Enric Mas climbed to his fourth podium of Back to Spain in this recently completed edition of 2024. The third drawer of the Balearic cyclist, from 29 yearsplacing him within the exclusive club of runners who have come so close to total success… up to four times. Before him, there were only two other precedents, that of José Pérez Francés in the sixties and Miguel María Lasa in the seventies.
Others who are on the verge of victory in the Spanish major are Carlos Sastre, Joaquim Rodríguez and Reimund Dietzenthey all have three podiums and no overall victory in the Hispanic round. This is the list of 17 cyclists who have climbed the podium of the Vuelta a España on numerous occasions without reaching the top box throughout their career:
More podiums at La Vuelta without a win
4
Enric Mas: 3x🥈(2018, 21, 22) – 1x🥉 (24)
4
José Pérez Francés: 2x🥈(1962, 68) – 2x🥉 (61, 64)
4
Miguel María Lasa: 2x🥈(1972, 77) – 2x🥉 (74, 75)
3
Reimund Dietzen: 2x🥈(1987, 88) – 1x🥉 (84)
3
Carlos Sastre: 1x🥈(2007) – 2x🥉 (05, 08)
3
Joaquim Rodríguez: 1x🥈(2015) – 2x🥉 (10, 12)
2
Robert Millar: 2x🥈(1985, 86)
2
Fernando Escartín: 2x🥈(1997, 98)
2
Eusebio Vélez: 1x🥈(1966) – 1x🥉 (68)
2
Michel Pollenier: 1x🥈(1982) – 1x🥉 (79)
2
Alberto Fernández: 1x🥈(1984) – 1x🥉 (83)
2
Laurent Dufaux: 1x🥈(1996) – 1x🥉 (97)
2
Levi Leipheimer: 1x🥈(2008) – 1x🥉 (01)
2
Samuel Sánchez: 1x🥈(2009) – 1x🥉 (07)
2
Rik Van Looy: 2x🥉 (1959, 65)
2
Miguel Pacheco: 2x🥉 (1960, 63)
2
Anselmo Fuerte: 2x🥉 (1988, 90)
Source: La Verdad
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