Salvador Botella
Spanish cyclist (1929–2006)
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Full name | Salvador Botella Rodrigo |
Born | (1929-03-27)27 March 1929 Almussafes, Spain |
Died | 18 December 2006(2006-12-18) (aged 77) Ribarroja del Turia, Spain |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1954 | Ideor |
1955 | Ignis |
1956 | Splendid |
1957 | Ignis–Doniselli |
1958–1962 | Faema–Guerra |
Salvador Botella Rodrigo (March 27, 1929 – December 18, 2006) was a Spanish road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 1953 to 1962.[1] He won the Volta a Catalunya in 1953 and 1959. He participated in 19 Grand Tours, including eight editions of the Vuelta a España, seven of the Giro d'Italia, and four of the Tour de France. He won the Points classification in 1958 Vuelta a España.
Major results
- 1953
- 1st Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 3
- 1954
- 1st Stage 3 Euskal Bizikleta
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Levante
- 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1955
- 1st Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1st Stage 10 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 3 Tour des Pyrénées
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 8
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1956
- 1st Stage 4 Euskal Bizikleta
- 2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1957
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Levante
- 1st Stages 4 & 6
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 8
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 6th Trofeo Masferrer
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1958
- 1st Points classification Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 1959
- 1st Volta a Catalunya
- 3rd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 1960
- 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 9
- 1961
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Levante
- 1st Stages 6 & 8 Vuelta a Andalucía
References
- ^ Salvador Botella Rodrigo
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- 1945: 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
- 1967–68: 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: Alfons De Wolf
- 1980: Sean Kelly
- 1981: Francisco Javier Cedena
- 1982: Stefan Mutter
- 1983: Marino Lejarreta
- 1984: Guido Van Calster
- 1985–86: Sean Kelly
- 1987: Alfonso Gutiérrez
- 1988: Sean Kelly
- 1989: Malcolm Elliott
- 1990–91: Uwe Raab
- 1992: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
- 1993: Tony Rominger
- 1994–97: Laurent Jalabert
- 1998: Fabrizio Guidi
- 1999: Frank Vandenbroucke
- 2000: Roberto Heras
- 2001: José María Jiménez
- 2002–04: Erik Zabel
- 2005: Alessandro Petacchi
- 2006: Thor Hushovd
- 2007: Daniele Bennati
- 2008: Greg Van Avermaet
- 2009: André Greipel
- 2010: Mark Cavendish
- 2011: Bauke Mollema
- 2012–13: Alejandro Valverde
- 2014: John Degenkolb
- 2015: Alejandro Valverde
- 2016: Fabio Felline
- 2017: Chris Froome
- 2018: Alejandro Valverde
- 2019–20: Primož Roglič
- 2021: Fabio Jakobsen
- 2022: Mads Pedersen
- 2023: Kaden Groves
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