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1953 Volta A Catalunya
The 1953 Volta a Catalunya was the 33rd edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 6 September to 13 September 1953. The race started in Montjuïc and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Salvador Botella. General classification References 1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ... Volta 1953 in Spanish road cycling September 1953 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] |
Emilio Rodríguez (cyclist)
Emilio Rodríguez Barros (28 November 1923, Ponteareas, Spain – 21 February 1984, Ponteareas, Spain) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Ponteareas who won the King of the Mountains classification at Vuelta a España three times and captured the overall title at the 1950 Vuelta a España. Rodríguez's two brothers were also professional cyclists - his older brother Delio won the 1945 Vuelta a España and in total won 39 stages at the Vuelta a España. Emilio's other brother Manolo finished second in the general classification of the edition that Emilio won. Major results ;1946 : 1st Overall Tour of Galicia : 8th Overall Vuelta a España :: 1st Mountains classification ;1947 : 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya :: 1st Stage 2 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 1st Overall Tour of Galicia : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos : 4th Overall Vuelta a España :: 1st Mountains classification :: 1st Stage 2 ;1948 : 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya : 1st Overall Volta a la Comu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 In Catalonia
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia. ** The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son). ** Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that agriculture will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
