Federico Martín Bahamontes was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He won the 1959 Tour de France and a total of 11 Grand Tour stages between 1954-1965. He won a total of 9 mountain classifications and was the first cyclist to complete a “career triple” by winning the mountain classification in all three Grand Tours.
Who is Federico Bahamontes wife Fermina Aguilar Sánchez?
Federico Bahamontes was married to his wife, Fermina Aguilar Sánchez from 1956 to 2018. Fermina Aguilar Sánchez died at the age of 91, after a long illness.
Bahamontes became the oldest living Tour de France winner. Following Bahamontes’ death, 1968 Tour winner Jan Janssen took over this position. Bahamontes performed above expectations, managing a 146 kilometers (91 mi) solo breakaway on stage 8 to secure his mountain classification jersey.
In addition, Bahamontes first faced professionals at the 1953 Vuelta an Asturias. The field included some of the strongest cyclists in Spain and teams from Italy and Belgium. Racing as an independent semi-professional, he won the opening stage and eventually finished twenty-first out of sixty-nine.
