Salvador Botella
Personal information | |
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Full name | Salvador Botella Rodrigo |
Born | Almussafes, Spain | 27 March 1929
Died | 18 December 2006 Ribarroja del Turia, Spain | (aged 77)
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
[edit]- 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
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