Federico Bahamontes

✶July 9, 1928

†August 8, 2023

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About their life

Federico Martín Bahamontes, born Alejandro Martín Bahamontes, was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He won the 1959 Tour de France and a total of 11 Grand Tour stages between 1954 and 1965. He won a total of nine mountain classifications and was the first cyclist to complete a "career triple" by winning the mountain classification in all three Grand Tours. Following his retirement, Bahamontes ran a bicycle and motorcycle shop and was named the best climber in the history of the Tour de France by a panel organised by L'Équipe in 2013.

Spanish racing cyclist (1928–2023)

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Biography from the article Federico Bahamontes on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.