Julián Berrendero Martín (born

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, 8 April 1912, died

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, 1 August 1995) was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He is most famous for having won the third and fourth editions of the

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 ...

in 1941 and 1942. He won the 1941 race after having spent 18 months in a Francoist concentration camp. In addition, he won a total of three mountains jerseys at the Vuelta and the Tour de France #“Berrendero was a marked man, a public figure who had supported the Republican cause. As soon as he reached the Spanish border, Franco’s men arrested him and threw him into a concentration camp, where he remained for 18 months. He survived the camps, which were characterized by disease, malnourishment and frequent beatings, but to what physical and mental cost? He was only 27 and should have been at the height of his cycling career.”

Major results

;1935 :GP de la Bicicleta Eibarresa : Tour of Galicia ;1936 :GP Republica (incl. 3 stages) :

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 ...

: :: Winner Mountains classification :: 11th place overall classification ;1937 :

: :: Winner stage 15 ::15th place overall classification ;1938 :

: ::29th place overall classification ;1941 :

Circuito de Getxo The Circuito de Getxo ( en, Getxo Circuit) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

:Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra :

: ::Winner stages 1 and 20 :: Jersey gold

Winner overall classification ;1942 : Spanish National Road Race Championship : Spanish National Cyclo-Cross Championship :

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 ofte ...

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Winner overall classification :: Winner Mountains classification ::Winner stages 1 and 9B ;1943 : Spanish National Road Race Championship :

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 ...

: Trofeo Masferrer ;1944 : Spanish National Road Race Championship : Spanish National Cyclo-Cross Championship :Circuito de Getxo :Clasica a los Puertos de Guadarrama ;1945 :San Antonio de Durango :

: :: 2nd place overall classification :: Winner Mountains classification ::Winner stages 1 and 17 ;1946 : Volta a Catalunya :

: :: 2nd place overall classification ::Winner stages 4, 18B and 20 ;1947 :Clasica a los Puertos de Guadarrama :

: ::Winner stage 3 ::6th place overall classification ;1948 :

: ::Winner stage 1A

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The climber and the dictator" by Paul Maunder"Vuelte Skelter" by Tim Moore
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berrendero, Julian 1912 births 1995 deaths Spanish male cyclists Vuelta a España winners Spanish Tour de France stage winners People from Cuenca del Medio Jarama Cyclists from the Community of Madrid