José Luis Laguía

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José Luis Laguía Road cycling
To person
Date of birth 3rd September 1959
nation SpainSpain Spain
discipline Street
Driver type Mountain riders
Team (s)
1980–1986
1987
1988–1989
1990
1991
1991–1992
Reynolds-Galli
PDM-Concorde
Reynolds
Lotus-Festina
Paternina-Don Zoilo
Artiach-Royal
Most important successes
Vuelta a España

Mountain classification : 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
• 4 stage wins

National championship

MaillotEspaña.svgSpanish road racing champion: 1982

Last updated: July 13, 2012

José Luis Laguía Martínez (born September 3, 1959 in Pedro Muñoz ) is a former Spanish cyclist . He won the mountain classification of the Vuelta a España five times - an unprecedented record to date (2019).

Career

At the age of 20, José Luis Laguía took part in the Vuelta a España 1980 and was able to secure third place in the mountain classification straight away . In the following event he won the mountain classification. 1982 was Laguías most successful year: In addition to his second mountain classification victory - this time combined with three daily victories - he secured overall victories in the Tour of the Basque Country and the Tour of Burgos , was Spanish champion in the road race and also won stages at the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme and the Tour of Catalonia . The second defense of the Vuelta mountain classification he succeeded in 1983 when he outclassed the competition for second-placed Italian Fiorenzo Aliverti with a lead of 59 points. While the 1984 racing season was rather disappointing for him, he was able to build on previous performances in 1985 and 1986. After he separated from the Reynolds team in 1986, the sporting successes failed to materialize and in 1992 Laguía ended his active career.

successes

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1988

Placements in the Grand Tours

Grand Tour 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Golden jersey Vuelta a España 21st 7th 5 24 19th 27 25th 29 17th 44 23 - -
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - - - - 30th - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - DNF 41 DNF 121 43 - - - - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

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