Mariano Cañardo

Personal information
Full name	Mariano Cañardo
Date of birth	February 5, 1906(1906-02-05)
Date of death	May 20, 1987 (aged 81)
Country
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Volta a Catalunya (7x)
Infobox last updated on:
June 20, 2008

Mariano Cañardo Lacasta (February 5, 1906 in Olite – June 21, 1987 in Eibar) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. Cañardo has won a record seven editions of the Volta a Catalunya (1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939). On Daniel Marszalek's cyclist ranking, Cañardo is ranked 92nd.

In 1930, he became the first Spaniard to win the Vuelta al País Vasco after placing third in 1928 and he won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.

In 1935, he finished second overall to Belgian Gustaaf Deloor and won stage 5 in the first Vuelta a España. He won two stages at the 1936 Vuelta a España. Cañardo won Stage 14 Bourg-Madame to Ax-les-Thermes in the 1937 Tour de France.

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] External links

• Mariano Cañardo profile at the Cycling Website
• Official Tour de France results for Mariano Cañardo

Persondata
NAME	Cañardo, Mariano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cañardo Lacasta, Mariano
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	1906-05-05
PLACE OF BIRTH	Olite, Spain
DATE OF DEATH	1987-06-21
PLACE OF DEATH	Eibar, Spain

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