Tour de France Short, dark and skinny
The 87-year-old cyclist from Avila, Julio Jiménez, died this morning at the Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles de Ávila hospital after failing to overcome the injuries he suffered in the traffic accident he suffered yesterday in the capital, in which two other octogenarians also They were injured
when the vehicle they were traveling in collided with a wall.
Jiménez, popularly known as
The Watchmaker of Ávila,
achieved five victories in the Tour de France
on his professional road in 1959 and 1969
, to which were added four more in the Giro d'Italia and another three in the Vuelta a España.
In his cycling stage he stood out as
a great climber
, which made him win the mountain jersey up to three times in both the Tour and the Vuelta.
After his death, one of the first reactions has been that of the president of the Provincial Council of Ávila, Carlos García, who in a press release has expressed his condolences, on behalf of the provincial corporation and the workers of the institution, to family and friends of the cyclist.
García, who reviews some of his sporting achievements, affirms that Jiménez
"will always be a reference in sport from Avila and Spain"
, since "his record speaks for itself to classify him as one of the greats of cycling in a few years in which cycling was forged as a heroic and exciting sport".
From right to left
Julio Jiménez, Juan Carlos Aparicio, María José Salgueiro and Pedro Delgado.ICAL
Likewise, he has underlined his
"human quality, his affability and his camaraderie
, both in competition and in his personal life", characteristics that "made him even more special".
"The memory of Julio Jiménez, training and competing for the ports of the province of Ávila, will be perpetual and will be an example for current and future generations of cyclists that this land has always given", pointed out the president of the Ávila Provincial Council .
Julio Jiménez was one of the three octogenarians who were injured yesterday in the capital after the vehicle in which they were traveling collided with the wall of a car wash at the Fuente de la Teja roundabout with Pintor Caprotti, in the north from the capital of Avila
Conforms to The Trust Project criteria
Know more