1959 Vuelta a España - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 14th 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 24 to May 17, 1959. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,048 km, and was won by Antonio Suárez

Antonio Suarez

Antonio Suárez Vázquez was a professional road racing cyclist from Spain between 1956 and 1965. He is most famous for winning the overall title and the climbers classification at the 1959 Vuelta a España...

. Suárez also won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy

Rik Van Looy

Henri van Looy is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period, nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals...

won the points classification.

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Spain Antonio Suárez Antonio Suarez Antonio Suárez Vázquez was a professional road racing cyclist from Spain between 1956 and 1965. He is most famous for winning the overall title and the climbers classification at the 1959 Vuelta a España...	Licor 43	84h 36' 20s
2	Spain José Segu Soriano	Kas 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 1' 06s
3	Belgium Rik Van Looy Rik Van Looy Henri van Looy is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period, nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals...	Faema-Guerra	a 7' 00s
4	France Pierre Everaert	St.Raphael	a 7' 44s
5	France Emmanuel Busto	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop Peugeot (cycling team) Peugeot team was a French professional cycling team that promoted and rode Peugeot racing bikes.It is listed as the most successful cycling team of all time, on www.cyclingranking.com, with a large margin on the second placed team, Alcyon.-History:...	a 16' 29s
6	France Roger Rivière Roger Rivière Roger Rivière was a French track and road bicycle racer. He raced as a professional from 1957 to 1960....	St.Raphael	a 17' 30s
7	Belgium Hilaire Couvreur	Faema-Guerra	a 24' 24s
8	Spain Luis Otano	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop Peugeot (cycling team) Peugeot team was a French professional cycling team that promoted and rode Peugeot racing bikes.It is listed as the most successful cycling team of all time, on www.cyclingranking.com, with a large margin on the second placed team, Alcyon.-History:...	a 26' 34s
9	Belgium Joseph Vloeberghs	Faema-Guerra	a 27' 17s
10	Spain Jesus Galdeano	Faema	a 29' 40s
11	France Marcel Rohrbach	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop Peugeot (cycling team) Peugeot team was a French professional cycling team that promoted and rode Peugeot racing bikes.It is listed as the most successful cycling team of all time, on www.cyclingranking.com, with a large margin on the second placed team, Alcyon.-History:...
12	Spain René Marigil	Licor 43
13	Spain Juan Campillo	Faema
14	Belgium Frans Van Loeveren	Faema-Guerra
15	Germany Hans Junkermann Hans Junkermann Hennes "Hans" Junkermann is a retired German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973....	Faema-Guerra
16	Spain José Luis Talamillo	Boxing
17	Italy Guido Boni	Tricofilina-Coppi
18	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...	Faema
19	France Claude Coltette	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop Peugeot (cycling team) Peugeot team was a French professional cycling team that promoted and rode Peugeot racing bikes.It is listed as the most successful cycling team of all time, on www.cyclingranking.com, with a large margin on the second placed team, Alcyon.-History:...
20	Spain Julio San Emeterio	Kas 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...
21	Spain Andres Trobat	Licor 43
22	Spain Antonio Karmany Antonio Karmany Antonio Karmany Mestres is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.-Major Results:195719581959...	Kas 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...
23	Spain Gabriel Company Bauza	Faema
24	Spain Salvador Botella	Faema
25	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...	Licor 43

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