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Marino Lejarreta
	Lejarreta in 1987
Personal information
Full name	Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga
Nickname	El Junco de Bérriz (The Reed of Berriz)
Born	14 May 1957 (age 67); Berriz, Spain
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1979	Novostil–Helios
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1990) Giro d'Italia 2 individual stages (1984, 1991) Vuelta a España General classification (1982) Points classification (1983) 5 individual stages (1982, 1983, 1986) Stage races Volta a Catalunya (1980, 1989) One-day races and Classics Clásica de San Sebastián (1981, 1982, 1987)

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Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga (born 14 May 1957 in Berriz, Biscay) 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.

Career

Lejarreta rode very well in the 1982 Vuelta, but initially finished 2nd to Ángel Arroyo while coming in just eighteen seconds ahead of Michel Pollentier. Following the race however, Arroyo and several other riders failed doping controls in one of the biggest scandals in Vuelta history making the young Basque rider the de facto winner of the race. It was a bittersweet victory as he was not actually the victor riding into Madrid. For the 1983 Vuelta a España he would be up against Bernard Hinault, who had his teammates Laurent Fignon and Greg LeMond, as well as other strong riders including Hennie Kuiper and the Spanish riders of Pino, Alberto Fernández and a young Pedro Delgado who was riding in his second Vuelta. The leaders Jersey changed hands numerous times and Lejarreta held it early while also winning a mountain time trial, but suffered a crash and lost it. During the Lagos de Covadonga stage he escaped from the group of favorites made up of Fernandez, Pino, Hinault, Kuiper and others and soloed to victory, but it was not enough to reclaim the lead. In the end he finished just 1:12 behind Hinault to stand on the podium in 2nd.^[2]

Later in his career he would win his only Tour de France stage in a very unusual manner. During the 1990 edition he found himself among the group of favorites as Delgado, Breukink and LeMond were battling the surprising Claudio Chiappucci for the Yellow Jersey. During stage 14 he attacked off the front of the favorites group in an effort to chase down the final few breakaway riders and go for the stage win. When he crossed the finish line ahead of the favorites he did not throw his arms up to celebrate because he did not think he caught the final breakaway rider. With the available technology not giving instant times, results and standings as it does today, it was not as easy to know what was going on from within the race and Lejarreta didn't find out until he came to a stop and was told by his team that he had won the stage.

He would win stages in all three Grand Tours and finish in the top 10 fifteen times: The Giro seven times, the Tour three times and the Vuelta five times including three podium places and a win in 1982.^[3]

Until 2015, Lejarreta was the only person in history to complete all three Grand Tours in a single year four times in a career; he did the triple in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991.^[4] Adam Hansen is the only rider to complete all three Grand Tours in a season more times than Lejarreta, but Hansen was never a GC Contender as Lejarreta was. In fact during the four seasons he completed all three Grand Tours he placed in the Top 10 in eight out of twelve of them.

His brother Ismael and his nephew Iñaki (killed in a road accident aged 29) were also professional cyclists.^[5]^[6]

Major results

1980

1st

Overall Volta a Catalunya

1st

Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

1st Stage 1c

3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country

1981

1st Clásica de San Sebastián

1st Subida al Naranco

3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country

1982

1st

Overall Vuelta a España

1st Stage 17

1st

Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

1st Clásica de San Sebastián

5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

1983

1st

Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

1st Stages 1a & 1b

2nd Overall Vuelta a España

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 6, 8 & 13

3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country

1984

4th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 19

1985

3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country

1986

1st

Overall Vuelta a Burgos

1st Subida al Naranco

2nd Clásica de San Sebastián

5th Overall Vuelta a España

1st Stage 8

1987

1st

Overall Vuelta a Burgos

1st Prologue & Stage 4

1st Subida a Urkiola

1st Clásica de San Sebastián

4th Overall Giro d'Italia

10th Overall Tour de France

1988

1st

Overall Vuelta a Burgos

1st Prologue

1st

Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

1st

Overall Tour of Galicia

1st Subida a Urkiola

1989

1st

Overall Volta a Catalunya

5th Overall Tour de France

10th Overall Giro d'Italia

1990

1st

Overall Vuelta a Burgos

1st Stages 2 & 4

1st

Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

1st Stage 1b (ITT)

5th Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 14

7th Overall Giro d'Italia

1991

3rd Overall Vuelta a España

5th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 5

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Vuelta a España	30	5	DNF	1	2	DNF	–	5	34	DNF	19	55	3
Giro d'Italia	–	–	–	–	6	4	5	–	4	–	10	7	5
Tour de France	–	–	35	37	–	–	–	18	10	16	5	5	53

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ Vergne, Laurent (22 July 2015). "Cannibale, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy torticolis... le Top 20 des surnoms mythiques du cyclisme" [Cannibal, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy Torticollis... the Top 20 mythical nicknames of cycling]. Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^ "Soigneur - Marino Lejarreta and Monte Oiz #2". 10 September 2018.
^ "Soigneur - Marino Lejarreta and Monte Oiz #3". 12 September 2018.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-01. Retrieved 2006-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Inaki Lejarreta killed in accident". ESPN. 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
^ "Iñaki Lejarreta killed in training accident". cyclingnews.com. 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2021-04-20.

External links

Marino Lejarreta at Cycling Archives (archived)

[1] Vergne, Laurent (22 July 2015). "Cannibale, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy torticolis... le Top 20 des surnoms mythiques du cyclisme" [Cannibal, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy Torticollis... the Top 20 mythical nicknames of cycling]. Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2016.

[2] "Soigneur - Marino Lejarreta and Monte Oiz #2". 10 September 2018.

[3] "Soigneur - Marino Lejarreta and Monte Oiz #3". 12 September 2018.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-01. Retrieved 2006-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Inaki Lejarreta killed in accident". ESPN. 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2021-04-20.

[6] "Iñaki Lejarreta killed in training accident". cyclingnews.com. 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2021-04-20.

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 ==Career==
-Lejarreta rode very well in the 1982 Vuelta, but initially finished 2nd to [[Ángel Arroyo]] while coming in just eighteen seconds ahead of [[Michel Pollentier]]. Following the race however, Arroyo and several other riders failed doping controls in one of the biggest scandals in Vuelta history making the young Basque rider the [[de facto]] winner of the race. It was a bittersweet victory as he was not actually the victor riding into [[Madrid]]. For the [[1983 Vuelta a España]] he would be up against [[Bernard Hinault]], who had his teammates [[Laurent Fignon]] and [[Greg LeMond]], as well as other strong riders including [[Hennie Kuiper]] and the Spanish riders of Pino, [[Alberto Fernández (cyclist)|Alberto Fernández]] and a young [[Pedro Delgado]] who was riding in his second Vuelta. The leaders Jersey changed hands numerous times and Lejarreta held it early while also winning a mountain time trial, but suffered a crash and lost it. During the [[Lagos de Covadonga ]] stage he escaped from the group of favorites made up of Fernandez, Pino, Hinault, Kuiper and others and soloed to victory, but it was not enough to reclaim the lead. In the end he finished just 1:12 behind Hinault to stand on the podium in 2nd.<ref>https://soigneur.nl/people/marino-lejarreta-and-monte-oiz-2/</ref>
+Lejarreta rode very well in the 1982 Vuelta, but initially finished 2nd to [[Ángel Arroyo]] while coming in just eighteen seconds ahead of [[Michel Pollentier]]. Following the race however, Arroyo and several other riders failed doping controls in one of the biggest scandals in Vuelta history making the young Basque rider the [[de facto]] winner of the race. It was a bittersweet victory as he was not actually the victor riding into [[Madrid]]. For the [[1983 Vuelta a España]] he would be up against [[Bernard Hinault]], who had his teammates [[Laurent Fignon]] and [[Greg LeMond]], as well as other strong riders including [[Hennie Kuiper]] and the Spanish riders of Pino, [[Alberto Fernández (cyclist)|Alberto Fernández]] and a young [[Pedro Delgado]] who was riding in his second Vuelta. The leaders Jersey changed hands numerous times and Lejarreta held it early while also winning a mountain time trial, but suffered a crash and lost it. During the [[Lagos de Covadonga ]] stage he escaped from the group of favorites made up of Fernandez, Pino, Hinault, Kuiper and others and soloed to victory, but it was not enough to reclaim the lead. In the end he finished just 1:12 behind Hinault to stand on the podium in 2nd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soigneur.nl/people/marino-lejarreta-and-monte-oiz-2/|title=Soigneur - Marino Lejarreta and Monte Oiz #2|date=10 September 2018}}</ref>
 Later in his career he would win his only [[Tour de France]] stage in a very unusual manner. During the [[1990 Tour de France|1990 edition]] he found himself among the group of favorites as Delgado, [[Erik Breukink|Breukink]] and LeMond were battling the surprising [[Claudio Chiappucci]] for the [[Yellow Jersey]]. During stage 14 he attacked off the front of the favorites group in an effort to chase down the final few breakaway riders and go for the stage win. When he crossed the finish line ahead of the favorites he did not throw his arms up to celebrate because he did not think he caught the final breakaway rider. With the available technology not giving instant times, results and standings as it does today, it was not as easy to know what was going on from within the race and Lejarreta didn't find out until he came to a stop and was told by his team that he had won the stage.
-He would win stages in all three Grand Tours and finish in the top 10 fifteen times: The Giro seven times, the Tour three times and the Vuelta five times including three podium places and a win in 1982.<ref>https://soigneur.nl/people/marino-lejarreta-and-monte-oiz-3/</ref>
+He would win stages in all three Grand Tours and finish in the top 10 fifteen times: The Giro seven times, the Tour three times and the Vuelta five times including three podium places and a win in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soigneur.nl/people/marino-lejarreta-and-monte-oiz-3/|title=Soigneur - Marino Lejarreta and Monte Oiz #3|date=12 September 2018}}</ref>
 Until 2015, Lejarreta was the only person in history to complete all three [[Grand Tours]] in a single year four times in a career; he did the triple in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/eddy/tourrec.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501152418/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/eddy/tourrec.htm |archive-date=2006-05-01 }}</ref> [[Adam Hansen]] is the only rider to complete all three Grand Tours in a season more times than Lejarreta, but Hansen was never a [[General Classification|GC Contender]] as Lejarreta was. In fact during the four seasons he completed all three Grand Tours he placed in the Top 10 in eight out of twelve of them.