Personal information | |
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Full name | Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga |
Nickname | El Junco de Bérriz (The Reed of Berriz)[1] |
Born | Berriz, Spain | 14 May 1957
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1979 | Novostil–Helios |
1980–1982 | Teka |
1983–1985 | Alfa Lum–Olmo |
1986–1989 | Seat–Orbea |
1990–1992 | ONCE |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga (born 14 May 1957) is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of the Clásica de San Sebastián (1981, 1982, 1987), which is now considered a one-day classic. In 1989, Lejarreta captured the Volta a Catalunya repeating one of his first professional wins in 1980 at the same event.