Delio Rodríguez
# 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
