1958 Vuelta a España - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 13th Vuelta a España
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

Spain

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), 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 April 30 to May 15, 1958. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 3,241.8 km, and was won by Jean Stablinski

Jean Stablinski

Jean Stablewski, known as Jean Stablinski was a French professional cyclist from a family of Polish immigrants. He rode from 1952 to 1968, winning 105 races as a professional...

. Salvador Botella won the points classification and Federico Bahamontes won the mountains classification.

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	France Jean Stablinski Jean Stablinski Jean Stablewski, known as Jean Stablinski was a French professional cyclist from a family of Polish immigrants. He rode from 1952 to 1968, winning 105 races as a professional...		94h 54' 21s
2	Italy Pasquale Fornara Pasquale Fornara Pasquale Fornara was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that remains....	Pena Solera-Ignis	a 2' 51s
3	Spain Fernando Manzaneque Fernando Manzaneque Fernando Manzaneque Sánchez was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist born in Campo de Criptana. Fernando was the older brother of Jesús Manzaneque.-Major Results:19551957...		a 3' 01s
4	Belgium Hilaire Couvreur Hilaire Couvreur Hilaire Couvreur was a Belgian cyclist....		a 5' 04s
5	Spain Luis Otaño Luís Otano Luis Otaño Arcelus is a former Spanish Basque professional road bicycle racer. In 1964, Otaño lost the 1964 Vuelta a España to Raymond Poulidor with only 33 seconds.- Major achievements :1961...	Mobilete-Caobania	a 10' 36s
6	Spain Federico Bahamontes Federico Bahamontes Federico Martín Bahamontes is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.-Biography:Bahamontes was born in Santo Domingo-Caudilla , of Cuban descent. His family was devastated during the Spanish civil war and Bahamontes' father, Julián, took the family to Madrid as refugees...		a 11' 39s
7	Spain Julio San Emeterio	Kas-Boxing Kas (cycling team) Kas was a professional cycling team of the 1960s and 1970s, one of the strongest Spanish teams. It was sponsored by a soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It wore team a yellow jersey with Kas written in blue...	a 13' 16s
8	Spain Jesús Loroño Jesus Loroño Jesus Loroño Artega is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s. Loroño is most famous for capturing the 1957 Vuelta a España...		a 16' 09s
9	Belgium Rik Luyten		a 28' 13s
10	Spain Benigno Aspuru	Kas-Boxing Kas (cycling team) Kas was a professional cycling team of the 1960s and 1970s, one of the strongest Spanish teams. It was sponsored by a soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It wore team a yellow jersey with Kas written in blue...	a 33' 37s
11	France François Mahé François Mahé François Mahé is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1950 to 1965...
12	Belgium Gilbert Desmet Gilbert Desmet Gilbert Desmet , nicknamed Smetje van Lichtervelde, is a retired Belgian cyclist, professional from 1952 to 1967. In the 1956 Tour de France, he wore the yellow jersey for 2 days, and in the 1963 Tour de France he wore it for 9 days. Desmet won 101 professional courses, including Paris–Tours, La...
13	Spain Juan Campillo	Pena Solera-Ignis
14	Spain Salvador Botella
15	Spain Antonio Ferraz	Kas-Boxing Kas (cycling team) Kas was a professional cycling team of the 1960s and 1970s, one of the strongest Spanish teams. It was sponsored by a soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It wore team a yellow jersey with Kas written in blue...
16	Portugal Antonio Barbosa
17	Spain Vicente Iturat	Pena Solera-Ignis
18	Spain Gabriel Mas Arbona	Mobilete-Caobania
19	Spain René Marigil
20	Spain Miguel Pacheco Font
21	France Raymond Hoorelbeke
22	Belgium Jan Van Gompel
23	Netherlands Wim Van Est Wim van Est Willem van Est was a Dutch racing cyclist.He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it.-Biography:...	Locomotief
24	Spain Gabriel Company Bauza
25	Spain Antonio Jimenez

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