1959 Vuelta a España

1959 Vuelta a España 24 April – 10 May 17 3048 km 84h 36' 20" Antonio Suárez ESP 1945 yellow José Segú Soriano ESP 1945 Rik Van Looy BEL Rik Van Looy BEL green Antonio Suárez ESP 1945 Vicente Iturat ESP 1945 1958 1960 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.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1959/05/13/pagina-5/650656/pdf.html XIV Vuelta Ciclista a Espana El Mundo Deportivo 5 13 May 1959 4 August 2018 It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3048 km mi on, and was won by Antonio Suárez. http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/59infor.asp?a=1959&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 General Information 1959 La Vuelta.com 23 March 2008 Suárez also won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification. Teams and riders List of teams and cyclists in the 1959 Vuelta a España Route +List of stageshttps://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/1959/stages/winners 1959 » 14th Vuelta a Espana Procyclingstats 4 August 2018http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1959.php 14ème Vuelta a España 1959 Memoire du cyclisme fr https://web.archive.org/web/20041025144902/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1959.php 25 October 2004 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1a 24 April Madrid to Madrid 9 km 0 on 22px Team time trial Saint-Raphaël 1959 1b Madrid to Toledo 114 km 0 on Rik Van Looy BEL 2 25 April Manzanares to Córdoba 228 km 0 on Antonio Karmany ESP 1945 3 26 April Córdoba to Seville 140 km 0 on Vicente Iturat ESP 1945 4 27 April Seville to Granada 240 km 0 on Federico Bahamontes ESP 1945 5 28 April Guadix to Murcia 225 km 0 on Antonio Suárez ESP 1945 6 29 April Murcia to Alicante 173 km 0 on Gabriel Mas ESP 1945 7 30 April Alicante to Castellón 233 km 0 on Antonio Barrutia ESP 1945 8 1 May Castellón to Tortosa 130 km 0 on Rik Van Looy BEL 9 2 May Tortosa to Barcelona 196 km 0 on Rik Van Looy BEL 10 3 May Granollers to Lleida 183 km 0 on Antonio Suárez ESP 1945 11 4 May Lleida to Pamplona 242 km 0 on Rik Van Looy BEL 12 5 May Pamplona to San Sebastián 210 km 0 on José Carlos Sousa Cardoso POR 13 6 May San Sebastián to San Sebastián 9 km 0 on 22px Team time trial Saint-Raphaël 1959 14 7 May Eibar to Vitoria 62 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Roger Rivière FRA 15 8 May Vitoria to Santander 230 km 0 on Julio San Emeterio ESP 16 9 May Santander to Bilbao 187 km 0 on Roger Rivière FRA 17 10 May Bilbao to Bilbao 222 km 0 on Fernando Manzaneque ESP 1945 Total 3048 km 0 on Results +Final general classificationhttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1959/05/11/MD19590511-009.pdf Vuelta Ciclista a Espana 1959 El Mundo Deportivo 9 11 May 1959 4 August 2018RankRiderTeamTime 1 Spain 1945 Antonio Suárez Licor 43 84h 36' 20" 2 Spain 1945 José Segú Soriano Kas + 1' 06" 3 BEL Rik Van Looy Faema–Guerra + 7' 00" 4 FRA Pierre Everaert St.Raphael + 7' 44" 5 FRA Emmanuel Busto Peugeot–Dunlop + 16' 29" 6 FRA Roger Rivière St.Raphael + 17' 30" 7 BEL Hilaire Couvreur Faema–Guerra + 24' 24" 8 Spain 1945 Luis Otaño Peugeot–Dunlop + 26' 34" 9 BEL Joseph Vloeberghs Faema–Guerra + 27' 17" 10 Spain 1945 Jesús Galdeano Faema + 29' 40" 11 FRA Marcel Rohrbach Peugeot–Dunlop 12 Spain 1945 René Marigil Licor 43 13 Spain 1945 Juan Campillo Faema 14 BEL Frans Van Looveren Faema–Guerra 15 FRG Hans Junkermann Faema–Guerra 16 Spain 1945 José Luis Talamillo Boxing 17 ITA Guido Boni Tricofilina-Coppi 18 Spain 1945 Jesús Loroño Faema 19 FRA Claude Colette Peugeot–Dunlop 20 Spain 1945 Julio San Emeterio Kas 21 Spain 1945 Andrés Trobat Licor 43 22 Spain 1945 Antonio Karmany Kas 23 Spain 1945 Gabriel Company Bauza Faema 24 Spain 1945 Salvador Botella Faema 25 Spain 1945 Fernando Manzaneque Licor 43 References 30em 1959 Vuelta a España 1a 8 9 17 1959 Category:1959 in Spanish sport Category:1959 in road cycling