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


 * 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 Points classification
 * 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