José Manuel Lasa

José Manuel Lasa (born May 21, 1939 in Oiartzun , Spain ) is a former Spanish cyclist .

Athletic career

Lasa, who worked as a road rider during his cycling career, was able to place three times in the top field of the UCI road world championships . At the World Cup of Amateurs in 1965 , he was second in the individual race and in the 100 km team race with the Spanish team. In 1967 he came in sixth in the individual race for professional drivers . He had previously started at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 , where he was 24th in the individual race.

Lasa made his switch from amateur sport to professional paddock in 1965, the year of the World Cup. During his professional career, he changed teams almost every year, his first cycling team in 1965 was the Spanish racing team GAC-Mobylette. Lasa only appeared in the results lists of larger races when he switched to the Spanish team Fagor. While it was used in less important races in 1966, where it reached a number of second and third places, it was used in 1967 in addition to the World Championship in the one-day race Milan – Sanremo (53rd) and the Tour de France (74th). Lasa achieved better results in the 1968 season, with 18th place in the Tour de Suisse and 27th place in the Vuelta a España . The Tour of Spain suited him particularly well, in the 1969 Vuelta he reached fourth place and a year later he was 14th. In 1969, he also won his only victory in a Spanish racing classic , when he won the traditional one-day race Primavera Amorebieta . In 1970 Lasa drove his last major races as a professional driver. He now drove for the Spanish team La Casera, achieved his only listing in the Giro d'Italia (28th) and completed again Milan-Sanremo, where he finished 40th.

Web links

• Profile at www.radsportseiten.net
• Results at www.museociclismo.it