Antonio Albanés

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Antonio Albanés Road cycling
To person
Date of birth before 1952
date of death 5th November 2012
nation UruguayUruguay Uruguay
discipline Road cycling

Antonio Albanés (* before 1952; † November 5, 2012 ) was a Uruguayan road cyclist .

Career

Albanés took part in the Uruguay national tour , the Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay , three times . In 1952 he finished 35th out of 192 riders who started. In the following year he was 18th. In 1954 he reached the 24th place of 163 participants in the overall ranking.

In 1954 Albanés opened a cycling shop in Florida , which still existed in 2013. In addition to his work in his cycling business, he also worked as a trainer and, for example, supervised the Uruguayan selection at the Vuelta a Guatemala in 1967, which at the time included Saúl Alcántara , Raúl Etchebarne , Rene Decena and Raúl Cortes .

In 2011 Albanés was given the honor of naming daily sections after him in Uruguayan stage races such as the 19th edition of the Vuelta del Congreso . In addition, at the meeting of the Junta Departamental de Florida on March 18, 2011, in speeches by Edile Carlos Martínez Latorraca and Rafael Cosentino, alongside Walter Varela and Dardo Sánchez, he was named one of the most important cyclists in Florida's cycling history.

Albanés died early in the age of nine and was buried in the Florida City Cemetery. On the occasion of the first anniversary of his death, the Club Ciclista Deportivo San Antonio put a plaque on Albanés' grave.

Private

Antonio Albanés was born to Victoriano Albanés and had at least three sisters. He also had children with his wife.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 59º ANIVERSARIO DE CASA ANTONIO ALBANES (Spanish) of October 1, 2013, accessed on February 28, 2014
  2. ↑ Se corre el Codecam (Spanish) of December 15, 2011, accessed on February 28, 2014
  3. ↑ ACTA Nº 16/11 - 18 de marzo de 2011 - SEGUNDO PUNTO DEL ORDEN DEL DIA ( Memento of March 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) on www.juntaflorida.gub.uy
  4. ↑ Fallció Antonio Albanés referente del ciclismo y exitoso empresario floridense (Spanish), accessed on February 26, 2014
  5. ↑ PLACA RECORDATORIA A DON ANTONIO ALBANES (Spanish) from November 4, 2013, accessed on February 28, 2014
  6. ↑ Fallció Antonio Albanés referente del ciclismo y exitoso empresario floridense (Spanish), accessed on February 26, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Albanés, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan road cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH before 1952
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 2012