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
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.