Miguel María Lasa Explained

Miguel María Lasa
Full Name:Miguel María Lasa Urquía
Birth Date:4 November 1947
Birth Place:Oiartzun, Spain
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1969
Proteam1:Pepsi-Cola
Proyears2:1970
Proteam2:La Casera–Peña Bahamontes
Proyears3:1971
Proyears4:1971–1975
Proyears5:1976
Proyears6:1977–1978
Proyears7:1979–1980
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

2 individual stages (1976, 1978)

Giro d'Italia

3 individual stages (1970, 1972, 1981)

Vuelta a España

Points classification (1975)

6 individual stages (1972, 1975, 1979, 1981) Stage races

Tour of the Basque Country (1974)

Miguel María Lasa Urquía (born 4 November 1947) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He was born in Oiartzun. He won four stages in the Vuelta a España as well as the Points classification in 1975 Vuelta a España. He also finished on the podium of Vuelta a España four times (1972, 1974, 1975, 1977). He also won two stages in the Tour de France and three stages in the Giro d'Italia.

He also competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]

Major results

1969
  • 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
  • 6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    1970
  • Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
  • 1st Stages 1 & 7
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 7th Overall Vuelta a España
  • 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Stage 12
    1971
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st GP Navarra
  • 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias
  • 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
  • 1st Stages 1, 2, & 4a
  • 4th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 6th Trofeo Masferrer
  • 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    1972
  • 1st Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
  • 1st Stages 1a & 4
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
  • 1st Stages 1 & 14
  • 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
  • 2nd GP Navarra
  • 4th Trofeo Masferrer
  • 5th Overall Paris–Nice
  • 5th Giro dell'Emilia
  • 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
  • 7th Grand Prix des Nations
    1973
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
  • 1st Prologue
  • 1st Klasika Primavera
  • 2nd Genoa–Nice
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
  • 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
  • 5th Milano–Torino
  • 6th Giro di Lombardia
  • 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 9th Paris-Bruxelles
    1974
  • 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 1st GP Navarra
  • 1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
  • 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Asturias
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
  • 1st Stage 1a
  • 2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 2nd GP Pascuas
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
  • 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  • 4th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
  • 6th Giro dell'Emilia
  • 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
  • 7th Trofeo Masferrer
  • 9th Overall Paris–Nice
  • 9th La Flèche Wallonne
    1975
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
  • 1st Stages 2, 5 & 6a
  • 1st GP Pascuas
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 2 & 7 (ITT)
  • 3rd Genoa–Nice
  • 4th Trofeo Masferrer
  • 5th Klasika Primavera
  • 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
  • 6th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
  • 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
    1976
  • 1st Stage 5b Tour de France
  • 2nd Overall Giro di Puglia
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 4th Giro del Lazio
  • 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
  • 6th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
  • 9th Giro di Toscana
    1977
  • 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country
  • 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Asturias
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
  • 4th GP Navarra
  • 4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 5th Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
  • 6th Clásica de Sabiñánigo
  • 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 7th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
  • 8th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 8th GP Pascuas
    1978
  • 1st GP Navarra
  • 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 1st Trofeo Masferrer 1st Stage 9 Tour de France
  • 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 3rd Klasika Primavera
  • 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 6th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    1979
  • 1st Klasika Primavera
  • 1st Stage 18a Vuelta a España
  • 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 2nd GP Navarra
  • 3rd GP Pascuas
  • 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    1980
  • 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd GP Pascuas
  • 3rd GP Navarra
  • 9th Overall Vuelta a España
    1981
  • 1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
  • 2nd GP Navarra
  • 9th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 10th Overall Vuelta a España
  • 1st Stage 17

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour1969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981
    Vuelta a España2174233211910
    Giro d'Italia8992819
    Tour de France173441
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Miguel Lasa Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050939/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/miguel-lasa-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 15 September 2014 . sports-reference.com.