Miguel María Lasa

Miguel María Lasa Urquía is a Spanish former road racing cyclist, born on 4 November 1947 in Oiartzun in Gipuzkoa. He represented Spain at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, riding the individual road race and the team time trial, and then turned professional, building his career on the three Grand Tours. At his home race, the Vuelta a España, he won four stages and finished on the overall podium four times, in 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1977, and in 1975 he also took the points classification. He won two stages of the Tour de France and three stages of the Giro d'Italia as well. His results place him among the most successful Spanish stage racers of the 1970s.