He won a record seven editions of the Volta a Catalunya in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as four Spanish national championship titles and one Tour de France stage win.

[1] Cañardo grew up in Navarra, but, orphaned since 1919, he moved with his sister to Barcelona, Catalonia, where he discovered the bike.

In 1928 he won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and in 1930 he became the first Spaniard to win the Tour of the Basque Country.

In 1935 he finished second overall to Belgian Gustaaf Deloor and won stage 5 in the first Vuelta a España.

After retiring, he started a successful career as a sports director and race organizer.