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1959 Vuelta a España

Field	Value
name	1959 Vuelta a España
date	24 April – 10 May
stages	17
distance	3048
unit	km
time	84h 36' 20"
first	Antonio Suárez
first_nat	ESP
first_natvar	1945
first_color	yellow
second	José Segú Soriano
second_nat	ESP
second_natvar	1945
third	Rik Van Looy
third_nat	BEL
points	Rik Van Looy
points_nat	BEL
points_color	green
mountains	Antonio Suárez
mountains_nat	ESP
mountains_natvar	1945
sprints	Vicente Iturat
sprints_nat	ESP
sprints_natvar	1945
previous	1958
next	1960

The 14th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 24 April to 10 May 1959. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3048 km, and was won by Antonio Suárez. Suárez also won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1959 Vuelta a España

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	1a
24 April	Madrid to Madrid	9 km	[[File:Team Time Trial Stage.svg	22px]]	Team time trial
Madrid to Toledo	114 km			Rik Van Looy
25 April	Manzanares to Córdoba	228 km			Antonio Karmany
26 April	Córdoba to Seville	140 km			Vicente Iturat
27 April	Seville to Granada	240 km			Federico Bahamontes
28 April	Guadix to Murcia	225 km			Antonio Suárez
29 April	Murcia to Alicante	173 km			Gabriel Mas
30 April	Alicante to Castellón	233 km			Antonio Barrutia
1 May	Castellón to Tortosa	130 km			Rik Van Looy
2 May	Tortosa to Barcelona	196 km			Rik Van Looy
3 May	Granollers to Lleida	183 km			Antonio Suárez
4 May	Lleida to Pamplona	242 km			Rik Van Looy
5 May	Pamplona to San Sebastián	210 km			José Carlos Sousa Cardoso
6 May	San Sebastián to San Sebastián	9 km	[[File:Team Time Trial Stage.svg	22px]]	Team time trial
7 May	Eibar to Vitoria	62 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Roger Rivière
8 May	Vitoria to Santander	230 km			Julio San Emeterio
9 May	Santander to Bilbao	187 km			Roger Rivière
10 May	Bilbao to Bilbao	222 km			Fernando Manzaneque
Total	3048 km

Results

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Spain Antonio Suárez	Licor 43	84h 36' 20"
2	Spain José Segú Soriano	Kas	+ 1' 06"
3	BEL Rik Van Looy	Faema–Guerra	+ 7' 00"
4	FRA Pierre Everaert	St.Raphael	+ 7' 44"
5	FRA Emmanuel Busto	Peugeot–Dunlop	+ 16' 29"
6	FRA Roger Rivière	St.Raphael	+ 17' 30"
7	BEL Hilaire Couvreur	Faema–Guerra	+ 24' 24"
8	Spain Luis Otaño	Peugeot–Dunlop	+ 26' 34"
9	BEL Joseph Vloeberghs	Faema–Guerra	+ 27' 17"
10	Spain Jesús Galdeano	Faema	+ 29' 40"
11	FRA Marcel Rohrbach	Peugeot–Dunlop
12	Spain René Marigil	Licor 43
13	Spain Juan Campillo	Faema
14	BEL Frans Van Looveren	Faema–Guerra
15	FRG Hans Junkermann	Faema–Guerra
16	Spain José Luis Talamillo	Boxing
17	ITA Guido Boni	Tricofilina-Coppi
18	Spain Jesús Loroño	Faema
19	FRA Claude Colette	Peugeot–Dunlop
20	Spain Julio San Emeterio	Kas
21	Spain Andrés Trobat	Licor 43
22	Spain Antonio Karmany	Kas
23	Spain Gabriel Company Bauza	Faema
24	Spain Salvador Botella	Faema
25	Spain Fernando Manzaneque	Licor 43

References

(13 May 1959). "XIV Vuelta Ciclista a Espana". El Mundo Deportivo.
"General Information 1959". La Vuelta.com.
"1959 » 14th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats.
"14ème Vuelta a España 1959". Memoire du cyclisme.
(11 May 1959). "Vuelta Ciclista a Espana 1959". El Mundo Deportivo.

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