1959 Vuelta a España

1959 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates		24 April – 17 May
Stages		17
Distance		3,048 km (1,894 mi)
Winning time		84h 36' 20" (36.03 km/h or 22.39 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Antonio Suárez (ESP)
	Second	José Segu Soriano (ESP)
	Third	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
	Points	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
	Mountains	Antonio Suárez (ESP)
	Sprints	Vicente Iturat (ESP)

The 14th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, 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.^[1] Suárez also won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification.

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Antonio Suárez	Licor 43	84h 36' 20s
2	José Segu Soriano	Kas	a 1' 06s
3	Rik Van Looy	Faema-Guerra	a 7' 00s
4	Pierre Everaert	St.Raphael	a 7' 44s
5	Emmanuel Busto	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop	a 16' 29s
6	Roger Rivière	St.Raphael	a 17' 30s
7	Hilaire Couvreur	Faema-Guerra	a 24' 24s
8	Luis Otano	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop	a 26' 34s
9	Joseph Vloeberghs	Faema-Guerra	a 27' 17s
10	Jesus Galdeano	Faema	a 29' 40s
11	Marcel Rohrbach	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
12	René Marigil	Licor 43
13	Juan Campillo	Faema
14	Frans Van Loeveren	Faema-Guerra
15	Hans Junkermann	Faema-Guerra
16	José Luis Talamillo	Boxing
17	Guido Boni	Tricofilina-Coppi
18	Jesús Loroño	Faema
19	Claude Coltette	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
20	Julio San Emeterio	Kas
21	Andres Trobat	Licor 43
22	Antonio Karmany	Kas
23	Gabriel Company Bauza	Faema
24	Salvador Botella	Faema
25	Fernando Manzaneque	Licor 43

References

1. "General Information 1959". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 2008-03-23.