1966 Vuelta a España

1966 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates		28 April – 15 May
Stages		18
Distance		2,949.5 km (1,833 mi)
Winning time		78h 53' 55" (37.38 km/h or 23.23 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Francisco Gabica (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Second	Eusebio Vélez (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Third	Carlos Echevarría (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Points	Jos van der Vleuten (NED)	(Televizier - Batavus)
	Mountains	Gregorio San Miguel (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Sprints	Domingo Perurena (ESP)	(Fagor)

The 21st Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 28 to May 15, 1966. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,949.5 km, and was won by Francisco Gabica of the Kas-Kaskol cycling team. Jos van der Vleuten won the points classification and Gregorio San Miguel won the mountains classification.

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Francisco Gabica (ESP)	Kas-Kaskol	78h 53' 55"
2	Eusebio Vélez (ESP)	Kas-Kaskol	39s
3	Carlos Echevarría (ESP)	Kas-Kaskol	44s
4	Luis Otana (ESP)	Fagor	2' 17s
5	José Antonio Momene (ESP)	Kas-Kaskol	2' 25s
6	Valentín Uriona (ESP)	Kas-Kaskol	2' 44s
7	Antonio Gomez Del Moral (ESP)	Kas-Kaskol	3' 52s
8	Cees Haast (NED)	Televizier	3' 55s
9	Angelino Soler (ESP)	Ferrys	4' 37s
10	José María Errandonea (ESP)	Fagor	4' 40s
11	Sebastián Elorza (ESP)	Kas-Kaskol
12	Domingo Perurena (ESP)	Fagor
13	Gregorio San Miguel (ESP)	Kas-Kaskol
14	Mariano Díaz (ESP)	Fagor
15	José Manuel López (ESP)	Fagor
16	Eduardo Castello (ESP)	Ferrys
17	Jos van der Vleuten (NED)	Televizier
18	Aldo Moser (ITA)	Vittadello
19	Ramon Saez Manzo (ESP)	Ferrys
20	Juan-María Uribezubia (ESP)	Kas-Kaskol
21	Gerben Karstens (NED)	Televizier
22	Henk Nijdam (NED)	Televizier
23	Luis Pedro Santamarina (ESP)	Fagor
24	Rik Wouters (NED)	Televizier
25	Dieter Puschel (GER)	Wiels-Groene Leeuw

References

• Results on cyclebase.nl

External links

• La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)