Bernardo Ruiz

Bernardo Ruiz

Bernardo Ruiz Navarrete (born 8 January 1925) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the overall and climbers competition at the 1948 Vuelta a España. He 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 following year, and the first to win a stage of the Giro d'Italia in 1955. Alasdair Fotheringham has described him as "an accidental pioneer for post-Civil War Spanish professional cycling", through his international success at a time when Spain was experiencing economic hardship during the early years of the Franco era, paving the way for countrymen such as Federico Bahamontes.Ruiz was born into a Communist Party-supporting family in Orihuela and grew up in the Valencian Community: he himself was a member of the pioneer movement in Spain during his youth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernardo Ruiz has received more than 26,269 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernardo Ruiz is the 152nd most popular cyclist (up from 180th in 2019), the 1,407th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,330th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Spanish Cyclist.