- Delio Rodríguez
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Delio Rodríguez Personal information Full name Delio Rodríguez Born 19 April 1916
Ponteareas, SpainDied 14 January 1994 (aged 77)
Vigo, SpainTeam information Current team Retired Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Sprinter Professional team(s) 1936
1939-1945
1946
1946
1947
1948
1948
1949Individual
Individual
Fabas
Galindo-Cicles Tabay
Individual
Paloma
Peugeot-Dunlop
FiorelliMajor wins Grand Tours - Vuelta a España
- General Classification
- (1945)
- Points Classification
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- Tour of Galicia (1945)
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9 July 2011Delio Rodríguez Barros (19 April 1916 – 14 January 1994) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist 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, won his second points title and finished with eight stage wins.
Rodríguez is the all-time record holder for stage wins at the Vuelta a España with 39 stage wins conducted over 5 events. Rodríguez had two younger brothers, Emilio and Manolo that were also professional cyclists. Emilio won the overall race while Manolo came second in the 1950 Vuelta a España.
Major achievements
- 1941
- Vuelta a España
- 12 stages
- 1942
- Vuelta a España
- 8 stages
- 1945
- Vuelta a España
- Tour of Galicia
- Winner
- 1946
- Vuelta a España
- 5th overall
- 5 stages
- 1947
References
- Delio Rodríguez profile at Cycling Archives
Vuelta a España winners of the Points classification 1945 Delio Rodríguez • 1947 Delio Rodríguez • 1955 Fiorenzo Magni • 1956 Rik Van Steenbergen • 1957 Vicente Iturat • 1958 Salvador Botella • 1959 Rik van Looy • 1960 Arthur Decabooter • 1961 Antonio Suárez • 1962 Rudi Altig • 1963 Bas Maliepaard • 1964 José Pérez-Francés • 1965 Rik van Looy • 1966 Jos van der Vleuten • 1967–1968 Jan Janssen • 1969 Raymond Steegmans • 1970 Guido Reybrouck • 1971 Cyrille Guimard • 1972 Domingo Perurena • 1973 Eddy Merckx • 1974 Domingo Perurena • 1975 Miguel María Lasa • 1976 Dietrich Thurau • 1977 Freddy Maertens • 1978 Ferdi Van Den Haute • 1979 Fons De Wolf • 1980 Sean Kelly • 1981 Francisco Javier Cedena • 1982 Stefan Mutter • 1983 Marino Lejarreta • 1984 Guido Van Calster • 1985–1986 Sean Kelly • 1987 Alfonso Gutierrez • 1988 Sean Kelly • 1989 Malcolm Elliott • 1990–1991 Uwe Raab • 1992 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov • 1993 Tony Rominger • 1994–1997 Laurent Jalabert • 1998 Fabrizio Guidi • 1999 Frank Vandenbroucke • 2000 Roberto Heras • 2001 José María Jiménez • 2002–2004 Erik Zabel • 2005 Alessandro Petacchi • 2006 Thor Hushovd • 2007 Daniele Bennati • 2008 Greg Van Avermaet • 2009 André Greipel • 2010 Mark Cavendish • 2011 Bauke Mollema
Categories:- 1916 births
- 1994 deaths
- Spanish cyclists
- Vuelta a España winners
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