Santiago Lazcano (8 March 1947 in

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– 3 February 1985 in

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) was a Spanish cyclist. He debuted as a professional in 1969 and rode both the

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and

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that year. He finished 10th overall in the

1972 Giro d'Italia The 1972 Giro d'Italia was the 55th running of the Giro, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in Venice on 21 May, with a prologue and concluded with a mass-start stage, on 11 June. A total of 100 riders from ten teams entered the 20-st ...

and his best season was 1973 as he won the Spanish mountain championship, the Villafranca Grand Prix and took 5th overall in the

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. In 1974 he won stage 17, a high mountain stage in the Giro d'Italia and he finished 10th overall in the

1975 Vuelta a España The 30th Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 22 April to 11 May 1975. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of , and was won by Agustín Tamames of th ...

. He retired as a pro cyclist in 1976 after an accident with a car at a race in The Netherlands. Following his retirement he occasionally commentated on the radio and on a regional TV show called 6 Hours of Euskadi. He died in a motorcycle accident close to his home in

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Major results

;1968 :2nd Overall

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;1969 :1st Overall

;1972 :1st

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:2nd

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:2nd GP Vizcaya ;1973 :1st

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:5th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1974 :1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia :8th Overall

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;1975 :1st Stage 2

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:3rd

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:3rd GP Vizcaya ;1976 :1st Overall

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:2nd Overall

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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