For sixty years, since the first edition in 1935, Vuelta a Espana was a spring race. The first time the Spanish grand tour started in September happened only in 1995. The race was won by Laurent Jalabert. This was a much significant change in the calendar, than we might think of it from our present … Read more
When Jacques Anquetil won Vuelta a Espana on 15th May, he became the first rider in the history of cycling to win all three Grand Tours at least one time. When he managed to win also the Tour de France that year, he became the first rider to make the Vuelta-Tour double. By the way, … Read more
Most stage victories in the history of Vuelta a Espana: 1 Delio Rodríguez ESP 39 2 Alessandro Petacchi ITA 20 3 Laurent Jalabert FRA 18 Rik Van Looy BEL 18 5 Sean Kelly IRL 16 6 Gerben Karstens NED 14 7 Freddy Maertens BEL 13 Alejandro Valverde ESP 13 9 Marcel Wüst GER 12 Tony … Read more
Angelino Soler, the youngest Vuelta a Espana winner ever, was born on the 25th November in 1939 in Alcazar, Spain. He was professional between 1961 and 1968. In his first year as pro, he won the Vuelta a Espana. He was only 21 years and 168 days old, thus makes him the youngest Vuelta a … Read more
Poblet was born in Montcada i Reixac, in the northern suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on 18 March 1928. He was encouraged by his father (a bicycle shop owner) to take up racing seriously and turned professional in 1944 at the age of 16. The late forties, early fifties were a difficult time to race … Read more