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Miguel Poblet

1928 - 2013

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Miguel Poblet Orriols (18 March 1928 – 6 April 2013) was a Spanish professional cyclist, who had over 200 professional victories from 1944 to 1962. He was the first Spanish rider to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and in 1956 he became the first of only three riders to win stages in the three Grand Tours in the same year. (The other two are Pierino Baffi and Alessandro Petacchi.) He won the Milan–San Remo classic race on two occasions and took 26 stage wins in the three Grand Tours. His twenty-stage wins in the Giro d'Italia makes him the third most successful foreign rider in the "Giro" behind Eddy Merckx (25) and Roger De Vlaeminck (22). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Poblet is the 88th most popular cyclist (up from 121st in 2019). (up from 3,558th in 2019)

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Among cyclists, Miguel Poblet ranks 88 out of 1,613Before him are Jacques Dupont, Greg LeMond, Marcel Kint, Mino De Rossi, Alexander Vinokourov, and Lucien Aimar. After him are Willy Hansen, Tommy Godwin, Benjamin Jones, Antonin Magne, Enzo Sacchi, and Jean Robic.

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Among people born in 1928, Miguel Poblet ranks 286Before him are Eric Dolphy, Tzannis Tzannetakis, Elio Sgreccia, Péter Boross, Pilar Lorengar, and Karl Josef Becker. After him are Torben Ulrich, Veijo Meri, Tahir Salahov, Kevin Hagen, Gerald Bull, and Flóra Kádár. Among people deceased in 2013, Miguel Poblet ranks 212Before him are Gérard de Villiers, Kevin Ayers, Jeff Hanneman, Olga Gyarmati, Tommy Morrison, and Gerda Lerner. After him are Arik Einstein, Hans Hass, Wadih El Safi, Franca Rame, Nílton de Sordi, and Jonathan Winters.

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