1968 Vuelta a España

1968 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates		25 April – 12 May
Stages		18
Distance		3,014 km (1,873 mi)
Winning time		78h 29' 00" (38.4 km/h or 23.9 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	(Salvarani)
	Second	José Perez Frances (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Third	Eusebio Velez (ESP)	(Fagor)
	Points	Jan Janssen (NED)	(Pelforth)
	Mountains	Francisco Gabica (ESP)	(Fagor)
	Sprints	Carlos Echeverría (ESP)	(KAS)

The 23rd Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 25 to May 12, 1968. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 3,014 km, and was won by Felice Gimondi of the Salvarani cycling team. With this win in the 1968 Vuelta a España, the 1967 Giro d'Italia and the 1965 Tour de France, Gimondi became the second cyclist after Jacques Anquetil to win all three grand tours in his career.^[1] Defending champion Jan Janssen won the points competition and 1966 champion Francisco Gabica won the mountains classification.

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Felice Gimondi	Salvarani	78h 29' 00s
2	José Perez Frances	Kas-Kaskol	a 2' 15s
3	Eusebio Velez	Fagor	a 5' 08s
4	José Maria Errandonea	Fagor	a 5' 19s
5	Vittorio Adorni	Faema	a 5' 26s
6	Jan Janssen	Pelforth	a 5' 43s
7	Antonio Gomez Del Moral	Kas-Kaskol	a 5' 55s
8	Carlos Echevarria	Kas-Kaskol	a 6' 00s
9	Lucien Aimar	Bic	a 6' 40s
10	Jos Spruyt	Faema	a 7' 50s
11	Luis Otano Arcelus	Fagor
12	Jean-Pierre Ducasse	Pelforth
13	Francisco Gabica	Fagor
14	Michael Wright	Bic
15	Ventura Diaz Arrey	Ferrys
16	José Manuel Lopez	Fagor
17	José Antonio Momene	Fagor
18	Rudi Altig	Salvarani
19	Andres Gandarias	Kas-Kaskol
20	Cees Haast	Bic
21	Fernardo Manzaneque	Karpy
22	Wilfried Peffgen	Salvarani
23	Victor Van Schil	Faema
24	Domingo Perurena	Fagor
25	Sebastian Elorza Uria	Kas-Kaskol

References

1. "General Information 1968". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22.

External links

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