Julián Berrendero Explained

Julián Berrendero
Full Name:Julián Berrendero Martín
Birth Date:8 April 1912
Birth Place:San Agustín del Guadalix, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Majorwins:Vuelta a España (1940, 1941)
Mountains competition 1936 Tour de France

Julián Berrendero Martín (born San Agustín del Guadalix, 8 April 1912, died Madrid, 1 August 1995) was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He is most famous for having won the third and fourth editions of the Vuelta a España in 1941 and 1942.[1] He won the 1941 race after having spent 18 months in a Francoist concentration camp.[2] In addition, he won a total of three mountains jerseys at the Vuelta and the Tour de France

  1. “Berrendero was a marked man, a public figure who had supported the Republican cause. As soon as he reached the Spanish border, Franco’s men arrested him and threw him into a concentration camp, where he remained for 18 months. He survived the camps, which were characterized by disease, malnourishment and frequent beatings, but to what physical and mental cost? He was only 27 and should have been at the height of his cycling career.”

Major results

1935
  • GP de la Bicicleta Eibarresa
  • Tour of Galicia
    1936
  • GP Republica (incl. 3 stages)
  • Tour de France
  • Winner Mountains classification
  • 11th place overall classification
    1937
  • Tour de France
  • Winner stage 15
  • 15th place overall classification
    1938
  • Tour de France
  • 29th place overall classification
    1941
  • Circuito de Getxo
  • Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra
  • Vuelta a España
  • Winner stages 1 and 20
  • Winner overall classification
    1942
  • Spanish National Road Race Championship
  • Spanish National Cyclo-Cross Championship
  • Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
  • Vuelta a España
  • Winner overall classification
  • Winner Mountains classification
  • Winner stages 1 and 9B
    1943
  • Spanish National Road Race Championship
  • Volta a Catalunya
  • Trofeo Masferrer
    1944
  • Spanish National Road Race Championship
  • Spanish National Cyclo-Cross Championship
  • Circuito de Getxo
  • Clasica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
    1945
  • San Antonio de Durango
  • Vuelta a España
  • 2nd place overall classification
  • Winner Mountains classification
  • Winner stages 1 and 17
    1946
  • Volta a Catalunya
  • Vuelta a España
  • 2nd place overall classification
  • Winner stages 4, 18B and 20
    1947
  • Clasica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
  • Vuelta a España
  • Winner stage 3
  • 6th place overall classification
    1948
  • Vuelta a España
  • Winner stage 1A

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    Notes and References

    1. News: The climber and the dictator. Paul Maunder. Peloton Magazine. August 2016. 96–97.
    2. Web site: 2021-08-21 . A cycle through Spanish history: retracing the 1941 Vuelta a España . 2022-07-17 . the Guardian . en.

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