1941 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21

Long-distance bicycle race stages The 1941 Vuelta a España marked the third edition of one of cycling’s most prestigious Grand Tours, taking place during a difficult period in Spain’s history, shortly after the end of the Spanish Civil War. Despite the challenges facing the country at the time, the race symbolized resilience and a return to national sporting events. The competition began in Madrid on 12 June 1941, setting the stage for a demanding multi-stage journey across Spain. Riders faced long distances, unpredictable weather, and rough road conditions—far more challenging than modern cycling surfaces. The peloton traveled through various regions, giving spectators across the country a rare opportunity to witness top-level sport during a time of recovery and rebuilding. One of the notable moments in the race came on 25 June, during Stage 12, which included a route from Logroño, a city in the La Rioja region known for its rolling terrain and demanding roads. Stages like this tested not only the physical endurance of cyclists but also their tactical awareness, as positioning and energy conservation were crucial for success. The race continued for several weeks, gradually pushing the riders to their limits. Each stage brought new challenges—from mountainous stretches to long flat sections where speed and teamwork played a decisive role. Riders had to rely heavily on their own stamina, as support technology and team strategies were far less advanced than they are today. Finally, after weeks of intense competition, the Vuelta concluded where it had begun—back in Madrid on 6 July 1941. Finishing in the capital gave the race a sense of completion and celebration, drawing crowds eager to see the cyclists who had endured the grueling journey across the country. Overall, the 1941 Vuelta a España was more than just a sporting event; it was a testament to determination and the enduring appeal of cycling. It helped lay the foundation for what would become one of the most important races in the world, continuing to grow in prestige and global recognition in the decades that followed. Stage 12 25 June 1941 - Logroño to San Sebastián, 213 km 1 onhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1941.php 3ème Vuelta a España 1941 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20040104074602/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1941.php 4 January 2004 Stage 12 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/06/26/MD19410626-002.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 2 26 June 1941 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Time 1 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 7h 27' 27" 2 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 s.t. 3 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 s.t. 4 José Jabardo ESP 1938 s.t. 5 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 s.t. 6 Miguel Carrion ESP 1938 s.t. 7 Benito Cabestreros ESP 1938 s.t. 8 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 s.t. 9 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 s.t. 10 Isidro Bejarano ca ESP 1938 s.t.General classification after Stage 12 Rank Rider Time 1 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 20px|White jersey 97h 21' 16" 2 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 3' 25" 3 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 + 3' 51" 4 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 5' 18" 5 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 7' 46" 6 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 17' 36" 7 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 + 19' 50" 8 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 20' 00" 9 Fédérico Ezquerra ESP 1938 + 21' 58" 10 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 27' 11" Stage 13 26 June 1941 - San Sebastián to Bilbao, 160 km on Stage 13 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/06/27/MD19410627-002.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 2 27 June 1941 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Time 1 Fédérico Ezquerra ESP 1938 6h 18' 46" 2 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 s.t. 3 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 s.t. 4 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 24" 5 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 s.t. 6 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 s.t. 7 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 s.t. 8 José Botanch ESP 1938 s.t. 9 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 58" 10 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 1' 01"General classification after Stage 13 Rank Rider Time 1 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 20px|White jersey 103h 42' 26" 2 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 + 1' 27" 3 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 2' 02" 4 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 3' 18" 5 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 6' 35" 6 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 + 18' 00" 7 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 s.t. 8 Fédérico Ezquerra ESP 1938 + 19' 34" 9 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 24' 47" 10 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 27' 11" Stage 14 28 June 1941 - Bilbao to Santander, 165 km on Stage 14 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/06/29/MD19410629-002.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 2 29 June 1941 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Time 1 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 8h 32' 39" 2 Fédérico Ezquerra ESP 1938 + 2' 09" 3 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 s.t. 4 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 + 24" 5 José Jabardo ESP 1938 s.t. 6 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 7' 33" 7 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 13' 48" 8 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 s.t. 9 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 s.t.General classification after Stage 14 Rank Rider Time 1 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 20px|White jersey 112h 12' 05" 2 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 + 6' 36" 3 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 7' 11" 4 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 20' 06" 5 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 23' 23" 6 Fédérico Ezquerra ESP 1938 + 24' 43" 7 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 29' 56" 8 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 34' 48" 9 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 37' 44" 10 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 53' 01" Stage 15 29 June 1941 - Santander to Gijón, 192 km on Stage 15 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/06/30/MD19410630-002.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 2 30 June 1941 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Time 1 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 7h 37' 00" 2 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 s.t. 3 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 s.t. 4 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 s.t. 5 José Botanch ESP 1938 s.t. 6 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 s.t. 7 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 s.t. 8 José Jabardo ESP 1938 s.t. 9 Jose Cano ESP 1938 s.t. 10 Benito Cabestreros ESP 1938 s.t. Stage 16a 30 June 1941 - Gijón to Oviedo, 53 km on (ITT) Stage 16a result Rank Rider Time 1 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 1h 53' 59" 2 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 44" 3 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 + 1' 13" 4 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 5' 23" 5 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 + 5' 26" 6 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 6' 39" 7 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 8' 44" 8 Benito Cabestreros ESP 1938 + 14' 11" 9 José Botanch ESP 1938 + 14' 19" 10 Miguel Carrion ESP 1938 + 15' 02"General classification after Stage 16a Rank Rider Time 1 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 20px|White jersey 121h 50' 53" 2 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 + 36" 3 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 6' 01" 4 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 18' 57" 5 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 22' 07" 6 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 22' 39" 7 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 27' 45" 8 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 47' 02" 9 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 58' 17" 10 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 + 1h 03' 02" Stage 16b 30 June 1941 - Oviedo to Luarca, 101 km on August 2025 Stage 17 1 July 1941 - Luarca to A Coruña, 219 km on Stage 17 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/07/02/MD19410702-001.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 1 2 July 1941 22 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/07/02/MD19410702-002.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 2 2 July 1941 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Time 1 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 7h 50' 32" 2 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 s.t. 3 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 s.t. 4 José Jabardo ESP 1938 s.t. 5 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 s.t. 6 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 s.t. 7 José Botanch ESP 1938 s.t. 8 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 s.t. 9 Jose Cano ESP 1938 s.t. 10 Benito Cabestreros ESP 1938 + 40"General classification after Stage 17 Rank Rider Time 1 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 20px|White jersey 133h 29' 27" 2 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 + 36" 3 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 5' 41" 4 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 19' 37" 5 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 21' 37" 6 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 27' 45" 7 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 33' 00" 8 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 37' 42" 9 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 53' 56" 10 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 + 1h 08' 30" Stage 18 2 July 1941 - A Coruña to Vigo, 175 km on Stage 18 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/07/03/MD19410703-001.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 1 3 July 1941 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Time 1 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 7h 29' 54" 2 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 s.t. 3 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 s.t. 4 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 s.t. 5 Cayetano Martin ESP 1938 s.t. 6 Miguel Carrion ESP 1938 s.t. 7 José Jabardo ESP 1938 s.t. 8 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 s.t. 9 Martín Santos ESP 1938 s.t. 10 Jose Cano ESP 1938 s.t.General classification after Stage 18 Rank Rider Time 1 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 20px|White jersey 140h 59' 21" 2 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 + 36" 3 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 6' 01" 4 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 19' 37" 5 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 21' 57" 6 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 27' 45" 7 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 33' 00" 8 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 47' 42" 9 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 53' 56" 10 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 + 1h 08' 30" Stage 19 4 July 1941 - Vigo to Verín, 178 km on Stage 19 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/07/05/MD19410705-001.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 1 5 July 1941 22 August 2025https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/07/05/MD19410705-002.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 2 5 July 1941 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Time 1 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 7h 02' 52" 2 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 s.t. 3 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 s.t. 4 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 s.t. 5 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 s.t. 6 José Jabardo ESP 1938 s.t. 7 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 s.t. 8 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 s.t. 9 Benito Cabestreros ESP 1938 s.t. 10 Jose Cano ESP 1938 s.t.General classification after Stage 19 Rank Rider Time 1 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 20px|White jersey 148h 23' 13" 2 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 + 36" 3 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 6' 01" 4 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 19' 37" 5 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 22' 07" 6 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 27' 45" 7 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 33' 00" 8 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 47' 42" 9 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 53' 56" 10 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 + 1h 10' 30" Stage 20 5 July 1941 - Verín to Valladolid, 301 km on Stage 20 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/07/06/MD19410706-002.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 2 6 July 1941 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Time 1 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 13h 14' 24" 2 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 31" 3 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 s.t. 4 Miguel Carrion ESP 1938 s.t. 5 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 s.t. 6 José Jabardo ESP 1938 s.t. 7 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 s.t. 8 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 s.t. 9 Jose Cano ESP 1938 s.t. 10 Martín Santos ESP 1938 s.t.General classification after Stage 20 Rank Rider Time 1 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 20px|White jersey 161h 37' 37" 2 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 + 1' 07" 3 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 6' 27" 4 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 22' 38" 5 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 25' 00" 6 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 28' 16" 7 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 33' 31" 8 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 48' 13" 9 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 54' 27" 10 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 + 1h 11' 38" Stage 21 6 July 1941 - Valladolid to Madrid, 198 km on Stage 21 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1941/07/07/MD19410707-002.pdf Clasificacion de la etapa Spanish Stage classification El Mundo Deportivo 2 7 July 1941 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Time 1 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 7h 07' 49" 2 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 s.t. 3 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 s.t. 4 José Jabardo ESP 1938 s.t. 5 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 6' 39" 6 Miguel Carrion ESP 1938 + 6' 56" 7 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 7' 24" 8 Martín Santos ESP 1938 + 10' 57" 9 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 s.t. 10 Benito Cabestreros ESP 1938 s.t.General classification after Stage 21 Rank Rider Time 1 Julián Berrendero ESP 1938 20px|White jersey 168h 45' 26" 2 Fermín Trueba ESP 1938 + 1' 07" 3 José Jabardo ESP 1938 + 5' 52" 4 Delio Rodríguez ESP 1938 + 28' 47" 5 Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho Antonio Andres Sancho es Francisco Antonio Andrés Sancho ESP 1938 + 35' 40" 6 Antonio Escuriet ESP 1938 + 35' 57" 7 Antonio Martin ESP 1938 + 46' 04" 8 Vicente Carretero ESP 1938 + 54' 25" 9 Jose Cano ESP 1938 + 1h 05' 40" 10 Manuel Izquierdo (cyclist) Manuel Izquierdo ca Manuel Izquierdo ESP 1938 + 1h 23' 53" References 30em 1941 Vuelta a España 1 11 12 21 Category:1941 Vuelta a España Category:Vuelta a España stages