Ángel Arroyo Dies, the First Figure of Modern Cycling in Spain
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Arroyo, who had been sick for a while, was one of the great figures of the Spanish cycling of the 1980s together with names such as Pedro Delgado. His great moment came in the Tour de France of 1983, in which he finished second behind the winner, the Frenchman Laurent Fignon. With this achievement, Arroyo again brought the Spanish cycling to the forefront of the gala round after long years away from the spotlight. The Spanish, debuting in the To…
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On Monday, the Spanish Cycling Federation announced the death of Angel Arroyo, a reference of the discipline in the 1980s.
Arroyo was native to El Barraco, land of other great cyclists such as Carlos Sastre, Chava Jiménez and Francisco Mancebo.
The Abulian City Council decrees two days of official mourning
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