Marino Lejarreta
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga |
| Nickname | El Junco de Bérriz (The reed of Berriz)[1] |
| Born | May 14, 1957 Berriz, Spain |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1979 | Novostil-Helios |
| 1980–1982 | Teka |
| 1983–1984 | Alfa Lum |
| 1985 | Alpilatte-Cierre |
| 1986 | Seat-Orbea |
| 1987–1989 | Caja Rural |
| 1990–1992 | O.N.C.E. |
| Major wins | |
Vuelta a España (1982), 5 stages
Tour de France, 1 stage | |
Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga (born 14 May 1957 in Berriz, Biscay) is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of the Clásica de San Sebastián (1981, 1982, 1987), which is now considered a one-day classic. In 1989, Lejarreta captured the Volta a Catalunya repeating one of his first professional wins in 1980 at the same event.
Until 2015, Lejarreta was the only person in history[2] to complete all three Grand Tours in a single year four times in a career; he did the triple in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991.
Career achievements
Major results
- 1980
- 1st, Overall, Volta a Catalunya
- 1st, Overall, Escalada a Montjuïc (and one stage win)
- 3rd, Tour of the Basque Country
- 1981
- 1st, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1st, Subida al Naranco
- 3rd, Tour of the Basque Country
- 1982
1st, Overall, Vuelta a España- 1st, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1st, Escalada a Montjuïc
- 5th, World Cycling Championships
- 1983
- 1st, Overall, Escalada a Montjuïc (and two stage wins)
- 2nd, Overall, Vuelta a España (and three stage wins)
- 1st, Points Classification
- 3rd, Tour of the Basque Country
- 1984
- 4th, Overall Giro d'Italia (and one stage win)
- 1985
- 3rd, Tour of the Basque Country
- 1986
- 1st, Overall, Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st, Subida al Naranco
- 2nd, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 5th, Overall, Vuelta a España (and one stage win)
- 18th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1987 – Orbea
- 1st, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1st, Subida a Urkiola
- 1st, Overall, Vuelta a Burgos (and two stage wins)
- 4th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
- 10th, Overall, Tour de France
- 34th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1988
- 1st, Subida a Urkiola
- 1st, Escalada a Montjuïc
- 1st, Overall, Vuelta a Burgos (and one stage win)
- 1st, Overall, Tour of Galicia
- 16th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1989 – Paternina-Marcos Eguizabal
- 1st, Overall, Volta a Catalunya
- 5th, Overall, Tour de France
- 10th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
- 20th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1990 – ONCE
- 1st, Overall, Escalada a Montjuïc
- 5th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 14
- 7th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
- 55th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1991 – ONCE
- 3rd, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 5th, Overall, Giro d'Italia (and one stage win)
- 53rd, Overall, Tour de France
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro
|
- | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | - | 10 | 7 | 5 | - |
 Tour
|
- | - | 35 | 37 | - | - | - | 18 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 53 | - |
 Vuelta
|
30 | 5 | WD | 1 | 2 | WD | - | 5 | 34 | WD | 19 | 55 | 3 | - |
WD = Withdrew
References
- ^ Vergne, Laurent (22 July 2015). "Cannibale, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy torticolis… le Top 20 des surnoms mythiques du cyclisme" [Cannibal, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy Torticollis... the Top 20 mythical nicknames of cycling]. Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/eddy/tourrec.htm
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marino Lejarreta.
- Marino Lejarreta at Cycling Archives (archived)
