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Federico Martín Bahamontes, born Alejandro Martín Bahamontes (Spanish: ; 9 July 1928 – 8 August 2023), was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He won the 1959 Tour de France and a total of 11 Grand Tour stages between 1954 and 1965. He won a total of nine mountain classifications and was the first cyclist to complete a "career triple" by winning the mountain classification in all three Grand Tours. Following his retirement, Bahamontes ran a bicycle and motorcycle shop and was named the best climber in the history of the Tour de France by a panel organised by L'Équipe in 2013. More about Federico Bahamontes

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Current items with a signature of Federico Bahamontes

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thumbnailfederico bahamontes finishes the race during tour de france un-signed 12x8 photo£9.99logo
thumbnailfederico bahamontes leading the race during tour de france un-signed 12x8 photo£9.99logo
thumbnailfederico bahamontes leads tour de france during the 1950's un-signed 12x8 photo£9.99logo
thumbnailfederico bahamontes racing through the tour de france un-signed 12x8 photo£9.99logo
thumbnailfederico bahamontes spain during the tour de france 1960's un-signed 10x8 photo£9.99logo
thumbnailfederico bahamontes spain in tour de france during 1950's un-signed 12x8 photo£9.99logo
thumbnailfederico bahamontes Spanish cyclist during tour de france un-signed 12x8 photo£9.99logo
Federico Bahamontes was born on 9 July 1928 in Santo Domingo-Caudilla, Toledo, to Julián Martín and Victoria Bahamontes. Unlike the usual custom of calling a Spaniard by the first of two surnames, Bahamontes is known by his second; there were too many with the surname Martín in his village so he took up his mother's surname. He was named after his uncle, Federico, who was the head of the family and proclaimed that Bahamontes would be called after him at the baptism in the local church. Between 1929 and 1931, his parents had three more children, all girls. Bahamontes attended a school in Toledo run by nuns, which he did not enjoy. In 1936, the Spanish Civil War broke out, but Bahamontes' father, a veteran of the Cuban War of Independence, did not fight because he was too old. Along with other civilians in Toledo, however, he was enlisted by Nationalist forces to act as reinforcements as Republican forces closed in on Toledo. He managed to escape this service, but when he returned home, he found soldiers who "called themselves Communists" and ordered him to open the storehouses on the estate where the family lived. He refused, before running away, and eventually escaping the ensuing manhunt by hiding in a doorway.

The family eventually fled to Madrid in July 1936. When the family arrived, the city was held by Republican forces who had withstood an attempted invasion from the Nationalists. In October, however, Nationalist forces decided to lay siege to the city and Julián was enlisted into the Republican reserve forces and led a mule team that transported supplies. Meanwhile, Bahamontes, along with his mother and sisters, escaped to the village of Villarrubia de Santiago due to the intensifying air raids in Madrid. They were joined by Julián after the war, but the family continued to struggle; as he had been with the Republicans, the losing side, Bahamontes' father received no pension and he was forced to break rocks for road construction in order to earn enough money for the family. The young Bahamontes resorted to theft in order to sustain himself and the family; he would jump into the trailers of lorries from a bridge over a road before filling a bag with food from the trailer. He also dug out live ammunition from civil war trenches to sell as scrap metal. Read even more about Federico Bahamontes at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Federico Bahamontes

The most expensive item with a signature of Federico Bahamontes (FEDERICO BAHAMONTES - Tour de France winner 1959, signed photo) was sold in September 2022 for £35.00 while the cheapest item (FEDERICO BAHAMONTES - Tour de France winner 1959, signed photo) found a new owner for £4.74 in October 2017. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2020 with an average selling price of £21.00 for an autographed item of Federico Bahamontes. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2022 with £35.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.74 was October 2017. In average, an autographed item from Federico Bahamontes is worth £14.99.

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thumbnailFEDERICO BAHAMONTES - Tour de France winner 1959, signed photo£35.00logo
thumbnailFEDERICO BAHAMONTES - Tour de France winner 1959, signed photo£20.00logo
thumbnailFEDERICO BAHAMONTES - Tour de France winner 1959, signed photo£35.00logo
thumbnailFEDERICO BAHAMONTES - Tour de France winner 1959, signed photo£33.00logo
thumbnailFEDERICO BAHAMONTES - Tour de France winner 1959, signed photo£28.00logo
thumbnailFEDERICO BAHAMONTES - Tour de France winner 1959, signed photo£22.00logo
thumbnailFEDERICO BAHAMONTES - Tour de France winner 1959, signed photo£20.00logo
thumbnailfederico bahamontes on course during the tour de france un-signed 10x8 photo£8.99logo
thumbnailTour de France winner 1959 at Cycling Federico Bahamontes original signed photo£8.99logo
thumbnailTour de France winner 1959 at Cycling Federico Bahamontes original signed photo£8.99logo