Spanish cycling legend Ángel Arroyo dies at 70

Ángel Arroyo, the Spanish cycling legend who finished as the runner-up in the 1983 Tour de France, passed away on Sunday at the age of 70. He is widely credited with sparking a major revival in Spanish cycling.

Following the news of his passing, tributes have flooded in from Spain and beyond to honor the late rider.

Although Arroyo's professional record (palmarès) was relatively modest in proportion, he is recognized for making a much larger contribution to the sport in Spain. His career is seen as the catalyst that paved the way for the decades of success that followed in Spanish cycling.