The wake for the winner of six world titles, Guillem Timoner, will be held this Friday, August 18 between 10 am and 12 pm at the Felanitx cemetery and his funeral will be on Monday at 8 pm
The ‘pistard’ of Felanitx, Guillem Timoner, has died at the age of 97, leaving six world titles and an unrepeatable mark in the history of world cycling. His wake will take place today, Friday, August 18, between 10 am and 12 noon at the Felanitx cemetery. At the request of the family there will be no mourning in the town. The funeral in his memory will be held next Monday at 8 pm.
The Mallorcan sports and cycling legend Guillem Timoner Obrador (Felanitx, 1926-2023) died Thursday at the age of 97. The six-time world track champion was the first Spaniard to be crowned the best in the world, which made him a legend and a pioneer of cycling in the islands and beyond its borders.
Guillem Timoner, from Felanitx to the world
Timoner was born on June 24, 1926 in Felanitx, where he gives his name to a street and a sports center, in addition to having a sculpture in his honor in one of the accesses. Guillem Timoner worked as a carpenter before making his passion his life. Fellow of the generation of Bahamontes, Poblet, Company, Karmany, Gual, Trobat and the golden generation of Mallorcan cycling, he stood out above all in track cycling.
Guillem Timoner became an icon of cycling and sport around the world. Photo: Spanish Olympic Committee (COE).
At the age of 14 he achieved his first victory in s’Horta; later he would be proclaimed Spanish champion in Tortosa, in 1945, and already then, in 1960, Felanitx would make him an illustrious son. Timoner specialized in the spectacular modality of middle-distance after motorcycle, although in his early years he also won national titles in sprint or pursuit, more than twenty, and was champion of the Balearic Islands between 1944 and 1947.
In the World Championships he would make history by winning six titles, all in middle-distance after motorcycle, in 1955 (Milan), 1959 (Amsterdam), 1960 (Leipzig), 1962 (Milan), 1964 (Paris) and 1965 (San Sebastian), as well as being runner-up in 1956 (Copenhagen) and 1958 (Paris).
After hanging up his bicycle, Timoner continued to be active as Spanish track coach between 1971 and 1978, participating in the Munich Olympic Games (1972). His passion for cycling would lead him to open his own business in Felanitx, which is a personal museum where you can admire his bicycles and posters of his different participations.
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