Bernardo Ruiz

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Bernardo Ruiz

Personal information
Full name	Bernardo Ruiz
Date of birth	January 8, 1925 (1925-01-08) (age 85)
Country	Spain
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
1948 Vuelta a España
Infobox last updated on:
July 4, 2008

Bernardo Ruiz Navarrete (born January 8, 1925 in Orihuela) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who won the overall and climbers competition at the 1948 Vuelta a España.

Ruiz had to race with heavy equipment because Spain was going through a depression. During WWII Spain got ahead in athletics because they were not heavily involved in the war.

[edit] Major achievements

[edit] References

• Bernardo Ruiz profile at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Bernardo Ruiz

v • d • e Vuelta a España winners 1935–36 Gustaaf Deloor • 1937–40 Spanish Civil War • 1941–42 Julián Berrendero • 1943–44 World War II • 1945 Delio Rodríguez • 1946 Dalmacio Langarica • 1947 Edward Van Dijck • 1948 Bernardo Ruiz • 1949 Race not held • 1950 Emilio Rodríguez • 1951–54 Race not held • 1955 Jean Dotto • 1956 Angelo Conterno • 1957 Jesús Loroño • 1958 Jean Stablinski • 1959 Antonio Suárez • 1960 Frans De Mulder • 1961 Angelino Soler • 1962 Rudi Altig • 1963 Jacques Anquetil • 1964 Raymond Poulidor • 1965 Rolf Wolfshohl • 1966 Francisco Gabica • 1967 Jan Janssen • 1968 Felice Gimondi • 1969 Roger Pingeon • 1970 Luis Ocaña • 1971 Ferdinand Bracke • 1972 José Manuel Fuente • 1973 Eddy Merckx • 1974 José Manuel Fuente • 1975 Agustín Tamames • 1976 José Pesarrodona • 1977 Freddy Maertens • 1978 Bernard Hinault • 1979 Joop Zoetemelk • 1980 Faustino Ruperez • 1981 Giovanni Battaglin • 1982 Marino Lejarreta • 1983 Bernard Hinault • 1984 Éric Caritoux • 1985 Pedro Delgado • 1986 Álvaro Pino • 1987 Luis Herrera • 1988 Seán Kelly • 1989 Pedro Delgado • 1990 Marco Giovannetti • 1991 Melcior Mauri • 1992–93–94 Tony Rominger • 1995 Laurent Jalabert • 1996–97 Alex Zülle • 1998 Abraham Olano • 1999 Jan Ullrich • 2000 Roberto Heras • 2001 Ángel Casero • 2002 Aitor González • 2003–04 Roberto Heras • 2005 Denis Menchov • 2006 Alexander Vinokourov • 2007 Denis Menchov • 2008 Alberto Contador 2009 Alejandro Valverde

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