Salvador Cardona
Personal information | |
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Full name | Salvador Cardona Balbastre |
Born | Alfahuir, Valencian Community, Spain | 12 January 1901
Died | 15 January 1985 Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France | (aged 84)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1928 | Elvish |
1929 | Elvish-Fontan |
1934–1935 | Orbea |
Major wins | |
Spain National Road Cycling Championship (1935) Tour de France, 1 stage Vuelta a España, 2 stages Volta a Catalunya (1931) |
Salvador Cardona Balbastre (12 January 1901 - 15 January 1985) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist from Alfauir. In 1929 he became the first Spanish road bicycle racer to win a stage in Tour de France.
Major results
[edit]- 1929
- 4th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 9
- 1st, Overall, Vuelta a Levante
- 1931
- 1st, Overall, Volta a Catalunya
- 1933
- 1st, Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st, Overall, Tour of Galicia
- 1935
- Spain National Road Cycling Championship
- 1st, Stage 6 & 7, Volta a Catalunya
- 1st, Stage 9, Vuelta a España
- 1st, Overall, Vuelta a Mallorca
- 1936
- 1st, Stage 9, Vuelta a España
External links
[edit]- Salvador Cardona Balbastre at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Salvador CARDONA BALBASTRE at CycleBase
- Results in Tour de France for Salvador CARDONA BALBASTRE
- Article about Salvador Cardona (in Spanish)