The burning chapel that is the last farewell Federico Martin Bahamontesthe ‘Águila de Toledo’, was installed this Tuesday at 8:00 pm in the Chapter House of the City Council of Toledo, where dozens of people from Toledo passed by to say goodbye to the cycling legend, the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France, in 1959.
the coffin of Bahamontes He arrived in the capital of Castilian-La Mancha, from Valladolid, where he died at the age of 95, before eight in the afternoon, when he was received by the mayor of Toledo, Carlos Velázquezand the Councilor for Sports, Rubén Lozano, at the Puerta de Bisagra, from where he was guarded until he reached the Town Hall, where the route made him stop in front of the sculpture of the cyclist located in the Miradero.
In Puerta de Bisagra, in media statements, the mayor of the city recalled that in July 1959 bahamontes, As the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France, he crossed this entrance to Toledo’s Historic Center and received “thanks, applause and recognition” from the people of Toledo.
“Now, in this last stage ascending to heaven, the city of Toledo also welcomes him in the best way and at the level of a legend and the myth that he has become”, declared Velázquez.
Also, the councilor advanced that the City Council will work to make the Bahamontes Bicycle Museum a reality “as soon as possible” and “according to his wishes.”
The funeral procession accompanied the casket to the funeral chapel, which will remain open until 12:00 am this Tuesday and will reopen its doors at 8:00 am on Wednesday and until 4:00 pm, and then move to the Primate Cathedral, where the Archbishop of Toledo, Francisco Cerro, will officiate at the funeral mass, and will be buried in the municipal cemetery of the capital, where he is the Adopted Son.
It has entered the shoulders of cyclists
The casket arrived at the Plaza del Ayuntamiento applauded by those present around 8:00 p.m., with the Bahamontes family, the mayor and, behind his body, the cyclists from Club Peña de Bahamontes de Toledo.
He was also received by other members of the municipal corporation, including former mayor Milagros Tolón, and with the passing of two maceros and on the shoulders of eight cyclists, Bahamontes entered the Town Hall and his casket was exposed in the House of the Chapter.
On the casket, the flags of Spain and Toledo, in addition to the Great Cross for Sports Merit awarded by the Higher Sports Council.
Many wreaths surround the casket, sent by different administrations, the City Council of Val de Santo Domingo, the cyclist’s town, as well as La Vuelta, the Tour de France and the Higher Sports Council, in addition to others.
Dozens of Toledoans began filing past the casket to say goodbye to the cycling legend and left their dedications in the condolence book located next to the Chapter House.
Source: La Verdad
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