1960 Vuelta a España

1960 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	29 April – 15 May
Stages	17
Distance	3,567 km (2,216 mi)
Winning time	103h 05' 57"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Sprints
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The 15th Vuelta a España (Tour of [Spain-nl]), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 15 May 1960. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,567 km (2,216 mi), and was won by Frans De Mulder of the Groene Leeuw cycling team.^[1] Arthur Decabooter won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages^[2]^[3]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	29 April	[Gijón-nl] – Gijón	8 km (5 mi)	Team time trial	Faema
2	30 April	[Gijón-nl] – A Coruña	235 km (146 mi)		Felipe Alberdi (ESP)
3	1 May	A Coruña – [Vigo-nl]	187 km (116 mi)		Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
4	2 May	[Vigo-nl] – [Ourense-nl]	105 km (65 mi)		Frans De Mulder (BEL)
5	3 May	[Ourense-nl] – Zamora	287 km (178 mi)		Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP)
6	4 May	Zamora – [Madrid-nl]	250 km (155 mi)		Nino Assirelli (ITA)
7	5 May	[Madrid-nl] – Madrid	209 km (130 mi)		Frans De Mulder (BEL)
8	6 May	Guadalajara – [Zaragoza-nl]	264 km (164 mi)		Arthur Decabooter (BEL)
9	7 May	[Zaragoza-nl] – [Barcelona-nl]	269 km (167 mi)		Salvador Botella (ESP)
10	8 May	[Barcelona-nl] – [Barbastro-nl]	240 km (149 mi)		Alfons Sweeck (BEL)
11	9 May	[Barbastro-nl] – [Pamplona-nl]	267 km (166 mi)		Vicente Iturat (ESP)
12	10 May	[Pamplona-nl] – [Logroño-nl]	179 km (111 mi)		Jesús Galdeano (ESP)
13	11 May	[Logroño-nl] – San Sebastián	211 km (131 mi)		Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
14	12 May	San Sebastián – [Vitoria-Gasteiz\|Vitoria-nl]	263 km (163 mi)		Antonio Suárez (ESP)
15	13 May	Vitoria-nl] – Santander	232 km (144 mi)		Arthur Decabooter (BEL)
16	14 May	Santander – [Bilbao-nl]	192 km (119 mi)		Frans De Mulder (BEL)
17a	15 May	[Bilbao-nl] – [Guernica-nl]	116 km (72 mi)		Frans De Mulder (BEL)
17b	15 May	[Guernica-nl] – [Bilbao-nl]	53 km (33 mi)	Individual time trial	Antonio Karmany (ESP)
	Total		3,567 km (2,216 mi)

Results

Final general classification^[4]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Frans De Mulder	Groene Leeuw	103h 05' 57"
2	Armand Desmet	Groene Leeuw	+ 15' 21"
3	Miguel Pacheco Font	Licor 43	+ 19' 24"
4	Antonio Karmany	Kas	+ 22' 03"
5	Juan Campillo	Kas	+ 29' 50"
6	Fernando Manzaneque	Faema	+ 31' 58"
7	Salvador Botella	Faema	+ 32' 58"
8	Benigno Aspuru	Kas	+ 35' 08"
9	Jesús Loroño	Majestad	+ 38' 11"
10	Arthur Decabooter	Groene Leeuw	+ 44' 42"
11	Antonio Suárez	Faema
12	Andre Messelis	Groene Leeuw
13	Rene Marigil	Ferrys
14	Antonin Rolland	Margnat-Rochet
15	Carmelo Morales	Kas
16	Alfons Sweeck	Groene Leeuw
17	José Gomez Del Moral	Groene Leeuw
18	Angel Guardiola
19	Joseph Aure	Margnat-Rochet
20	José Segú Soriano	Kas
21	Jesús Galdeano	Faema
22	Manuel Santiago	Licor 43
23	Antonio Bertrán	Faema
24	Constant De Keyser	Groene Leeuw

References

^ "General Information 1960". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
^ "1960 » 15th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ "15ème Vuelta a España 1960". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
^ "Clasificacion General" [General Classification] (PDF). El Mundo Deortivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[1] "General Information 1960". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2008.

[2] "1960 » 15th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[Mdc-VdE1960-3] "15ème Vuelta a España 1960". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

[4] "Clasificacion General" [General Classification] (PDF). El Mundo Deortivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

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