Andrés Oliva
Personal information | |
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Full name | Andrés Oliva |
Born | (1948-12-07)7 December 1948 |
Died | 5 July 2023(2023-07-05) (aged 74) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Race |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1969–1974 | La Casera |
1975–1977 | KAS |
1978–1979 | Teka |
1980 | Kelme |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Andrés Oliva (7 December 1948 – 5 July 2023) was a Spanish professional cyclist. Oliva was a great climber, so he ended up winning multiple Mountains Classifications. He won the Mountains Classification at the 1975 Giro d'Italia and the 1976 Giro d'Italia. Those were the only two years that Oliva raced the Giro d'Italia. In the 1975 edition Oliva finished 14th overall, that was his highest finish. Oliva also experienced success at the Vuelta a España. He won the Mountains Classification at the 1975 Vuelta a España, 1976 Vuelta a España, and 1978 Vuelta a España. Oliva's highest finish at the Vuelta a España was eleventh overall, he did that in both 1978 and 1972. He retired from cycling in 1980.[1][2][3][4]
Oliva died on 5 July 2023, at the age of 74.[5]
References
- ^ "Cycling - Andres Oliva Sanchez (Spain) : season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Cycling Hall of Fame.com". Cycling Hall of Fame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Andres Oliva - Rider Statistics Giro d'Italia - By: CyclingFever.com - The International Cycling Social Network". Giro.cyclingfever.com. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Vuelta a España Results | CyclingHallofFame.com". www.cyclinghalloffame.com. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ Muere Andrés Oliva, figura del ciclismo español, a los 74 años (in Spanish)
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- 1934: Remo Bertoni
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- 1938: Giovanni Valetti
- 1939–40: Gino Bartali
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- 1950: Hugo Koblet
- 1951: Louison Bobet
- 1952: Raphaël Géminiani
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- 1955: Gastone Nencini
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- 1967: Aurelio González Puente
- 1968: Eddy Merckx
- 1969: Claudio Michelotto
- 1970: Martin Van Den Bossche
- 1971–74: José Manuel Fuente
- 1975: Andrés Oliva & Francisco Galdós
- 1976: Andrés Oliva
- 1977: Faustino Fernández Ovies
- 1978: Ueli Sutter
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- 2018: Chris Froome
- 2019: Giulio Ciccone
- 2020: Ruben Guerreiro
- 2021: Geoffrey Bouchard
- 2022: Koen Bouwman
- 2023: Thibaut Pinot
- 2024: Tadej Pogačar
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