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. He won the 1941 race after having spent 18 months in a Francoist concentration camp. In addition, he won a total of three mountains jerseys at the Vuelta and the Tour de France
“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.”
Major results
1935 GP Eibar 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 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 Clásica 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 Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama Vuelta a España: Winner stage 3 6th place overall classification 1948 Vuelta a España: Winner stage 1A
References
External links
The climber and the dictator" by Paul Maunder "Vuelta Skelter" by Tim Moore