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1959 Volta A Catalunya
The 1959 Volta a Catalunya was the 39th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 6 September to 13 September 1959. The race started in Montjuïc and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Salvador Botella. General classification References 1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ... Volta 1959 in Spanish road cycling September 1959 sports events in Europe {{Volta a Catalunya-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Antonio Suárez
Antonio Suárez Vázquez (20 May 1932 – 6 January 1981) was a professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist from Spain between 1956 and 1965. He is most famous for winning the General classification, overall title and the King of the Mountains, climbers classification at the 1959 Vuelta a España. In addition, Suarez won the points classification at the 1961 Vuelta and a career total of five stages at the Vuelta. Suárez also won a stage and finished on the podium in third place at the 1961 Giro d’Italia behind Arnaldo Pambianco of Italy and Jacques Anquetil of France. Major results ;1957 – Guardio de Franco : ???, Overall, Vuelta a España :: 1st, Stage 16, (San Sebastián - Bilbao, 193 km) : 1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol ;1958 – Lube : 1st, Stage 7, Ruta del Sol : 64th, Overall, 1958 Tour de France, Tour de France ;1959 – Licor 43 : 1st, Overall, Vuelta a España :: 1st, King of the Mountains Classification :: 1st, Stage 5, (Guadix -Murcia, 225 k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 In Catalonia
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive Islands, Maldive archipelago (Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) United Suvadive Republic, declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States reco ... [...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] |
Jaime Alomar
Jaime Alomar Florit (born 24 December 1937) is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1959 and 1968. He won the 1961 Tour de Picardie, the 1963 Coppa Ugo Agostoni and the third stage of 1963 Giro d'Italia, and rode 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 ... in 1961, 1962 and 1967. His elder brother Francisco Alomar was also a professional cyclist. References 1937 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] |
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] |
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] |
Claude Colette
Claude Colette (4 May 1929 – 20 September 1990) was a French professional racing cyclist. He rode in six 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 .... References External links * 1929 births 1990 deaths French male cyclists People from Châtellerault Sportspeople from Vienne (department) Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Karmany
Antonio Karmany Mestres (born 21 January 1934) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. Major Results ;1957 :1st, Stage 6, Vuelta a Levante ;1958 :1st, Gran Premio de Primavera ;1959 :1st, Stages 4a & 6, Volta a Catalunya :1st, Stage 2, 1959 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España ;1960 :1st, Subida al Naranco :1st, Stage 7, Volta a Catalunya :4th, Overall, 1960 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España ::1st, Mountains classification ::1st, Stage 17b ;1961 :1st, Subida a Urkiola :1st, Stage 3, Volta a Catalunya :1st, Stage 1a(TTT), Vuelta a Levante :8th, Overall, 1961 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España ::1st, Mountains classification ::1st, Stage 15 ;1962 :1st, Overall, Volta a Catalunya :1st, Mountains classification, 1962 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España ;1963 :1st, Subida al Naranco :1st, Stage 4, Volta a Catalunya :1st, Stage 3a, Tour of the Basque Country ;1965 :1st, Stage 2, Vuelta a Andalucía External links * * * Living people Spanish male cyclists 1934 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Manzaneque
Fernando Manzaneque Sánchez (4 February 1934 – 5 June 2004) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist born in Campo de Criptana. Fernando was the older brother of Jesús Manzaneque. Major Results ;1955 :1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Andalucía ;1957 :1st Stages 3 & 5 Tour du Maroc :1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Asturias ;1958 :1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya :3rd Overall Vuelta a España ;1959 :1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Andalucía :1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España ;1960 :1st Stage 18 Tour de France :1st Stages 5 & 7 Vuelta a Andalucía :1st Overall Vuelta a Levante ::1st Stage 8 :6th Overall Vuelta a España ;1961 :1st Stage 4 Bicicleta Eibarresa :1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :6th Overall Tour de France :7th Overall Vuelta a España ;1962 :1st Overall Vuelta a Levante :8th Overall Vuelta a España ;1963 :1st Trofeo Jaumendreu :1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre ::1st Stage 4 :1st Stage 16 Tour de France :1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya ;1964 :6th Overall Vuelta a España ;1965 :4th ... [...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] |
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] |
