Following his victories in 1992 in the Vuelta a España, the Giro d´Italia and the Tour de France (for the second time running) Miguel Induráin is probably the Spain´s greatest international sportsman today.

Born in 1964 in Villava (Navarre), where he still lives with his family, Miguel Induráin is 1 metre 88 tall and normally weighs around 80 kg, an unusual size for a cyclist. However, he has a perfectly tuned body for sport: his pulse at rest is usually no higher than 30, and his capacity for recovery after strenuous physical effort is amazing.

Since his victory in the Spanish Amateur Cycling Championships in 1983, Miguel Induráin´s career has been one long, unstoppable progression which has won him a great many victories since 1986 -the year he won the Tour d´Avenir in France-. Among these, the Vuelta a Cataluña (1988 and 1991), the Paris-Nice Classic (1989, 1990), the bronze medal in the 1991 World Championships (Stuttgart), the Giro d´Italia (1992), and for two consecutive years (1991, 1992) the Tour de France, without a doubt the most important and prestigious cycle race in the world.

A true specialist in time trials, Induráin was one of the Spanish Olympic team members at the 1988 Los Angeles Olympic Games, before turning professional.

In addition to his indisputable stature as a professional cyclist, Miguel Induráin´s great human values have been ever present throughout his sporting life, and a source of praise from colleagues and competitors alike. His personality, character and temperament, together with his charisma, simplicity and modesty, have always gone hand in hand with his great qualities as a sportsman.

Miguel Induráin has also offered his continued co-operation and support to promoting cycling, at both professional and amateur.

His brilliant career has won him such distinctions as "Most Spirited Spanish Cyclist of the Year", "Second European sportsman" and "Best Spanish Sportsman", all of them for his work in 1991.