1969 Vuelta a España

1969 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates		23 April – 11 May
Stages		18
Distance		29,214 km (18,150 mi)
Winning time		73h 18' 45" (39.85 km/h or 24.76 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Roger Pingeon (FRA)	(Peugeot-BP-Michelin)
	Second	Luis Ocaña (ESP)	(Fagor)
	Third	Rini Wagtmans (NED)	(Willem II)
	Points	Raymond Steegmans (BEL)	(Goldor)
	Mountains	Luis Ocaña (ESP)	(Fagor)
	Sprints	Juan María Uribezubia (ESP)	(Karpy)

The 24th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 23 to May 11, 1969. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,921.4 km, and was won by Roger Pingeon of the Peugeot cycling team. Raymond Steegmans won the points competition and Luis Ocaña, who demonstrated his time trialling skills by winning the prologue and two time trials in the race, won the mountains classification.

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Roger Pingeon	Peugeot-BP-Michelin	73h 18' 45s
2	Luis Ocaña	Fagor	a 1' 54s
3	Rini Wagtmans	Willem II	a 5' 10s
4	José Manuel Lasa	Pepsi Cola	a 5' 10s
5	Michael Wright	Bic	a 5' 27s
6	Rolf Wolfshohl	Bic	a 6' 11s
7	Gilbert Bellone	Bic	a 6' 47s
8	Gregorio San Miguel	Kas-Kaskol	a 7' 05s
9	Carlos Echevarria	Kas-Kaskol	a 7' 35s
10	Eusebio Velez	Fagor	a 7' 51s
11	Salvador Canet	Pepsi Cola
12	José-Antonio Gonzalez	Kas-Kaskol
13	Ventura Diaz Arrey	Karpy
14	Willy De Geest	Pull Over Centrale
15	José Manuel Lopez	Fagor
16	Francisco Gabrica	Fagor
17	Jorge Marine Torres	Pepsi Cola
18	Eduardo Castello Villanova	Kas-Kaskol
19	Ramon Saez Manzo	Pepsi Cola
20	Juan-Maria Uribezubia	Karpy
21	Miguel Maria Laasa	Pepsi Cola
22	Luis-Pedro Santamarina	Fagor
23	Domingo Perurena	Fagor
24	Herman Flabat	Pull Over Centrale
25	Aurelio Gonzalez Puente	Kas-Kaskol

References

• Results of 1969 Vuelta on cyclebase.nl

External links

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