Salvador Botella Rodrigo (March 27, 1929 – December 18, 2006) was a Spanish road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 1953 to 1962.Salvador Botella Rodrigo
/ref> He won the ''

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 ...

'' in 1953 and 1959. He participated in 19

Grand Tours In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in ...

, including eight 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 ...

, seven of the Giro d'Italia, and four 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 ...

. He won the

Points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...

1958 Vuelta a España The 13th ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 30 April to 15 May 1958. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of , and was won by Jean Stablinski. Salvador Bo ...

Major results

;1953 : 1st MaillotVolta

::1st Stage 3 ;1954 : 1st Stage 3

Euskal Bizikleta Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: ''Bicicleta Vasca'', English: ''Basque Bicycle'') was an annual road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, it ...

: 1st Overall

Vuelta a Levante The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calend ...

: 4th Overall

;1955 : 1st

Trofeo Jaumendreu The Trofeo Jaumendreu was a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain from 1945 until 1969. From 1963 to 1969, the race took place as a stage in the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme The Catalan Cycling Week (''Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme ...

: 1st Stage 10

: 1st Stage 3 Tour des Pyrénées : 2nd Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

::1st Stage 8 : 8th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1956 : 1st Stage 4

: 2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu ;1957 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stages 4 & 6 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 8 : 3rd Overall

Vuelta a La Rioja The Vuelta a La Rioja ( en, Tour of La Rioja) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 6th

Trofeo Masferrer Trofeo Masferrer was a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Aut ...

: 10th Overall

;1958 : 1st

: 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia : 2nd National Road Race Championships ;1959 : 1st MaillotVolta

: 3rd Overall

;1960 : 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia : 7th Overall

::1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 9 ;1961 : 1st Overall

: 1st Stages 6 & 8

References

Spanish male cyclists 1929 births 2006 deaths People from Ribera Alta (comarca) Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia Cyclists from the Valencian Community Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners Spanish Giro d'Italia stage winners {{spain-cycling-bio-stub