1947 Vuelta a España
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The 7th Vuelta a España
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
stage
race and one of the 3 grand tours
, was held from May 12 to June 5, 1947. It consisted of 24 stages covering a total of 3,893 km, and was won by Edouard Van Dyck
. Emilio Rodríguez
won the mountains classification.
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
Bicycle racing
Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
stage
Stage (bicycle race)
In sports, a stage, or leg, or heat, is a unit of a race which has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a...
race and one of the 3 grand tours
Grand Tour (cycling)
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...
, was held from May 12 to June 5, 1947. It consisted of 24 stages covering a total of 3,893 km, and was won by Edouard Van Dyck
Edouard Van Dyck
Edward Van Dijck was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer during the 1940s and 1950s.Van Dijck became the second Belgian to win the Spanish Grand Tour at the 1947 Vuelta a España—which covered 24 stages and 3,893 km—upsetting Manuel Costa of Spain and 1945 Vuelta champion...
. Emilio Rodríguez
Emilio Rodriguez
Emilio Rodríguez Barros was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Ponteareas who won the King of the Mountains classification at Vuelta a España three times and captured the overall title at the 1950 Vuelta a España...
won the mountains classification.
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Belgium Edouard Van DyckEdouard Van Dyck Edward Van Dijck was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer during the 1940s and 1950s.Van Dijck became the second Belgian to win the Spanish Grand Tour at the 1947 Vuelta a España—which covered 24 stages and 3,893 km—upsetting Manuel Costa of Spain and 1945 Vuelta champion... |
132h 27' 00s | |
| 2 |  Spain Manuel Costa |
a 2' 14s | |
| 3 | Spain Delio Rodríguez Delio Rodriguez Delio Rodríguez Barros was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist and sprinter. Despite winning 12 stages at the 1941 Vuelta and 8 stages at the 1942 Vuelta, Rodríguez failed to make the top five places in the overall standings... |
a 11' 04s | |
| 4 | Spain Emilio Rodríguez Emilio Rodriguez Emilio Rodríguez Barros was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Ponteareas who won the King of the Mountains classification at Vuelta a España three times and captured the overall title at the 1950 Vuelta a España... |
a 25' 55s | |
| 5 | Spain Joaquim Olmos |
a 39' 55s | |
| 6 | Spain Julián Berrendero Julian Berrendero Julián Berrendero Martín was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He is most famous for having won the third and fourth editions of the Vuelta a España in 1941 and 1942... |
a 40' 30s | |
| 7 |  Italy Domenico Pedrali |
a 52' 58s | |
| 8 | Italy Felix Adriano |
a 1h 00' 09s | |
| 9 | Belgium Henri Renders |
a 1h 04' 30s | |
| 10 | Spain José Perez De Las Heras |
a 1h 18' 55s | |
| 11 |  Netherlands Frans Pauwels |
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| 12 | Spain Pedro Font |
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| 13 | Spain José Lahoz |
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| 14 | Spain Vicente Carretero |
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| 15 | Spain José Antonio Landa |
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| 16 | Netherlands Charles Van De Voorde |
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| 17 | Spain Senen Blanco |
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| 18 | Spain Joaquim Jiménez |
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| 19 | Spain José Escolano |
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| 20 | Spain Arturo Ponte |
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| 21 | Spain Andres Moran |
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| 22 | Italy Bruno Bertolucci |
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| 23 | Spain Alejandro Fombellida |
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| 24 | Spain José Casorran |
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| 25 | Spain Martin Mancisidor |