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Dies at 100 Bernardo Ruiz, Winner of the 1948 Vuelta a España
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Paraphrasing Miguel Hernández, his countryman from Orihuela, we have died "like lightning" Bernardo Ruiz. The last and the first has passed away. Or the first...
The cyclist from Orihuela won two stages in the Tour de France in 1951 and was in 1952 the first Spaniard to take the podium of the ‘big bouquet’
The former Spanish cyclist Bernardo Ruiz died on Thursday at 100 years of age. Victory of four stages and of the general classification of the Vuelta in 1948, he had also raised his arms on the Giro and the Tour de France, of which he was the first Spanish rider to climb on the podium in 1952.
The cyclist has died in his native Orihuela at the age of 100
At the age of 100, the cyclist Bernardo Ruiz, a cycling legend, died, becoming the first Spaniard to take the podium in the Tour de France behind Fausto Coppi and Stan Ockers. Recently he received an emotional tribute from his hometown with images included after reaching the round figure of 100 years. Bernando, who won the Vuelta a España in 1948, passed away last morning after a spectacular sports and personal career, being admired by everyone …
Old cyclist was 100 years old
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