Delio Rodríguez

Delio Rodríguez Barros (19 April 1916 – 14 January 1994) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist and sprinter. Despite winning 12 stages at the 1941 Vuelta and 8 stages at the 1942 Vuelta, Rodríguez failed to make the top five places in the overall standings. Due to World War II, the event was not held in 1943 and 1944, but Rodríguez wanted to win the 1945 event, which he did by going on an early breakaway and winning stage 2 by over a half-hour. In the end, Delio won the event by over 30 minutes, captured six stages and the points classification, too. At the 1947 Vuelta, he finished on the podium in third, and finished with eight stage wins.

Rodríguez is the all-time record holder for stage wins at the Vuelta a España with 39 stage wins conducted over 5 events. Rodríguez had two younger brothers, Emilio and Manolo that were also professional cyclists. Emilio won the overall race while Manolo came second in the 1950 Vuelta a España.

Major achievements

1935 1st GP San Froilan Lugo 1939 2nd Clásica a los Puertos 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1940 1st Overall GP Agustin 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 1st Overall Vuelta a Alava 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 1st Overall Madrid-Salamanca-Madrid 1st Stages 1 & 2 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 1 & 2 1st Stage 1b Trofeo Masferrer 2nd Overall Circuito del Norte 1st Stages 1 & 2 3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria 1st Stage 1 3rd Clásica a los Puertos 1941 1st Overall Vuelta a Alava 1st Stages 1 & 2 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 4, 5, 6 & 9 Circuito del Norte 1st Stages 1, 3, 6 & 7 Vuelta a Navarra 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st Subida al Naranco 4th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stages 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16a (ITT), 16b, 17, 18 & 19 1942 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 7 & 9 3rd Overall Circuito Castilla-Leon-Asturias 1st Stages 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8 7th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stages 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 (ITT), 12 & 14 1943 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 3, 6 & 9 1st Stage 3 GP Ayutamiento de Bilbao 1st Subida al Naranco 3rd Circuito Castilla-Leon-Asturias 1st Stage 2 & 4 1944 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 Vuelta a Cantabria 1st Stages 1 & 2 3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 1945 1st Overall Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2, 8, 9, 14, 16 & 18 1st Overall Tour of Galicia 1st Stages 2b, 5b & 7 1946 Vuelta a Castilla y León 1st Stages 4, 5, 6 & 7 5th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stages 13, 14, 15, 17 & 19 1947 Vuelta a Asturias 1st Stages 2 & 10 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos 2nd Clásica a los Puertos 3rd Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stages 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 15, 18 & 23 3rd Overall Tour of Galicia 1st Stages 5 & 6 1948 Volta a Portugal 1st Stages 2, 3 & 11 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Stages 1, 3 & 6