Volta a Catalunya
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The Volta a Catalunya is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
Start of the first Volta a Catalunya in Barcelona, on 6 January 1911.
Mariano Cañardo won the race a record seven times in the 1920s and 1930s.
Spanish allround specialist Alejandro Valverde was the first rider since Miguel Induráin to win the Volta a Catalunya three times.
Felice Gimondi
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Felice Gimondi was an Italian professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist to win all three Grand Tours of road cycling: Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España (1968). He is one of only seven cyclists to have done so.
Gimondi at the start of the 22nd stage of the 1967 Giro d'Italia
Gimondi in 2009