Emilio Rodríguez (cyclist) explained

Emilio Rodríguez
Fullname:Emilio Rodríguez
Birth Date:1923 11, df=y
Birth Place:Ponteareas, Spain
Death Place:Ponteareas, Spain
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Vuelta a España

General classification (1950)

Mountains classification (1946, 1947, 1950)

6 individual stages (1947, 1950)Stage races

Volta a Catalunya (1947, 1948)

Emilio Rodríguez Barros (28 November 1923, Ponteareas, Spain – 21 February 1984, Ponteareas, Spain) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Ponteareas who won the King of the Mountains classification at Vuelta a España three times and captured the overall title at the 1950 Vuelta a España. Rodríguez's two brothers were also professional cyclists - his older brother Delio won the 1945 Vuelta a España and in total won 39 stages at the Vuelta a España. Emilio's other brother Manolo finished second in the general classification of the edition that Emilio won.

Major results

1946
  • 1st Overall Tour of Galicia
  • 8th Overall Vuelta a España
  • 1st Mountains classification
    1947
  • 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
  • 1st Overall Tour of Galicia
  • 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
  • 4th Overall Vuelta a España
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 2
    1948
  • 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
    1950
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a España
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stages 3, 4b, 6, 7 & 22
    1954
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
    1955
  • 1st Overall Tour of Galicia
  • 5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
  • 1st Stage 1

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