1968 Vuelta a España, Stage 1a to Stage 8

Cycling race stages The 1968 Vuelta a España was the 23rd edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Zaragoza on 25 April, and Stage 8 occurred on 2 May with a stage to Almansa. The race finished in Bilbao on 12 May. Stage 1a 25 April 1968 - Zaragoza to Zaragoza, 130 km 1 onhttp://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1968.php 23ème Vuelta a España 1968 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20040423223033/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1968.php 23 April 2004 Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/04/25/MD19680425-018.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 18 25 April 1968 22 August 2025 Stage 1a result and General Classification after Stage 1ahttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/04/26/MD19680426-009.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 9 26 April 1968 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Janssen NED 20px|Yellow jersey Pelforth 1968 3h 02' 00" 2 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 + 10" 3 Domingo Perurena ESP Fagor 1968 + 18" 4 Raymond Steegmans BEL Goldor + 20" 5 Dino Zandegù ITA Salvarani 1968 s.t. 6 Ramón Sáez Marzo ESP Ferrys 1968 s.t. 7 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Goldor s.t. 8 Michel Grain FRA Bic 1968 s.t. 9 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 s.t. 10 José Manuel López ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. Stage 1b 25 April 1968 - Zaragoza to Zaragoza, 4 km 1 on (ITT) Stage 1b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Janssen NED 20px|Yellow jersey Pelforth 1968 4' 34" 2 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 + 18" 3 José María Errandonea ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1968 + 24" 5 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Goldor s.t. 6 José Manuel López ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. 7 José Antonio Momeñe ESP Fagor 1968 + 30" 8 Eusebio Vélez ESP Fagor 1968 + 31" 9 Luis Ocaña ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. 10 Domingo Perurena ESP Fagor 1968 s.t.General classification after Stage 1b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Janssen NED 20px|Yellow jersey Pelforth 1968 3h 06' 34" 2 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 + 28" 3 José María Errandonea ESP Fagor 1968 + 38" 4 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1968 + 44" 5 Domingo Perurena ESP Fagor 1968 + 49" 6 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Goldor s.t. 7 José Manuel López ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. 8 José Antonio Momeñe ESP Fagor 1968 + 50" 9 Lucien Aimar FRA Bic 1968 + 51" 10 Eusebio Vélez ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. Stage 2 26 April 1968 - Zaragoza to Lleida, 195 km 1 on Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/04/26/MD19680426-010.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 10 26 April 1968 22 August 2025 Stage 2 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/04/27/MD19680427-009.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 9 27 April 1968 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 4h 40' 01" 2 Paul Lemeteyer FRA Bic 1968 + 20" 3 Martin Van Den Bossche BEL Faemino 1968 + 40" 4 Luciano Soave ca ITA Faemino 1968 s.t. 5 Michel Grain FRA Bic 1968 s.t. 6 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 s.t. 7 Etienne Sonck BEL Goldor s.t. 8 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 s.t. 9 Gilbert Verlinde BEL Goldor s.t. 10 Willy Vekemans BEL Goldor s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Janssen NED 20px|Yellow jersey Pelforth 1968 7h 47' 15" 2 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 + 27" 3 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 + 28" 4 José María Errandonea ESP Fagor 1968 + 38" 5 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1968 + 44" 6 José Manuel López ESP Fagor 1968 + 49" 7 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Goldor s.t. 8 Domingo Perurena ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. 9 José Antonio Momeñe ESP Fagor 1968 + 50" 10 Lucien Aimar FRA Bic 1968 + 51" Stage 3a 27 April 1968 - Lleida to Barcelona, 165 km on Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/04/27/MD19680427-010.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 10 27 April 1968 22 August 2025 Stage 3a resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/04/28/MD19680428-025.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 25 28 April 1968 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Tommaso de Pra ITA Salvarani 1968 3h 56' 46" 2 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 + 52" 3 Édouard Delberghe FRA Pelforth 1968 + 1' 00" 4 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 + 1' 02" 5 Paul Lemeteyer FRA Bic 1968 s.t. 6 Etienne Sonck BEL Goldor s.t. 7 Ramón Sáez Marzo ESP Ferrys 1968 s.t. 8 Michel Grain FRA Bic 1968 s.t. 9 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Goldor s.t. 10 Victor Van Schil BEL Faemino 1968 s.t. Stage 3b 27 April 1968 - Barcelona to Barcelona, 38 km on Stage 3b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 53' 09" 2 José Antonio Momeñe ESP Fagor 1968 + 10" 3 Lucien Aimar FRA Bic 1968 + 21" 4 Paul Lemeteyer FRA Bic 1968 + 39" 5 Raymond Steegmans BEL Goldor s.t. 6 Michel Grain FRA Bic 1968 s.t. 7 Domingo Perurena ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. 8 Etienne Sonck BEL Goldor s.t. 9 Andres Incera Paradelo ESP GD Karpy s.t. 10 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 s.t.General classification after Stage 3b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rudi Altig FRG 20px|Yellow jersey Salvarani 1968 12h 38' 40" 2 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 + 1" 3 Tommaso de Pra ITA Salvarani 1968 + 15" 4 José Antonio Momeñe ESP Fagor 1968 + 32" 5 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 + 37" 6 Lucien Aimar FRA Bic 1968 + 44" 7 José María Errandonea ESP Fagor 1968 + 49" 8 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1968 + 55" 9 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Goldor + 1' 00" 10 José Manuel López ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. Stage 4 28 April 1968 - Barcelona to Salou, 108 km on Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/04/28/MD19680428-026.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 26 28 April 1968 22 August 2025 Stage 4 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/04/29/MD19680429-035.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 35 29 April 1968 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 2h 31' 47" 2 Bernard Van de Kerckhove BEL Pelforth 1968 + 20" 3 Mario Minieri ITA Salvarani 1968 + 40" 4 André Planckaert BEL Goldor s.t. 5 José Manuel López ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. 6 Anatole Novak FRA Bic 1968 s.t. 7 Carlos Echeverría Zudaire ESP KAS 1968 s.t. 8 Edouard Weckx BEL Goldor s.t. 9 José Antonio Pontón Ruiz ESP Ferrys 1968 s.t. 10 Mino Denti ITA Faemino 1968 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Michael Wright GBR 20px|Yellow jersey Bic 1968 15h 11' 05" 2 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 + 14" 3 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 + 15" 4 Tommaso de Pra ITA Salvarani 1968 + 29" 5 Mario Minieri ITA Salvarani 1968 + 46" 6 Bernard Van de Kerckhove BEL Pelforth 1968 + 49" 7 Lucien Aimar FRA Bic 1968 + 58" 8 José Manuel López ESP Fagor 1968 + 1' 02" 9 José María Errandonea ESP Fagor 1968 + 1' 03" 10 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1968 + 1' 09" Stage 5 29 April 1968 - Salou to Vinaròs, 106 km on Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/04/29/MD19680429-036.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 36 29 April 1968 22 August 2025 Stage 5 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/05/01/MD19680501-009.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 9 1 May 1968 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 2h 23' 55" 2 Etienne Sonck BEL Goldor + 20" 3 Mario Minieri ITA Salvarani 1968 + 40" 4 Paul Lemeteyer FRA Bic 1968 s.t. 5 Ramón Sáez Marzo ESP Ferrys 1968 s.t. 6 Gilbert Verlinde BEL Goldor s.t. 7 Wilfried Peffgen FRG Salvarani 1968 s.t. 8 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 s.t. 9 Michel Grain FRA Bic 1968 s.t. 10 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Goldor s.t. Stage 6 30 April 1968 - Vinaròs to Valencia, 148 km on Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Pietro Guerra ITA Salvarani 1968 3h 37' 31" 2 Ramón Sáez Marzo ESP Ferrys 1968 + 24" 3 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Goldor + 47" 4 Gilbert Verlinde BEL Goldor s.t. 5 Martin Van Den Bossche BEL Faemino 1968 s.t. 6 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 s.t. 7 Mario Minieri ITA Salvarani 1968 s.t. 8 Michel Grain FRA Bic 1968 s.t. 9 José Pérez Francés ESP KAS 1968 s.t. 10 Luciano Soave ca ITA Faemino 1968 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rudi Altig FRG 20px|Yellow jersey Salvarani 1968 21h 13' 32" 2 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 + 36" 3 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 + 41" 4 Tommaso de Pra ITA Salvarani 1968 + 55" 5 José Antonio Momeñe ESP Fagor 1968 + 1' 12" 6 Bernard Van de Kerckhove BEL Pelforth 1968 + 1' 15" 7 Pietro Guerra ITA Salvarani 1968 + 1' 16" 8 Lucien Aimar FRA Bic 1968 + 1' 27" 9 José Manuel López ESP Fagor 1968 + 1' 28" 10 José María Errandonea ESP Fagor 1968 + 1' 29" Stage 7 1 May 1968 - Valencia to Benidorm, 144 km on Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/05/01/MD19680501-010.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 10 1 May 1968 22 August 2025 Stage 7 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/05/02/MD19680502-025.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 25 2 May 1968 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Wilfried Peffgen FRG Salvarani 1968 3h 44' 46" 2 José Antonio Momeñe ESP Fagor 1968 + 20" 3 Salvador Canet García ca ESP Ferrys 1968 + 40" 4 Fernand Etter FRA Pelforth 1968 s.t. 5 Lino Farisato ITA Faemino 1968 s.t. 6 Arie den Hartog NED Bic 1968 s.t. 7 Mario Minieri ITA Salvarani 1968 + 46" 8 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 s.t. 9 Raymond Steegmans BEL Goldor s.t. 10 Michel Grain FRA Bic 1968 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rudi Altig FRG 20px|Yellow jersey Salvarani 1968 24h 59' 04" 2 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 + 24" 3 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 + 41" 4 José Antonio Momeñe ESP Fagor 1968 + 46" 5 Tommaso de Pra ITA Salvarani 1968 + 55" 6 Bernard Van de Kerckhove BEL Pelforth 1968 + 1' 15" 7 Pietro Guerra ITA Salvarani 1968 + 1' 16" 8 Lucien Aimar FRA Bic 1968 + 1' 24" 9 José Manuel López ESP Fagor 1968 + 1' 28" 10 José María Errandonea ESP Fagor 1968 + 1' 29" Stage 8 2 May 1968 - Benidorm to Almansa, 167 km on Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/05/02/MD19680502-026.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 26 2 May 1968 22 August 2025 Stage 8 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/05/03/MD19680503-025.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 25 3 May 1968 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Manuel Martín Piñera ESP GD Karpy 4h 33' 39" 2 Luis Ocaña ESP Fagor 1968 + 3' 47" 3 Jean Vidament FRA Pelforth 1968 + 4' 08" 4 Luciano Soave ca ITA Faemino 1968 + 4' 11" 5 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 + 4' 12" 6 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 + 4' 13" 7 Felice Gimondi ITA Salvarani 1968 + 4' 14" 8 Domingo Perurena ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. 9 Erik De Vlaeminck BEL Goldor s.t. 10 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Manuel Martín Piñera ESP 20px|Yellow jersey GD Karpy 29h 34' 40" 2 Rudi Altig FRG Salvarani 1968 + 2' 17" 3 Michael Wright GBR Bic 1968 + 2' 42" 4 Jan Janssen NED Pelforth 1968 + 2' 56" 5 José Antonio Momeñe ESP Fagor 1968 + 3' 03" 6 Tommaso de Pra ITA Salvarani 1968 + 3' 12" 7 Bernard Van de Kerckhove BEL Pelforth 1968 + 3' 32" 8 Luis Ocaña ESP Fagor 1968 s.t. 9 Pietro Guerra ITA Salvarani 1968 + 3' 33" 10 Lucien Aimar FRA Bic 1968 + 3' 41" References 30em 1968 Vuelta a España 1a 8 9 18 Category:1968 Vuelta a España Category:Vuelta a España stages