The 15th 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 29 to May 15, 1960. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,567 km, and was won by Franz De Mulder

Franz De Mulder

Frans De Mulder was a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium between 1958 and 1963....

 of the Groene Leeuw cycling team

Cycling team

A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...

. Arthur De Cabooter won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Belgium Franz De Mulder Franz De Mulder Frans De Mulder was a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium between 1958 and 1963....	Groene Leeuw	103h 05' 57s
2	Belgium Armand Desmet Armand Desmet Armand Desmet was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Desmet was the first winner of the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and Rund um den Henninger-Turm...		a 15' 21s
3	Spain Miguel Pacheco Font	Licor 43	a 19' 24s
4	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...	a 22' 03s
5	Spain Juan Campillo	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 29' 50s
6	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...	Faema	a 31' 58s
7	Spain Salvador Botella	Faema	a 32' 58s
8	Spain Benigno Aspuru	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 35' 08s
9	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...	Majestad	a 38' 11s
10	Belgium Arthur De Cabooter	Groene Leeuw	a 44' 42s
11	Spain Antonio Suarez 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...	Faema
12	Belgium Andre Messelis	Groene Leeuw
13	Spain Rene Marigil	Ferrys
14	France Antonin Rolland	Margnat-Rochet
15	Spain Carmelo Morales	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...
16	Belgium Alfons Sweeck	Groene Leeuw
17	Spain José Gomez Del Moral	Groene Leeuw
18	Spain Angel Guardiola
19	France Joseph Aure	Margnat-Rochet
20	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...
21	Spain Jesus Galdeano	Faema
22	Spain Manuel Santiago	Licor 43
23	Spain Antonio Bertran	Faema
24	Belgium Constant De Keyser	Groene Leeuw