Delio Rodríguez Barros (19 April 1916 – 14 January 1994) was a Spanish professional
road racing cyclist
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and
sprinter. Despite winning 12 stages at the 1941 Vuelta and 8 stages at the 1942 Vuelta, Rodríguez failed to make the top five places in the overall standings. Due to World War II, the event was not held in 1943 and 1944, but Rodríguez wanted to win the
1945 event, which he did by going on an early breakaway and winning stage 2 by over a half-hour. In the end, Delio won the event by over 30 minutes, captured six stages and the points classification, too. At the 1947 Vuelta, he finished on the podium in third, and finished with eight stage wins.
Rodríguez is the all-time record holder for stage wins at the
Vuelta a España
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with 39 stage wins conducted over 5 events. Rodríguez had two younger brothers,
Emilio Emilio may refer to:
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* Emílio (dis ...
and Manolo that were also professional cyclists. Emilio won the overall race while Manolo came second in the
1950 Vuelta a España.
Major achievements
;1935
:1st GP San Froilan Lugo
;1939
:2nd
Clásica a los Puertos
:6th Overall
Volta a Catalunya
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It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
;1940
:1st Overall GP Agustin
::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4
:1st Overall Vuelta a Alava
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
:1st Overall Madrid-Salamanca-Madrid
::1st Stages 1 & 2
:
Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
::1st Stages 1 & 2
:1st Stage 1b
Trofeo Masferrer
Trofeo Masferrer was a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia
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:2nd Overall Circuito del Norte
::1st Stages 1 & 2
:3rd Overall
Vuelta a Cantabria
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::1st Stage 1
:3rd
Clásica a los Puertos
;1941
:1st Overall Vuelta a Alava
::1st Stages 1 & 2
:
Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
::1st Stages 4, 5, 6 & 9
:Circuito del Norte
::1st Stages 1, 3, 6 & 7
:
Vuelta a Navarra
::1st Stages 2 & 4
:1st
Subida al Naranco
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:4th Overall
Vuelta a España
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::1st Stages 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16a (
ITT
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B ...
), 16b, 17, 18 & 19
;1942
:
Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
::1st Stages 7 & 9
:3rd Overall Circuito Castilla-Leon-Asturias
::1st Stages 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8
:7th Overall
Vuelta a España
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::1st Stages 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 (
ITT
ITT may refer to:
Communication
* Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles.
Mathematics
*Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory
*Intensional type theory
B ...
), 12 & 14
;1943
:
Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
::1st Stages 3, 6 & 9
:1st Stage 3 GP Ayutamiento de Bilbao
:1st
Subida al Naranco
Subida al Naranco is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early June each year. The event was first run in 1941 but was not held consistently until 1981. Between 2005 and 2010, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Euro ...
:3rd Circuito Castilla-Leon-Asturias
::1st Stage 2 & 4
;1944
:
Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
:
Vuelta a Cantabria
The Vuelta a Cantabria is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the region of Cantabria
Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad ...
::1st Stages 1 & 2
:3rd Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...
::1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6
;1945
:1st Overall
Vuelta a España
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::1st
Points classification
::1st Stages 2, 8, 9, 14, 16 & 18
:1st Overall
Tour of Galicia
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::1st Stages 2b, 5b & 7
;1946
:
Vuelta a Castilla y León
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...
::1st Stages 4, 5, 6 & 7
:5th Overall
Vuelta a España
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::1st Stages 13, 14, 15 & 17
;1947
:
Vuelta a Asturias
::1st Stages 2 & 10
:1st Stage 1
Vuelta a Castilla y León
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:1st Stage 3
Vuelta a Burgos
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:2nd
Clásica a los Puertos
:3rd Overall
Vuelta a España
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::1st
Points classification
::1st Stages 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 15, 18 & 23
:3rd Overall
Tour of Galicia
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Travel
* Tourism, travel for pleasure
* Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service
* Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus
* Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...
::1st Stages 5 & 6
;1948
:
Volta a Portugal
::1st Stages 2, 3 & 11
:7th Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...
::1st Stages 1, 3 & 6
References
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1916 births
1994 deaths
People from Ponteareas
Sportspeople from the Province of Pontevedra
Cyclists from Galicia (Spain)
Vuelta a España winners
Spanish male cyclists