José Manuel López Rodríguez Explained

José Manuel López
Birth Date:	21 February 1940
Birth Place:	Caboalles de Abajo (Castilla y León), Spain
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	1965
Proteam1:	Ferrys
Proyears2:	1966–1969
Proteam2:	Fagor
Proyears3:	1970
Proteam3:	La Casera–Peña Bahamontes
Proyears4:	1971–1972
Proteam4:	Werner

José Manuel López Rodríguez (born 21 February 1940) is a former Spanish cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[1] He rode in 7 editions of the Vuelta a España and four times in the Tour de France.

Major results

1964

5th Road race, Summer Olympics

1965

1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

2nd Team time trial, World Road Championships

2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir

1966

1st GP Llodio

1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

3rd Trofeo Jaumendreu

1967

2nd Klasika Primavera

3rd GP Vizcaya

6th Overall Vuelta a España

9th Overall Tour de Suisse

1968

1st GP Navarra

1st Stages 3 & 7 Vuelta a Levante

1969

1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España

1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Levante

2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

2nd Overall Vuelta a Levante

2nd Overall GP Leganes

3rd GP Vizcaya

1970

1st Six Days of Madrid (with Domingo Perurena)

1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Levante

1st Stage 4 Vuelta a La Rioja

3rd Trofeo Elola

1971

1st Overall Vuelta a Levante

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

2nd GP Pascuas

2nd Klasika Primavera

3rd Clásica Sabiñánigo

3rd Overall GP Leganes

3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

1972

1st Trofeo Elola

2nd Clásica Sabiñánigo

2nd Overall GP Leganes

3rd GP Llodio

Notes and References

José Manuel López . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061246/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/jose-manuel-lopez-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 24 August 2014.