Bernardo Ruiz

Bernardo Ruiz
Personal information
Born(1925-01-08)8 January 1925
Orihuela, Spain
Died14 August 2025(2025-08-14) (aged 100)
Orihuela, Spain
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Major wins
1948 Vuelta a España

Bernardo Ruiz Navarrete (8 January 1925 – 14 August 2025) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He won the overall and climbers competition at the 1948 Vuelta a España.

Ruiz went on to become the first Spaniard to take two wins in a single edition of the Tour de France in 1951, the first to finish on the overall podium at the Tour the year after, and the first to win a stage of the Giro d'Italia in 1955.

Ruiz was born into a Communist Party-supporting family in Orihuela and grew up in the Valencian Community.

Ruiz turned 100 in January 2025. He died seven months later on 14 August 2025 in Orihuela.

References

  1. 1 2 Fotheringham, Alasdair (23 October 2020). "Bernardo Ruiz: The Vuelta's Accidental Pioneer". Rouleur. Retrieved 2 November 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ Arribas, Carlos (2025-01-08). "Bernardo Ruiz, el primer español en el podio del Tour, cumple 100 años". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Muere Bernardo Ruiz, leyenda del ciclismo español, a los 100 años". as. 14 August 2025. Archived from the original on 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

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