Lleida is a city in the west of Catalonia. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It had 140,797 inhabitants as of 2022.
The Volta a Catalunya is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
Faustino Rupérez Rincón is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1979 and 1985. Ruperez is most famous for capturing the overall title at the 1980 Vuelta a España.
Angelino Soler Romaguera is a former professional road bicycle racer from Spain who won the 1961 Vuelta a España. The following year, Soler captured three mountainous stages to win the climbers classification at the 1962 Giro d'Italia.
José Manuel Esnal Pardo, commonly known as Mané, is a Spanish football manager.
Raúl Alarcón García is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Born in Sax, Valencia, Spain, he turned professional in 2007 with UCI ProTeam Saunier Duval–Prodir. On 10 March 2021, he was suspended for doping until 23 October 2023 and was stripped of 19 victories, including wins at Volta a Portugal in 2017 and 2018.
The Volta a Lleida was a road cycling stage race held in the Lleida region of Spain. It was a 2.2 category race on the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2008.
Alberto Losada Alguacil is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2017 for the Kaiku, Caisse d'Epargne and Team Katusha–Alpecin squads.
Sergi Escobar Roure is a Spanish world champion track cyclist who specialises in individual and team pursuit.
The 2008 Volta a Catalunya road cycling race took place from May 19 to May 25, 2008, in Catalonia, Spain. Gustavo César took overall victory, becoming first rider of non-ProTour team to win a ProTour race general classification.
José Luis Carrasco Gamiz is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.
The 2007 Volta a Lleida road cycling race took place from June 4 to June 9, 2007, in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Francis De Greef took overall victory, becoming second rider of Belgium to win general classification.
Events in the year 2007 in Spain.
Unió Esportiva Lleida was a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It was founded as Lérida Balompié-AEM on 30 October 1939, and became Unión Deportiva Lérida in 1947, after a merger with CD Leridano. It held home matches at Camp d´Esports, with a 13,500-seat capacity. It was dissolved in 2011. The soul of the club was reformed as Lleida Esportiu.
The 1974 Volta a Catalunya was the 54th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 4 September to 11 September 1974. The race started in Lleida and finished in Manresa. The race was won by Bernard Thévenet.
Jaume Calucho is a Spanish cyclist who cycled professionally from 1952 to 1963. He made his professional debut with CC Barcelona in 1952. and most famously raced in the Vuelta a España, where he achieved a prominent result by finishing 38th in the general classification in 1955 and 1958.
Joan Calucho is a Spanish former cyclist, who was professional between 1945 and 1959. In 1945, Joan Calucho turned professional with the AC Montjuïc team. His first victory was at the Volta a Lleida that season, which he won again three years later.
José Antonio "Toni" Seligrat Bernal is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Valencia CF.
Miguel Ángel Iglesias Guerrero is a Spanish former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1982 to 1992. He won the intermediate sprints classification in the Vuelta a España five times, between 1987 and 1991.
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