Jesús Loroño

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Jesus Loroño Artega (10 January 1926 – 12 August 1998) is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s. Loroño is most famous for capturing the 1957 Vuelta a España. The previous year at the Vuelta, he finished second to Angelo Conterno by just 13 seconds.

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Angelo Conterno		 Winner of the Vuelta a España
1957		 Succeeded by
Jean Stablinski
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Tour de France Maillot Grimpeur (Polka dot jersey) winners

1933 Trueba · 1934 Vietto · 1935 Vervaecke · 1936 Berrendero · 1937 Vervaecke · 1938 Bartali · 1939 Maes · 1947 Brambilla · 1948 Bartali · 1949 Coppi · 1950 Bobet · 1951 Géminiani · 1952 Coppi · 1953 Loroño · 1954 Bahamontes · 1955 Gaul · 1956 Gaul · 1957 Nencini · 1958 Bahamontes · 1959 Bahamontes · 1960 Massignan · 1961 Massignan · 1962 Bahamontes · 1963 Bahamontes · 1964 Bahamontes · 1965 Jiménez · 1966 Jiménez · 1967 Jiménez · 1968 González · 1969 Merckx · 1970 Merckx · 1971 Van Impe · 1972 Van Impe · 1973 Torres · 1974 Perurena · 1975 Van Impe · 1976 Bellini · 1977 Van Impe · 1978 Martínez · 1979 Battaglin · 1980 Martin · 1981 Van Impe · 1982 Vallet · 1983 Van Impe · 1984 Millar · 1985 Herrera · 1986 Hinault · 1987 Herrera · 1988 Rooks · 1989 Theunisse · 1990 Claveyrolat · 1991 Chiappucci · 1992 Chiappucci · 1993 Rominger · 1994 Virenque · 1995 Virenque · 1996 Virenque · 1997 Virenque · 1998 Rinero · 1999 Virenque · 2000 Botero · 2001 Jalabert · 2002 Jalabert · 2003 Virenque · 2004 Virenque · 2005 Rasmussen · 2006 Rasmussen · 2007 Soler
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