“A legend in our sport. He was the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France after a competition where he is also remembered as one of the best climbers ever,” writes the Spanish Cycling Federation on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Bahamontes won a total of 74 stages as a senior and earned the nickname “The Eagle of Toledo” after winning eleven mountain stages in the Tour de France, Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia.