Mariano Cañardo

Mariano Cañardo
Personal information
Full nameMariano Cañardo Lacasta
NicknameThe Catalan of Olite
Born(1906-02-05)5 February 1906
Olite, Spain
Died20 May 1987(1987-05-20) (aged 81)
Barcelona, Spain
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1927FC Barcelona
1928Elvish-Wolber
1929FC Barcelona
1930Styl
1931-1933individual
1934-1935Orbea
1936Colin-Wolber
1937France Sport-Dunlop
1938-1940individual
1941-1942FC Barcelona
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1937)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (1935, 1936)

Stage races

Volta a Catalunya (1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939)
Tour of the Basque Country (1930)
Tour du Maroc (1937, 1938)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1930, 1931, 1933, 1936)

Mariano Cañardo Lacasta (5 February 1906 – 21 June 1987) was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He won a record seven editions of the Volta a Catalunya in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as four Spanish national championship titles and one Tour de France stage win. Born in Olite, Navarra, his nickname was the Catalan of Olite.