Salvador Botella Explained
| Salvador Botella |
| Fullname: | Salvador Botella Rodrigo |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Almussafes, Spain |
| Death Place: | Ribarroja del Turia, Spain |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Proyears1: | 1954 |
| Proteam1: | Ideor |
| Proyears2: | 1955 |
| Proyears3: | 1956 |
| Proteam3: | Splendid |
| Proyears4: | 1957 |
| Proyears5: | 1958–1962 |
Salvador Botella Rodrigo (March 27, 1929 – December 18, 2006) was a Spanish road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 1953 to 1962.[1] He won the Volta a Catalunya in 1953 and 1959. He participated in 19 Grand Tours, including eight editions of the Vuelta a España, seven of the Giro d'Italia, and four of the Tour de France. He won the Points classification in 1958 Vuelta a España.
Major results
- 1953
1st Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 3
- 1954
1st Stage 3 Euskal Bizikleta
1st Overall Vuelta a Levante
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1955
1st Trofeo Jaumendreu
1st Stage 10 Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 3 Tour des Pyrénées
2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 8
8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1956
1st Stage 4 Euskal Bizikleta
2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu
- 1957
2nd Overall Vuelta a Levante
1st Stages 4 & 6
2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 8
3rd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Stages 2 & 3
6th Trofeo Masferrer
10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1958
1st Points classification Vuelta a España
1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia
2nd National Road Race Championships
- 1959
1st Volta a Catalunya
3rd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 1960
1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia
7th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 9
- 1961
1st Overall Vuelta a Levante
1st Stages 6 & 8 Vuelta a AndalucíaNotes and References
- http://www.sitiodeciclismo.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=2502 Salvador Botella Rodrigo
