous year at the Vuelta, he finished second to Angelo Conterno by just 13 seconds. Major results ;1947 :Subida al Naranco ;1949 :Circuito de Getxo :Circuito Sardinero ;1950 :Circuito Sardinero :Vuelta a España: ::10th place overall classification ;1951 :Circuito Sardinero ;1953 :Tour de France: ::Winner Mountains classification ::Winner stage 10 ;1954 : national hill climb championship ;1955 :Vuelta a España: ::4th place overall classification ;1956 :GP de la Bicicleta Eibarresa :Vuelta a España: ::2nd place overall classification ;1957 : 1st Overall Vuelta a España ::1st Stage 13 : 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya : 5th Overall Tour de France ;1958 : GP de la Bicicleta Eibarresa :Vuelta a España: ::Winner stage 13A (with Guido Carlesi) ::8th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Pacheco
Miguel Pacheco (5 September 1931 – 17 February 2018) was a Spanish racing cyclist. In 1959 he won the Vuelta a Andalucía. Major results ;1955 : 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya ;1956 : 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Asturias ;1958 : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a España ;1959 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 1st Campeonato Vasco-Navarro de Montaña : 3rd GP Pascuas : 3rd Trofeo Masferrer ;1960 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a España ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) ;1962 : 1st Stage 3b Volta a Catalunya : 4th Overall Vuelta a España ;1963 : 2nd National Road Race Championships : 3rd Overall Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ... ::1st Stage 12b References External links * 1931 births 2018 deaths Spanish male cyclists Sportspeople from Sabadell Spanish Vuelta a España ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 In Catalonia
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ' ... [...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 ... [...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 Mas
Gabriel Mas (born 9 March 1933) is a Spanish former racing cyclist. In 1960 he won the Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI .... References External links * 1933 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Sportspeople from Mallorca Cyclists from the Balearic Islands {{Spain-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Stolker
Michel Stolker (29 September 1933 – 28 May 2018) was a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists .... Stolker died on 28 May 2018 at the age of 84. References External links * 1933 births 2018 deaths[...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] |
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 |
Salvador Botella
Salvador Botella Rodrigo (March 27, 1929 – December 18, 2006) was a Spanish road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 1953 to 1962. He won the ''Volta a Catalunya'' in 1953 and 1959. He participated in 19 Grand Tours, including eight editions of the Vuelta a España, seven of the Giro d'Italia, and four of the Tour de France. He won the Points classification in 1958 Vuelta a España. Major results ;1953 : 1st Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stage 3 ;1954 : 1st Stage 3 Euskal Bizikleta : 1st Overall Vuelta a Levante : 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya ;1955 : 1st Trofeo Jaumendreu : 1st Stage 10 Volta a Catalunya : 1st Stage 3 Tour des Pyrénées : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 8 : 8th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1956 : 1st Stage 4 Euskal Bizikleta : 2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu ;1957 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Levante ::1st Stages 4 & 6 : 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stage 8 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 6th Trofeo Masferrer : 10th Overall Vuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Otaño
Luis Otaño Arcelus (born 26 January 1934 in Errenteria, Gipuzkoa) in the EITB website. is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. In 1964, Otaño lost the to by only 33 seconds. ... [...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] |
