Santiago Lazcano Explained

Santiago Lazcano
Fullname:Santiago Lazcano Labaca
Birth Date:8 March 1947
Birth Place:Errezil, Spain
Death Place:San Sebastián, Spain
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1969–1974
Proyears2:1975
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

1 individual stage (1974)

Santiago Lazcano (8 March 1947 in Errezil – 3 February 1985 in San Sebastián) was a Spanish cyclist.[1] He debuted as a professional in 1969 and rode both the Vuelta a España and Tour de France that year. He finished 10th overall in the 1972 Giro d'Italia and his best season was 1973 as he won the Spanish mountain championship, the Villafranca Grand Prix and took 5th overall in the 1973 Giro d'Italia.[2] In 1974 he won stage 17, a high mountain stage in the Giro d'Italia and he finished 10th overall in the 1975 Vuelta a España. He retired as a pro cyclist in 1976 after an accident with a car at a race in The Netherlands. Following his retirement he occasionally commentated on the radio and on a regional TV show called 6 Hours of Euskadi. He died in a motorcycle accident close to his home in Azpeitia.[3]

Major results

1968
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
    1969
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
    1972
  • 1st GP Pascuas
  • 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
  • 2nd GP Vizcaya
    1973
  • 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
    1974
  • 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
  • 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
    1975
  • 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
  • 3rd Subida a Arrate
  • 3rd GP Vizcaya
    1976
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour19691970197119721973197419751976
    Vuelta a España401920922
    Giro d'Italia10516
    Tour de France4129DNF68

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Santiago Lazcano . ProCyclingStats . 15 May 2017.
    2. Web site: El ex corredor Santiago Lazcano falleció el domingo en un accidente de tráfico. El Pais by Gorka Reizabal. 4 February 1985.
    3. Web site: El ex corredor Santiago Lazcano falleció el domingo en un accidente de tráfico. El Pais by Gorka Reizabal. 4 February 1985.