Salvador Cardona Explained

Salvador Cardona
Full Name:Salvador Cardona Balbastre
Birth Date:12 January 1901
Birth Place:Alfahuir, Valencian Community, Spain
Death Place:Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1928
Proteam1:Elvish
Proyears2:1929
Proteam2:Elvish-Fontan
Proyears3:1934 - 1935
Proteam3:Orbea
Majorwins: National Road Cycling Championship (1935)
Tour de France, 1 stage
Vuelta a España, 2 stages
Volta a Catalunya (1931)

Salvador Cardona Balbastre (12 January 1901 - 15 January 1985) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist from Alfauir. In 1929 he became the first Spanish road bicycle racer to win a stage in Tour de France.

Major results

1929
  • 4th, Overall, Tour de France
  • 1st, Stage 9
  • 1st, Overall, Vuelta a Levante
    1931
  • 1st, Overall, Volta a Catalunya
    1933
  • 1st, Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 1st, Overall, Tour of Galicia
    1935
  • National Road Cycling Championship
  • 1st, Stage 6 & 7, Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st, Stage 9, Vuelta a España
  • 1st, Overall, Vuelta a Mallorca
    1936
  • 1st, Stage 9, Vuelta a España

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