Federico Bahamontes

Federico Bahamontes

Bahamontes in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Martín Bahamontes
Nickname	El Águila de Toledo (The Eagle of Toledo)
Born	(1928-07-09)9 July 1928 Santo Domingo-Caudilla, Spain
Died	8 August 2023(2023-08-08) (aged 95) Valladolid, Spain
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Retired
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional teams
1953–1954	Splendid
1955	Terrot–Hutchinson
1956	Girardengo–ICEP
1957	Mobylette
1958	Faema–Guerra
1959	Tricofilina–Coppi/Kas–Boxing
1960	Faema
1961	VOV
1962–1965	Margnat–Paloma–D'Alessandro
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1959) Mountains classification (1954, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964) 7 individual stages (1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964) Giro d'Italia Mountains classification (1956) 1 individual stage (1958) Vuelta a España Mountains classification (1957, 1958) 3 individual stages (1957, 1958, 1960)

Federico Martín Bahamontes, born Alejandro Martín Bahamontes (Spanish: [feðeˈɾiko maɾˈtim ba(a)ˈmontes]; 9 July 1928 – 8 August 2023), was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He won the 1959 Tour de France and a total of 11 Grand Tour stages between 1954 and 1965. He won a total of nine mountain classifications and was the first cyclist to complete a "career triple" by winning the mountain classification in all three Grand Tours. Following his retirement, Bahamontes ran a bicycle and motorcycle shop and was named the best climber in the history of the Tour de France by a panel organised by L'Équipe in 2013.