2023-08-08 09:33:00
The native of Toledo had won the Grande Boucle in 1959. During his career on the Petite Reine, he had acquired the nickname “Eagle of Toledo”.
By BL with AFP Federico Bahamontes, the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France, is dead © AFP Published on 08/08/2023 at 09:33
Federico Bahamontes, the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France in 1959, died at the age of 95, the mayor of Toledo announced on Tuesday, where the rider, considered one of the best climbers in history, was from. “It is with deep sadness that we mourn the loss of Federico Martín Bahamontes, the Eagle of Toledo, a sports reference that has carried the name of our city to the highest,” said Carlos Velázquez on his Twitter account, now renamed “X”.
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