Julián Berrendero

Julián Berrendero Martín (born San Agustín del Guadalix, 8 April 1912, died Madrid, 1 August 1995) was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He is most famous for having won the third and fourth editions of the Vuelta a España in 1941 and 1942.^[1] He won the 1941 race after having spent 18 months in a Francoist concentration camp.^[2] In addition, he won a total of three mountains jerseys at the Vuelta and the Tour de France

1. “Berrendero was a marked man, a public figure who had supported the Republican cause. As soon as he reached the Spanish border, Franco’s men arrested him and threw him into a concentration camp, where he remained for 18 months. He survived the camps, which were characterized by disease, malnourishment and frequent beatings, but to what physical and mental cost? He was only 27 and should have been at the height of his cycling career.”

Julián Berrendero

Personal information
Full name	Julián Berrendero Martín
Born	(1912-04-08)8 April 1912 San Agustín del Guadalix, Spain
Died	1 August 1995(1995-08-01) (aged 83) Madrid, Spain
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Vuelta a España (1940, 1941) Mountains competition 1936 Tour de France

Major results

1935

GP de la Bicicleta Eibarresa

Tour of Galicia

1936

GP Republica (incl. 3 stages)

Tour de France:

Winner Mountains classification

11th place overall classification

1937

Tour de France:

Winner stage 15

15th place overall classification

1938

Tour de France:

29th place overall classification

1941

Circuito de Getxo

Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra

Vuelta a España:

Winner stages 1 and 20

Winner overall classification

1942

Spanish National Road Race Championship

Spanish National Cyclo-Cross Championship

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

Vuelta a España:

Winner overall classification

Winner Mountains classification

Winner stages 1 and 9B

1943

Spanish National Road Race Championship

Volta a Catalunya

Trofeo Masferrer

1944

Spanish National Road Race Championship

Spanish National Cyclo-Cross Championship

Circuito de Getxo

Clasica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

1945

San Antonio de Durango

Vuelta a España:

2nd place overall classification

Winner Mountains classification

Winner stages 1 and 17

1946

Volta a Catalunya

Vuelta a España:

2nd place overall classification

Winner stages 4, 18B and 20

1947

Clasica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

Vuelta a España:

Winner stage 3

6th place overall classification

1948

Vuelta a España:

Winner stage 1A

References

1. Paul Maunder (August 2016). "The climber and the dictator". Peloton Magazine. pp. 96–97.
2. "A cycle through Spanish history: retracing the 1941 Vuelta a España". the Guardian. 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

External links

• Julián Berrendero at Cycling Archives (archived)
• The climber and the dictator" by Paul Maunder
• "Vuelte Skelter" by Tim Moore