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Domingo Perurena

1943 - 2023

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Domingo Perurena Telletxea or Txomin Perurena (15 December 1943 – 8 June 2023) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He was most famous for winning the overall mountains classification of 1974 Tour de France. He also finished second at the 1975 Vuelta a España and won a total of 12 stages in this race. With 158 professional wins he is the winningest Spanish rider in the sport's history Perurena died on 8 June 2023, at the age of 79. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Domingo Perurena is the 200th most popular cyclist (down from 190th in 2019), the 1,536th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,566th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Spanish Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Domingo Perurena ranks 200 out of 1,613. Before him are Guglielmo Segato, Paolo Pedretti, Nino Defilippis, Leif Mortensen, Imerio Massignan, and Claudio Chiappucci. After him are Albert Richter, Severino Rigoni, Heinz Müller, Loris Campana, Willi Fuggerer, and Franco Bitossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Domingo Perurena ranks 478. Before him are Yoram Globus, Margaret Beckett, Stephen Greenblatt, Steven Millhauser, Helen Quinn, and Robert Durst. After him are Milan Damjanović, John Miles, Kaoru Ikeya, John Lennox, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, and Marília Pêra. Among people deceased in 2023, Domingo Perurena ranks 369. Before him are Barry Humphries, Peter Simonischek, Marcel Amont, Guillermo Escalada, Irina Miroshnichenko, and Giovanni Lodetti. After him are Fathima Beevi, Karol J. Bobko, Remigijus Valiulis, Albert Eschenmoser, Bob Barker, and Fay Weldon.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Domingo Perurena ranks 1,536 out of 3,355. Before him are Domènec Torrent (1962), Juan Carlos Valerón (1975), Amparo Muñoz (1954), Álvaro Pombo (1939), Nicholas Wiseman (1802), and Ernest Lluch (1937). After him are Alejandro Garnacho (2004), Gregorio María Aguirre y García (1835), Esperanza Aguirre (1952), Enrique Morente (1942), Fernando Serena (1941), and José María Ventura Casas (1817).

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Among CYCLISTS In Spain

Among cyclists born in Spain, Domingo Perurena ranks 15. Before him are Carlos Sastre (1975), Vicente Trueba (1905), Delio Rodríguez (1916), Fernand Sanz (1881), Alejandro Valverde (1980), and Francisco Cepeda (1906). After him are Emilio Rodríguez (1923), Francisco Gabica (1937), Antonio Suárez (1932), Jesús Loroño (1926), Óscar Freire (1976), and Abraham Olano (1970).

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