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1945 Vuelta a España

Field	Value
name	1945 Vuelta a España
date	10 – 31 May
stages	18
distance	3818
unit	km
time	135h 43' 55"
first	Delio Rodríguez
first_nat	ESP
first_natvar	1938
first_color	red
second	Julián Berrendero
second_nat	ESP
second_natvar	1938
third	Juan Gimeno
third_nat	ESP
third_natvar	1938
points	Delio Rodríguez
points_nat	ESP
points_natvar	1938
mountains	Julián Berrendero
mountains_nat	ESP
mountains_natvar	1938
previous	1942
next	1946

The 5th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 10 to 31 May 1945. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 3818 km, and was won by Delio Rodríguez. There was also a classification sponsored by Pirelli, Rodríguez also won the points classification and Julián Berrendero won the mountains classification.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1945 Vuelta a España

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	1
10 May	Madrid to Salamanca	212 km			Julián Berrendero
11 May	Salamanca to Cáceres	214 km			Delio Rodríguez
12 May	Cáceres to Badajoz	132 km			Miguel Gual
13 May	Badajoz to Almendralejo	57 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Juan Gimeno
Almendralejo to Sevilla	171 km			{{ill	Vicente Miró	es}}
15 May	Sevilla to Granada	251 km
16 May	Granada to Murcia	285 km			Joaquín Olmos
17 May	Murcia to Valencia	244 km			Delio Rodríguez
19 May	Valencia to Tortosa	188 km			Delio Rodríguez
20 May	Tortosa to Barcelona	288 km			Miguel Gual
21 May	Barcelona to Zaragoza	306 km			Miguel Gual
22 May	Zaragoza to San Sebastián	276 km
24 May	San Sebastián to Bilbao	207 km
25 May	Bilbao to Santander	188 km			Delio Rodríguez
26 May	Santander to Reinosa	110 km
27 May	Reinosa to Gijón	200 km			Delio Rodríguez
29 May	Gijón to León	172 km			Julián Berrendero
30 May	León to Valladolid	132 km			Delio Rodríguez
31 May	Valladolid to Madrid	185 km			Joaquín Olmos

Points classification

A new introduction to this Vuelta was a classification on points, sponsored by Pirelli. It was calculated as follows:

The winner of a stage received 100 points, the second 99, and so on. If cyclists arrived in a group that was given the same time, they all received the same number of points.
The first five cyclists in a stage received 12 points for every minute that they arrived ahead of the number six of the stage.
For every point scored for the mountains classification, two points were given for this points classification.
On intermediate sprints, points could be won: 8 for the winner, 6 for the second, 4 and 2 for the next.

Although the sponsor said that the classification was a great success, it did not return the next edition.

Final standings

General classification

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Delio Rodríguez	135h 43' 55"
2	Julián Berrendero	+ 30' 08"
3	Juan Gimeno	+ 37' 18"
4	Miguel Gual	+ 49' 53"
5	Antonio Martín	+ 1h 09' 01"
6	João Rebelo	+ 1h 09' 09"
7	Diego Chafer	+ 1h 12' 41"
8	Bernardo Capo	+ 1h 17' 20"
9	Alejandro Fombellida	+ 1h 18' 18"
10	Pedro Font	+ 1h 20' 21"
11	Manuel Costa
12	Joaquim Olmos
13	José Gutierrez
14	Dalmacio Langarica
15	Pastor Rodríguez
16	Gabriel Palmer
17	Julio Mourao
18	Miguel Casas
19	Antonio Andres Sancho
20	Vicente Miro
21	Joaquim Jiménez
22	Bernardo Ruiz
23	Aniceto Bruno
24	Felix Vidaurreta
25	Imperio Dos Santos

Mountain classification

Rank	Rider	Points
1	Julián Berrendero	45
2	João Rebelo	44
3	Pedro Font	28
4	Miguel Gual	22
5	José Gutierrez	11
6	Miguel Casas	8
7	Aniceto Bruno	7
8	Dalmacio Langarica	6
9	Joaquim Olmos	4
10	Alejandro Fombellida	3
10	Juan Gimeno	3
10	Joaquim Jiménez	3
13	Diego Chafer	2
14	Bernardo Capo	1
14	Antonio Martín	1

Points classification

Rank	Rider	Points
1	Delio Rodríguez	2347
2	João Rebelo	2021
3	Julián Berrendero	1967
4	Miguel Gual	1942
5	Juan Gimeno	1895
6	Pedro Font	1823
7	Vicente Miro	1803
8	Bernardo Capo	1799
9	José Gutierrez	1747
10	Antonio Martín	1730

Other awards

There was also a team competition: the ranks in the general classification of the best two cyclists per cycling club were added, and the club with the lowest total won. Delio Rodríguez was in the same club as Alejandro Fombellida, and because they finished first and ninth, they scored 10 points; no other team had fewer points, so they won the team competition.

References

"General Information 1945". La Vuelta.com.
"1945 » 5th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats.
"5ème Vuelta a España 1945". Memoire du cyclisme.
"1945 Stage Results". Unipublic.
(22 March 1945). "25000 pesetas de la Case Pirelli para la Vuelta Ciclista a España". El Mundo Deportivo.
(22 March 1945). "V Vuelta Ciclista a España Pirelli". El Mundo Deportivo.
(1 June 1945). "La Vuelta a España". El Mundo Deportivo.

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