Bernardo Ruiz
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 January 1925 Orihuela, Spain |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder[1] |
| Major wins | |
| 1948 Vuelta a España | |
Bernardo Ruiz Navarrete (born 8 January 1925) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the overall and climbers competition at the 1948 Vuelta a España.
Ruiz went on to become the first Spaniard to take two wins in a single edition of the Tour de France in 1951, the first to finish on the overall podium at the Tour the year after, and the first to win a stage of the Giro d'Italia in 1955.[1]
Ruiz was born into a Communist Party-supporting family in Orihuela and grew up in the Valencian Community.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fotheringham, Alasdair (23 October 2020). "Bernardo Ruiz: The Vuelta's Accidental Pioneer". Rouleur. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official Tour de France results for Bernardo Ruiz Archived 2018-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
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