Miguel Indurain

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya
Nickname	Miguelón
Date of birth	July 16, 1964
Country	Spain
Team information
Current team	retired
Professional team(s)
1985-1989 1990-1996	Reynolds Banesto
Major wins
5× Tour de France 12 stages Tour de France 2× Giro d'Italia 4 stages Giro d'Italia 3× Tour of Catalonia 2× Paris-Nice 2× Dauphiné Libéré 1× Olympic Games 1× Cycling World Championship 1× Clásica de San Sebastián 65× Prof Winners

Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer. He is best known for having won the Tour de France from 1991 to 1995, becoming one of the four persons to win the event five times. Indurain's ability and physical size—1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) and 80 kg (176 lbs)—earned him the nickname "Miguelón". This road bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... Participants The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (650x889, 148 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Miguel Induráin Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... // People People with entries in Wikipedia whose family name is or was Reynolds include Poltics and Law Reynolds, Thomas M. (born 1950), U.S. politician Reynolds, Robert Rice (1884-1963), U.S. politician Reynolds, Mel (born 1952), U.S. politician Reynolds, John Hazard (1819-1875), U.S. politician Reynolds, John... Banesto is a Spanish bank that was acquired by Grupo Santander and became part of the group. ... Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ... Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... The Tour of Catalonia is a bicycling race held annually in Catalunia. ... Paris-Nice, nicknamed the race to the sun, is an annual professional cycling stage race held annually each March. ... The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... The professional World Cycling Championship road race is a one-day cycling event organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and is a single massed start road race, the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. ... The Clasica San Sebastian is a bicycle race held every summer since 1981 in the Basque region of Spain. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Capital Pamplona (Basque: Iruña) Official language(s) Spanish; Basque co-official in the north of community. ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ... Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ... The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th Tour de France. ... The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France. ...

Biography

Indurain turned professional in 1985 and entered the Tour de France for the first time the same year, ultimately entering it in each of the next eleven years. Although he dropped out of the Tour in 1985 and 1986, his standing improved steadily until his first win in 1991. He rode in support of his team captain Pedro Delgado in the 1990 Tour, even though he might have been strong enough to win it himself. He won the event from 1991 to 1995, becoming the first to win five consecutive times (Jacques Anquetil was the first to win the event five times non-consecutively.) 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th Tour de France. ... Perico on the front cover of his book A Golpe de Pedal. ... The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th Tour de France. ... Jacques Anquetil (January 8, 1934 - November 18, 1987), was a French cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. ...

Indurain is often said to have been the best time trialist in the Grand Tours, putting in large gains against his rivals on the time-trial stages and riding defensively in the climbing stages. In the 1992 Tour he finished a 65 km time trial an astonishing three minutes ahead of the second-place rider. Despite his five Tour victories, he won only two Tour stages that were not individual time trials: mountain stages to la Cambasque and Luz Ardiden in the Pyrenees. An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ... In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Tour de France - Tour of France Giro dItalia - Tour of Italy Vuelta a España - Tour of Spain Collectively they are termed the Grand Tours, and all three are similar... The 1992 Tour de France was the 79th Tour de France. ... An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ... Central Pyrenees. ...

In the 1996 Tour, Indurain was aiming for a sixth victory, but he suffered from bronchitis after an extremely cold and wet first week of the race, and could not prevail over Bjarne Riis. Indurain finished 11th and, in a stage passing through his hometown and ending in Pamplona, he finished 19th, eight minutes behind the stage winner. Later that year he abandoned the Vuelta a España, which his Banesto team had insisted he enter, saying that his legs felt like wood and that he could not breathe. He later announced his retirement from racing. During his time with Banesto, Indurain constantly rode a Pinarello bike. The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, it took place June 29 - July 21, 1996. ... Bjarne LykkegÃ¥rd Riis (born April 3, 1964), nicknamed the Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), was a Danish professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC. Other career highlights include... Pamplona (Basque: Iruñea or Iruña) is the capital city of Navarre, Spain. ... The Vuelta a España bicycle race is one of the three Grand Tours of Europe and, after the Tour de France and the Giro dItalia, the third most important road cycling stage race in the world. ... Italian bicycle manufacturing company (1952 to present) based in Treviso, Italy. ...

In 1992 and 1993, years in which he won the Tour, Indurain also won the Giro d'Italia. In 1994 he set a World Hour record of 53.040 kilometres (circa 32.96 miles), breaking the previous record set by Scotland's Graeme Obree. During the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where professional cyclists were allowed to compete for the first time, Indurain won the gold medal in the individual time trial. He also won the Dauphiné Libéré in 1995 and 1996. The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The hour record for bicycles is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1. ... Graeme Obree is a Scottish racing cyclist who, in July 1993, broke the world Hour record, previously held for nine years by Francesco Moser, with a distance of 51. ... Participants The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ... The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Even during the five years when he dominated the Tour, Indurain resisted comparison to great Tour champions of the past and once said that he had "never felt superior to anyone." On the bike, he seemed never to struggle or lose his composure. That, along with his quiet nature, led some to characterize him as an extra-terrestrial or a robot.

In retirement he is a member of the Spanish Olympic Committee and of UCI's Professional Cycling Council. He is also Honorary President for the Miguel Indurain Foundation. He often attends cyclotourist events such as L'Etape du Tour. Entrance of UCI headquarter at Aigle (Switzerland) Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is a professional cycling union that oversees cycling events in the international community. ... LEtape du Tour (French for stage of the Tour) is an organised mass participation cyclosportive event that allows amateur cyclists to race over the same route as a Tour de France stage. ...

Miguelón, the most complete of the Homo antecessor skulls found in Atapuerca deposits (Burgos, Spain) was named after Miguel Indurain by the palaeontologist team of Juan Luis Arsuaga. Binomial name †Homo antecessor Bermudez de Castro et al. ... Atapuerca, also known as Sierra de Atapuerca or Sierra Atapuerca, is an ancient karst topography region of Spain, containing several caves such as the Gran Dolina site, where fossils and stone tools of the one of the earliest known hominids in Europe have been found, dating to between 780,000... The cathedral Our Lady of Burgos. ... A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ... Juan Luis Arsuaga Ferreras (Madrid, 1959) doctor and bachelor in Biological Sciences in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, hes the head of department of professors of Palaeontology Department in this university too . ...

Physical advantages

Miguel Indurain during the XXI Criterium Ciutat de L'Hospitalet, in 1996.

At the top of his career, Miguel Indurain had a physique that was not only superior to average people, but also compared to his fellow athletes. His blood circulation had the ability to circulate 7 litres of oxygen around his body per minute^[1], compared to the average amount of 3-4 litres of an ordinary person and the 5-6 litres of his fellow riders. Also, Indurain's lung capacity was 8 litres, compared to an average of 5 litres. In addition, Indurain's resting pulse was as low as 29 BPM, compared to a normal human's 60-90 bpm , which meant his heart would be less strained in the tough mountain stages^[2]. His VO₂ max was 88 ml/kg/min; in comparison, Lance Armstrong's was 82 ml/kg/min. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1991x1334, 415 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Miguel Induráin Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1991x1334, 415 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Miguel Induráin Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Look up Athlete in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The circulatory system or cardiovascular system is the organ system which circulates blood around the body of most animals. ... The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of volume. ... General Name, Symbol, Number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series Nonmetals, chalcogens Group, Period, Block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless (gas) very pale blue (liquid) Atomic mass 15. ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The average pair of human lungs can hold about 5 litres of air, but only a small amount is used during normal breathing. ... In medicine, a persons pulse is the throbbing of their arteries as an effect of the heart beat. ... Beats per minute (bpm) is a unit typically used as either a measure of tempo in music, or a measure of ones heart rate. ... VO2 max is defined as the highest rate at which oxygen can be taken up and utilized during exercise by a person. ... The millilitre is the equivalent of a cubic centimetre. ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ...

Career highlights

Giro d'Italia finishings

• 1992: 1st
• 1993: 1st
• 1994: 3rd

Tour de France finishings

• 1985: Withdrew, 4th stage
• 1986: Withdrew, 8th stage
• 1987: 97th
• 1988: 47th
• 1989: 17th
• 1990: 10th
• 1991: 1st
• 1992: 1st
• 1993: 1st
• 1994: 1st
• 1995: 1st
• 1996: 11th

The 1985 Tour de France saw Bernard Hinault attempt to equal the records of Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx of winning the Tour de France for the fifth time. ... The 1986 Tour de France was the first Tour de France won by an American cyclist, Greg LeMond. ... The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th Tour de France, it took place July 1–26, 1987. ... The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th Tour de France. ... The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th Tour de France. ... The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th Tour de France. ... The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th Tour de France. ... The 1992 Tour de France was the 79th Tour de France. ... The 1993 Tour de France was the 80th Tour de France, taking place July 3 to July 27, 1993. ... The 1994 Tour de France was the 81st Tour de France and included two stages in England (twenty years after the tour first visited), Stage 4, Dover to Brighton and Stage 5, around Portsmouth. ... The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France. ... The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, it took place June 29 - July 21, 1996. ...

Major results

• World Time-Trial Championship (1995)
• Summer Olympics Men's Individual Time Trial (1996)
• Dauphiné Libéré (1995, 1996)
• Paris-Nice (1989, 1990)
• Clásica de San Sebastián (1990)
• Critérium International (1989)
• Tour of Catalonia (1988, 1991, 1992)
• Tour de l'Avenir (1986)

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Accolades

• Prince of Asturias Awards: Sports (1992)
• Active Member – Laureus World Sports Academy

The Prince of Asturias Awards (in Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias) is a series of annual prizes given in Spain by the Fundación Príncipe de Asturias to individuals from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. ... The Laureus World Sports Awards are awarded annually to sportspeople who have been outstanding during the previous year. ... LeMond at the start of the last stage in the 1990 Tour de France. ... Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ... Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (born April 3, 1964), nicknamed the Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), was a Danish professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC. Other career highlights include... Franco Chioccioli is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. ... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... Eugeni Berzin (born March 6, 1970 in Viborg, Russia) is a Russian cyclist whose best year was 1994, when he won the Giro dItalia and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. ...

Cycling at the Summer Olympics | Olympic Champions in Men's Individual Time Trial

1896-1908 | Rudolph Lewis | Harry Stenqvist | Henry P. C. Hansen | Attilio Pavesi | 1936-1992 | Miguel Indurain | Viatcheslav Ekimov | Tyler Hamilton

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Quotes

• "Indurain makes me sick because he's actually a really nice guy. You can't actually work yourself up, there's no hate involved, no anger. He's a really nice bloke and a true champion." — Chris Boardman

Chris Boardman (born August 26, 1968) is a former English racing cyclist who won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games. ...

Notes

1. ↑  Danish Cycle Union profile
2. ↑  1991-1995: Big Mig's masterclass, BBC, August 3, 2004

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