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Historic Overview Miguel Poblet Orriols

Rider

Overall Rank88
NameMiguel POBLET ORRIOLS
Country
  Spain
Date of birth18-Mar-1928 - Montcada i Reixach (Catalunya)
Date of death06-Apr-2013 - Barcelona (Catalunya)

Biography

Miguel Poblet Orriols

Miguel Poblet Orriols (18 March 1928 – 6 April 2013) was a Spanish professional cyclist, who had over 200 professional victories from 1944 to 1962. He was the first Spanish rider to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and in 1956 he became the first of only three riders to win stages in the three Grand Tours in the same year. (The other two are Pierino Baffi and Alessandro Petacchi.) He won the Milan–San Remo classic race on two occasions and took 26 stage wins in the three Grand Tours. His twenty-stage wins in the Giro d'Italia makes him the third most successful foreign rider in the "Giro" behind Eddy Merckx (25) and Roger De Vlaeminck (22). Poblet was of short stature who had great power, he was the first Spanish rider to be a specialist in one day races in an age when Spain only produced climbers. He had a lightning fast sprint, but could also climb well, taking the Spanish Mountain championships on three occasions and the mountainous Volta a Catalunya twice. His nickname whilst riding was "La Flecha Amarilla" (the Yellow Arrow) due to the yellow kit of his Ignis team.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

6 3 20 3 2 6 2 2 2 2 2 94

Major Victories

Milano - Sanremo 1957, 1959
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 1952, 1960
Milano - Torino 1957
Sassari - Cagliari 1960
G.P. du Midi-Libre 1955
Subida a Santo Domingo 1947
Critérium de l'Echo d'Oran 1955
Tour de France - stages 1955 (2), 1956 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1956 (4), 1957 (4), 1958 (3), 1959 (3), 1960 (3), 1961 (3)
Vuelta a España - stages 1956 (3)
Paris - Nice - stages 1958 (1)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - stages 1947 (3), 1948 (2), 1949 (4), 1951 (2), 1952 (3), 1953 (2), 1954 (3), 1956 (4), 1957 (2), 1958 (1), 1959 (3), 1960 (3)
Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta del Sol - stages 1955 (1)
Vuelta a Valencia - stages 1948 (1), 1959 (1)
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) - stages 1957 (3), 1958 (5), 1959 (2), 1960 (3)
Vuelta a Tarragona - stages 1948 (1)
Driedaagse van Antwerpen - stages 1958 (1)
Vuelta a Asturias - stages 1954 (1)
Vuelta a Burgos - stages 1946 (2)
Euskal Bizikleta - stages 1955 (1)
Vuelta a Guipúzcoa - stages 1946 (1)
Vuelta a Pontevedra - stages 1954 (2)
Barcelona - Pamplona - stages 1951 (1)
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Seasons

Miguel Poblet Orriols - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1945 U.D. Sans 70 229
2. 1946 U.D. Sans - Minaco 196 199
3. 1947 U.D. Sans - Alas Color - Minaco 642 68
4. 1948 Minaco 585 85
5. 1949 Minaco 365 140
6. 1950 Minaco 0 1338
7. 1951 Minaco 349 133
8. 1952 Minaco - Telefunken 517 93
9. 1953 La Perle - Hutchinson 222 193
10. 1954 La Perle - Hutchinson 702 65
11. 1955 Faema - Guerra 1712 12
12. 1956 Faema - Guerra - Van Hauwaert 1726 12
13. 1957 Ignis - Doniselli 2697 4
14. 1958 Ignis - Peña Solera - Doniselli 2947 3
15. 1959 Ignis - Frejus 2576 3
16. 1960 Ignis 2770 3
17. 1961 Ignis 453 136
18. 1962 Ignis - Moschettieri 0 1153
Overall: 18529 88