1959 Vuelta a España

1959 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	24 April – 10 May
Stages	17
Distance	3,048 km (1,894 mi)
Winning time	84h 36' 20"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Sprints
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The 14th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 24 April to 10 May 1959.^[1] It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,048 km (1,894 mi), and was won by Antonio Suárez.^[2] Suárez also won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification.

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages^[3]^[4]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1a	29 April	Madrid – Madrid	9 km (6 mi)	Team time trial	Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani–Dunlop
1b	29 April	Madrid – Toledo	114 km (71 mi)		Rik Van Looy (BEL)
2	30 April	Manzanares – Córdoba	228 km (142 mi)		Antonio Karmany (ESP)
3	1 May	Córdoba – Seville	140 km (87 mi)		Vicente Iturat (ESP)
4	2 May	Seville – Granada	240 km (149 mi)		Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
5	3 May	Guadix – Murcia	225 km (140 mi)		Antonio Suárez (ESP)
6	4 May	Murcia – Alicante	173 km (107 mi)		Gabriel Mas (ESP)
7	5 May	Alicante – Castellón	233 km (145 mi)		Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
8	6 May	Castellón – Tortosa	130 km (81 mi)		Rik Van Looy (BEL)
9	7 May	Tortosa – Barcelona	196 km (122 mi)		Rik Van Looy (BEL)
10	8 May	Granollers – Lleida	183 km (114 mi)		Antonio Suárez (ESP)
11	9 May	Lleida – Pamplona	242 km (150 mi)		Rik Van Looy (BEL)
12	10 May	Pamplona – San Sebastián	210 km (130 mi)		José Carlos Sousa Cardoso (POR)
13	11 May	San Sebastián – San Sebastián	9 km (6 mi)	Team time trial	Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani–Dunlop
14	12 May	Eibar – Vitoria	62 km (39 mi)	Individual time trial	Roger Rivière (FRA)
15	13 May	Vitoria – Santander	230 km (143 mi)		Julio San Emeterio (ESP)
16	14 May	Santander – Bilbao	187 km (116 mi)		Roger Rivière (FRA)
17	15 May	Bilbao – Bilbao	222 km (138 mi)		Fernando Manzaneque (ESP)
	Total		3,048 km (1,894 mi)

Results

Final general classification^[5]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Antonio Suárez	Licor 43	84h 36' 20"
2	José Segú Soriano	Kas	+ 1' 06"
3	Rik Van Looy	Faema–Guerra	+ 7' 00"
4	Pierre Everaert	St.Raphael	+ 7' 44"
5	Emmanuel Busto	Peugeot–Dunlop	+ 16' 29"
6	Roger Rivière	St.Raphael	+ 17' 30"
7	Hilaire Couvreur	Faema–Guerra	+ 24' 24"
8	Luis Otaño	Peugeot–Dunlop	+ 26' 34"
9	Joseph Vloeberghs	Faema–Guerra	+ 27' 17"
10	Jesús Galdeano	Faema	+ 29' 40"
11	Marcel Rohrbach	Peugeot–Dunlop
12	René Marigil	Licor 43
13	Juan Campillo	Faema
14	Frans Van Looveren	Faema–Guerra
15	Hans Junkermann	Faema–Guerra
16	José Luis Talamillo	Boxing
17	Guido Boni	Tricofilina-Coppi
18	Jesús Loroño	Faema
19	Claude Colette	Peugeot–Dunlop
20	Julio San Emeterio	Kas
21	Andrés Trobat	Licor 43
22	Antonio Karmany	Kas
23	Gabriel Company Bauza	Faema
24	Salvador Botella	Faema
25	Fernando Manzaneque	Licor 43

References

^ "XIV Vuelta Ciclista a Espana". El Mundo Deportivo. 13 May 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ "General Information 1959". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
^ "1959 » 14th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ "14ème Vuelta a España 1959". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
^ "Vuelta Ciclista a Espana 1959" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 11 May 1959. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[1] "XIV Vuelta Ciclista a Espana". El Mundo Deportivo. 13 May 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[2] "General Information 1959". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.

[3] "1959 » 14th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[Mdc-VdE1959-4] "14ème Vuelta a España 1959". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

[5] "Vuelta Ciclista a Espana 1959" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 11 May 1959. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

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