1968 Vuelta a España

1968 Vuelta a España 25 April – 12 May 18 3014 km 78h 29' 00" Felice Gimondi ITA yellow Salvarani José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 Kas–Kaskol Eusebio Vélez ESP 1945 Fagor Jan Janssen NED green Pelforth Francisco Gabica ESP 1945 Fagor Carlos Echeverría ESP 1945 KAS 1967 1969 The 23rd edition of Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 25 April to 12 May 1968. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 3014 km mi on. Basque nationalist ETA terrorists detonated a bomb along the course on stage 15, causing that day's racing to be annulled.In praise of the Vuelta a España https://www.cyclist.co.uk/go/6794 2022-08-21 Cyclist Jones Graham 2003-09-01 La Vuelta: A Colorful & Caliente History https://pezcyclingnews.com/amp/vuelta03/la-vuelta-a-colorful-caliente-history/ 2022-08-21 PezCycling News The race was won by Felice Gimondi of the Salvarani cycling team. With this win in the 1968 Vuelta a España, the 1967 Giro d'Italia and the 1965 Tour de France, Gimondi became the second cyclist after Jacques Anquetil to win all three grand tours in his career.http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/68infor.asp?a=1968&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 General Information 1968 La Vuelta.com 22 February 2008 20 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140520173056/http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/68infor.asp?a=1968&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 dead Defending champion Jan Janssen won the points competition and 1966 champion Francisco Gabica won the mountains classification.XXIII Vuelta Ciclista a España – Clasificaciones Oficiales http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/05/13/MD19680513-033.pdf El Mundo Deportivo 13 May 1968 https://web.archive.org/web/20201115143827/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/05/13/MD19680513-033.pdf 15 November 2020 live Teams and riders List of teams and cyclists in the 1968 Vuelta a España Route +List of stageshttps://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/1968/stages/winners 1968 » 23rd Vuelta a España Procyclingstats 1 August 2018http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1968.php 23ème Vuelta a España 1968 Memoire du cyclisme fr https://web.archive.org/web/20041025141425/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1968.php 25 October 2004 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1a 25 April Zaragoza to Zaragoza 130 km 0 on Jan Janssen NED 1b Zaragoza to Zaragoza 4 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Jan Janssen NED 2 26 April Zaragoza to Lleida 195 km 0 on Michael Wright GBR 3a 27 April Lleida to Barcelona 165 km 0 on Tommaso de Pra ITA 3b Barcelona to Barcelona 38 km 0 on Rudi Altig FRG 4 28 April Barcelona to Salou 108 km 0 on Michael Wright GBR 5 29 April Salou to Vinaròs 106 km 0 on Rudi Altig FRG 6 30 April Vinaròs to Valencia 148 km 0 on Pietro Guerra ITA 7 1 May Valencia to Benidorm 144 km 0 on Wilfried Peffgen FRG 8 2 May Benidorm to Almansa 167 km 0 on Manuel Martín Piñera ESP 1945 9 3 May Almansa to Alcázar de San Juan 230 km 0 on José María Errandonea ESP 1945 10 4 May Alcázar de San Juan to Madrid 173 km 0 on Domingo Perurena ESP 1945 11 5 May Madrid to Palencia 242 km 0 on Ramón Sáez ESP 1945 12 6 May Villalón de Campos to Gijón 236 km 0 on José Pérez Francés ESP 1945 13 7 May Gijón to Santander 203 km 0 on Victor Van Schil BEL 14 8 May Santander to Vitoria 244 km 0 on Eduardo Castelló ESP 1945 15 9 May Vitoria to Pamplona Annulled 16 10 May Pamplona to San Sebastián 204 km 0 on Luis Santamarina ESP 1945 17 11 May San Sebastián to Tolosa 67 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Felice Gimondi ITA 18 12 May Tolosa to Bilbao 206 km 0 on Manuel Martín Piñera ESP 1945 Total 3014 km 0 on Results Final General Classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 ITA Felice Gimondi Salvarani 78h 29' 00" 2 ESP 1945 José Pérez Francés Kas–Kaskol + 2' 15" 3 ESP 1945 Eusebio Vélez Fagor + 5' 08" 4 ESP 1945 José María Errandonea Fagor + 5' 19" 5 ITA Vittorio Adorni Faema + 5' 26" 6 NED Jan Janssen Pelforth + 5' 43" 7 ESP 1945 Antonio Gómez del Moral Kas–Kaskol + 5' 55" 8 ESP 1945 Carlos Echeverría Kas–Kaskol + 6' 00" 9 FRA Lucien Aimar Bic + 6' 40" 10 BEL Jos Spruyt Faema + 7' 50" 11 ESP 1945 Luis Otaño Arcelus Fagor 12 FRA Jean-Pierre Ducasse Pelforth 13 ESP 1945 Francisco Gabica Fagor 14 GBR Michael Wright Bic 15 ESP 1945 Ventura Díaz Arrey Ferrys 16 ESP 1945 José Manuel Lopez Fagor 17 ESP 1945 José Antonio Momeñe Fagor 18 FRG Rudi Altig Salvarani 19 ESP 1945 Andrés Gandarias Kas–Kaskol 20 NED Cees Haast Bic 21 ESP 1945 Fernando Manzaneque Karpy 22 FRG Wilfried Peffgen Salvarani 23 BEL Victor Van Schil Faema 24 ESP 1945 Domingo Perurena Fagor 25 ESP 1945 Sebastián Elorza Uria Kas–Kaskol References 30em 1968 Vuelta a España 1a 8 9 18 Category:1968 in road cycling 1968 Category:1968 in Spanish sport Category:1968 Super Prestige Pernod