title: Delio Rodríguez
text: # Delio Rodríguez
  
  Delio Rodríguez Barros (19 April 1916 – 14 January 1994) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist and sprinter. Despite winning 12 stages at the 1941 Vuelta and 8 stages at the 1942 Vuelta, Rodríguez failed to make the top five places in the overall standings. Due to World War II, the event was not held in 1943 and 1944, but Rodríguez wanted to win the 1945 event, which he did by going on an early breakaway and winning stage 2 by over a half-hour. In the end, Delio won the event by over 30 minutes, captured six stages and the points classification, too. At the 1947 Vuelta, he finished on the podium in third, and finished with eight stage wins.
  
  Rodríguez is the all-time record holder for stage wins at the Vuelta a España with 39 stage wins conducted over 5 events. Rodríguez had two younger brothers, Emilio and Manolo that were also professional cyclists. Emilio won the overall race while Manolo came second in the 1950 Vuelta a España.
  
  ## Major achievements
  
  ### 1935
  
      1st GP San Froilan Lugo
  
  ### 1939
  
      2nd Clásica a los Puertos
      6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
  
  ### 1940
  
      1st Overall GP Agustin
         1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4
      1st Overall Vuelta a Alava
         1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
      1st Overall Madrid-Salamanca-Madrid
         1st Stages 1 & 2
      Volta a Catalunya
         1st Stages 1 & 2
      1st Stage 1b Trofeo Masferrer
      2nd Overall Circuito del Norte
         1st Stages 1 & 2
      3rd Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
         1st Stage 1
      3rd Clásica a los Puertos
  
  ### 1941
  
      1st Overall Vuelta a Alava
         1st Stages 1 & 2
      Volta a Catalunya
         1st Stages 4, 5, 6 & 9
      Circuito del Norte
         1st Stages 1, 3, 6 & 7
      Vuelta a Navarra
         1st Stages 2 & 4
      1st Subida al Naranco
      4th Overall Vuelta a España
         1st Stages 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16a (ITT), 16b, 17, 18 & 19
  
  ### 1942
  
      Volta a Catalunya
         1st Stages 7 & 9
      3rd Overall Circuito Castilla-Leon-Asturias
         1st Stages 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8
      7th Overall Vuelta a España
         1st Stages 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 (ITT), 12 & 14
  
  ### 1943
  
      Volta a Catalunya
         1st Stages 3, 6 & 9
      1st Stage 3 GP Ayutamiento de Bilbao
      1st Subida al Naranco
      3rd Circuito Castilla-Leon-Asturias
         1st Stage 2 & 4
  
  ### 1944
  
      Volta a Catalunya
         1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
      Vuelta a Cantabria
         1st Stages 1 & 2
      3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
         1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6
  
  ### 1945
  
      1st Overall Vuelta a España
         1st Points classification
         1st Stages 2, 8, 9, 14, 16 & 18
      1st Overall Tour of Galicia
         1st Stages 2b, 5b & 7
  
  ### 1946
  
      Vuelta a Castilla y León
         1st Stages 4, 5, 6 & 7
      5th Overall Vuelta a España
         1st Stages 13, 14, 15 & 17
  
  ### 1947
  
      Vuelta a Asturias
         1st Stages 2 & 10
      1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León
      1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos
      2nd Clásica a los Puertos
      3rd Overall Vuelta a España
         1st Points classification
         1st Stages 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 15, 18 & 23
      3rd Overall Tour of Galicia
         1st Stages 5 & 6
  
  ### 1948
  
      Volta a Portugal
         1st Stages 2, 3 & 11
      7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
         1st Stages 1, 3 & 6
  