Pedro Delgado

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Pedro Delgado

Pedro Delgado Robledo (mostly Perico Delgado ; born April 15, 1960 in Segovia ) is a former Spanish cyclist who won the Vuelta a España twice and once the Tour de France during his professional cycling career from 1982 to 1994 .

Delgado won his first Grand Tour with the Vuelta a España in 1985 . At the start of the penultimate stage, Delgado was six minutes behind Scottish climber Robert Millar . Delgado attacked together with the strong rouleur José Recio . Millar's Peugeot team hesitated to pursue it and the captain de la route Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle declined the offer of help from Italian teams. Recio won the stage and Delgado took the overall lead.

After Delgado conquered the yellow jersey on the mountain finish of the 12th stage after Alpe d'Huez and extended his overall lead after winning the individual time trial , he won the Tour de France in 1988 with 7:13 minutes ahead of Steven Rooks . He was the first Spanish winner since Luis Ocaña Pernía in 1973 . His victory was overshadowed by Delgado's positive results on probenecid , a drug that can disguise doping with anabolic steroids . Since the preparation was not yet on the doping list of the UCI World Cycling Federation at that time , he was not punished.

Delgado failed to defend his title in 1989 after missing his start at the prologue in Luxembourg by more than two and a half minutes. At the end of the three-week tour, Delgado was third in the overall standings with 3:34 minutes behind Greg LeMond .

Yellow jersey by Delgado, Tour de France 1988 .

At the Vuelta a España in 1989 , Delgado achieved his second overall victory in the Tour of Spain. The race was characterized by the battle for the overall standings between Delgado and his Reynolds team and the later runner-up Fabio Parra and his Kelme team . On the penultimate day with a stage over five mountain passes, the overall leader Delgado was quickly isolated from his teammates after a general attack by the Kelme team, which was made up of strong Colombian mountain specialists. He kept the gap to Parra within limits with the help of various drivers from other teams without ambitions in the overall standings and thus saved his overall lead. The riders who supported Delgado included the Russian Ivan Ivanov , who received a white envelope from Delgado in public before the start of the last stage. Delgado said it contained his address so that Ivanov and his family could visit him.

After the 1994 season, Delgado ended his career as a cyclist. During his career, he placed eighteen times in the top ten of the overall ranking of a Grand Tour and won four stages of the Tour de France and five of the Vuelta a España.

In 1995 a Scottish band chose the name The Delgados in his honor .

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Golden jersey Vuelta a España - 4th 1 10 4th - 1 2 - 3 6th 3
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - 7th - - 15th - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 15th - 6th DNF 2 1 3 4th 9 6th 9 -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Herbie Sykes: Geschacher on Wheels . In: Procycling , German edition . February, 2017, p. 80 ff. (82) .
  2. ↑ Tour de France - Guide historique 2016. (PDF) aso.fr, accessed on April 15, 2017 (French).
  3. ^ NYT report of missed start: Delgado puts tour in turmoil. nytimes.com, July 2, 1989, accessed April 15, 2017 .

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SURNAME Delgado, Pedro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delgado Robledo, Pedro (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Segovia