José Luis Laguía

• Mountain Rating: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 • 4 stage wins

• Spanish Champion in the road race: 1982

José Luis Laguía Martínez ( born September 3, 1959 in Pedro Muñoz ) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer and current - functionary. In the 1980s, he was considered one of the world's best mountain climbers and won five times the corresponding rating jersey of the Vuelta a España - a hitherto unprecedented record.

Life and athletic career

Laguía came in the small community of Pedro Muñoz in the central Spanish province of Ciudad Real to the world, but was adopted and grew up in Catalonia.

At the age of 20 he took first time in 1980 at the Vuelta a España and was able to immediately secure the third place in the mountains classification. In the subsequent discharge, he won the maillot de la montaña. 1982 Laguías successful year: in addition to his second Vuelta mountain jersey - this time connected with three race wins - he secured overall victories in the Basque Country Tour and the Burgos - tour, was Spanish champion in the road race and also won stages in the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme and the prestigious tour of Catalonia. The second defense of the Mountain jerseys succeeded him in 1983, when he outclassed the competition for the second-placed Italian Fiorenzo Aliverti by a margin of 59 points. During the racing season of 1984 was rather disappointing for him, he was in 1985 and 1986 to build on previous achievements. After he had separated in 1986 by the team Reynolds, the sporting successes, however, failed to materialize and 1992 ended Laguía his active career.

After his retirement from competitive sports, he worked two years as a Talent scouts in Catalan amateur. He then worked in various senior positions in the administration of competitive cycling, for example, as president of the Asociación de Ciclistas Profesionales, the Asociación de Ciclistas Internacional and technical cycling Commission. He was also a member of the Commission for the safety in sports and sports advisor to the organizers of the Vuelta a España. Between 2000 and 2004 he served as athletic director of the Kelme cycling team. Early 2012 Laguía was hired as technical director from Movistar Continental team.

Palmarčs

1980

• A stage in the Vuelta a los Valles Mineros

1981

• Appreciation Three days of Navarre
• A stage in the Vuelta a Asturias
• Mountain stage Vuelta a España

1982

• Appreciation Basque Country Tour
• Appreciation Burgos Tour
• Spanish Champion - Road Race
• A stage Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
• Two-stage Tour of Catalonia
• Three stages and mountain stage Vuelta a España
• A stage Grand Prix Costa del Azahar

1983

• Clasica a los Puerto
• A stage Burgos Tour
• A stage and mountains classification Vuelta a España
• A stage and Appreciation Vuelta a Cantabria
• A stage Tour of Catalonia

1984

• A stage in the Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
• A stage Escalada a Montjuïc
• A stage Grand Prix Midi Libre

1985

• A stage Basque Country Tour
• Mountain stage Vuelta a España

1986

• A stage and Appreciation Vuelta a La Rioja
• Mountain stage Vuelta a España
• A stage in the Vuelta a los Tres Cantos

1988

• A stage in the Vuelta a Castilla y León