Cyclist in the seventies, former president of the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) and former Spanish road coach Big Pepe He died this Sunday in Valencia at the age of 79, according to the Ciclo 21 portal.
Grande, born in Minaya (Albacete) in 1944, participated in four Tours of France, five Giros and four Tours of Spain, before starting his time as Spanish road coach, a position he held for two periods, the first between 1983 and 1988 and the second, more fruitful one from 1993 to 1997.
The cyclist from Albacete, who lived for many years in the Valencian town of Bétera, was the Spanish coach in 1993, when the Navarrese Miguel Indurain he won silver at the Road Cycling World Championship, and also in 1995, the year in which Abraham Olano he won gold and Indurain came second.
Thus, he also led the same pair to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, a competition where Indurain took gold in the time trial and Olano came second, taking silver, in the same event.
Grande also served as president of the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation in 1997, when he took office on February 9, although just three months later, on May 25, he was dismissed following a motion of censure by Valencian Manolo Pérez, who became his. rival for the position.
Source: La Verdad
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