1960 Vuelta a España

1960 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	29 April – 15 May
Stages	17
Distance	3,567 km (2,216 mi)
Winning time	103h 05' 57"
Results

The 15th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 15 May 1960. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,567 km (2,216 mi), and was won by Franz De Mulder of the Groene Leeuw cycling team.[1] Arthur De Cabooter won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages[2][3]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	29 April	Gijón – Gijón	8 km (5 mi)	Team time trial	Faema
2	30 April	Gijón – A Coruña	235 km (146 mi)		Felipe Alberdi (ESP)
3	1 May	A Coruña – Vigo	187 km (116 mi)		Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
4	2 May	Vigo – Ourense	105 km (65 mi)		Frans De Mulder (BEL)
5	3 May	Ourense – Zamora	287 km (178 mi)		Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP)
6	4 May	Zamora – Madrid	250 km (155 mi)		Nino Assirelli (ITA)
7	5 May	Madrid – Madrid	209 km (130 mi)		Frans De Mulder (BEL)
8	6 May	Guadalajara – Zaragoza	264 km (164 mi)		Arthur Decabooter (BEL)
9	7 May	Zaragoza – Barcelona	269 km (167 mi)		Salvador Botella (ESP)
10	8 May	Barcelona – Barbastro	240 km (149 mi)		Alfons Sweeck (BEL)
11	9 May	Barbastro – Pamplona	267 km (166 mi)		Vicente Iturat (ESP)
12	10 May	Pamplona – Logroño	179 km (111 mi)		Jesús Galdeano (ESP)
13	11 May	Logroño – San Sebastián	211 km (131 mi)		Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
14	12 May	San Sebastián – Vitoria	263 km (163 mi)		Antonio Suárez (ESP)
15	13 May	Vitoria – Santander	232 km (144 mi)		Arthur Decabooter (BEL)
16	14 May	Santander – Bilbao	192 km (119 mi)		Frans De Mulder (BEL)
17a	15 May	Bilbao – Guernica	116 km (72 mi)		Frans De Mulder (BEL)
17b	15 May	Guernica – Bilbao	53 km (33 mi)	Individual time trial	Antonio Karmany (ESP)
	Total		3,567 km (2,216 mi)

Results

Final general classification[4]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Franz De Mulder	Groene Leeuw	103h 05' 57"
2	Armand Desmet	Groene Leeuw	+ 15' 21"
3	Miguel Pacheco Font	Licor 43	+ 19' 24"
4	Antonio Karmany	Kas	+ 22' 03"
5	Juan Campillo	Kas	+ 29' 50"
6	Fernando Manzaneque	Faema	+ 31' 58"
7	Salvador Botella	Faema	+ 32' 58"
8	Benigno Aspuru	Kas	+ 35' 08"
9	Jesús Loroño	Majestad	+ 38' 11"
10	Arthur De Cabooter	Groene Leeuw	+ 44' 42"
11	Antonio Suarez	Faema
12	Andre Messelis	Groene Leeuw
13	Rene Marigil	Ferrys
14	Antonin Rolland	Margnat-Rochet
15	Carmelo Morales	Kas
16	Alfons Sweeck	Groene Leeuw
17	José Gomez Del Moral	Groene Leeuw
18	Angel Guardiola
19	Joseph Aure	Margnat-Rochet
20	José Segu Soriano	Kas
21	Jesus Galdeano	Faema
22	Manuel Santiago	Licor 43
23	Antonio Bertran	Faema
24	Constant De Keyser	Groene Leeuw

References

"General Information 1960". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
"1960 » 15th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
"15ème Vuelta a España 1960". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
"Clasificacion General" [General Classification] (PDF). El Mundo Deortivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

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[1] "General Information 1960". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.

[2] "1960 » 15th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[Mdc-VdE1960-3] "15ème Vuelta a España 1960". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

[4] "Clasificacion General" [General Classification] (PDF). El Mundo Deortivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2018.