- Born
- Birth nameMiguel Indurain Larraya
- Nickname
- Miguelón
- Height6′ 1¼″ (1.86 m)
- Miguel Induráin was born on July 16, 1964 in Villava, Navarra, Spain. He is an actor, known for El futuro ya tiene recuerdos (2017), From You to You (1990) and Sin ir más lejos (1995). He has been married to Marisa López since 1992. They have three children.
- SpouseMarisa López(1992 - present) (3 children)
- A Spanish cyclist, he became the first man to win the Tour de France five times in a row, from 1991-1995. He rode for the Banesto team.
- (Colombia, 1995) Won the World Time Trial Championship. Second place in the World Road Race Championship.
- Continues to ride his bike regularly, and has attended the Tour de France as a guest every year since his retirement.
- In 1992 and 1993, he also won the Giro d'Italia.
- In 1992 he won the "Prince of Asturias" Award for Sports, Spain's leading international honour.
- I am a happy man, because I can determine my own rhythm of life. No money in the world could persuade me to tie myself to something. I have earned enough to take it a bit easier now. To be free and to live a free life, that is the most beautiful thing there is.
- Cycling is harder than most sports. I can tell you, it really takes it out of you.
- Merckx remains the greatest cyclist of all. He dared to strain his body to the extremes. When I was racing I thought: 'They are legends, I'm just Indurain.' I will never think I'm like Merckx or Hinault.
- If I had been born with an aggressive character, then maybe my palmares would have been longer. My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders. I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do. The sense for responsibility I have got from my mother.
- There is something more important than winning. Dignity must come before everything, including victory in a race as important as the Tour. You can't treat people without respect.
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