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1961 Vuelta a España

Field	Value
name	1961 Vuelta a España
date	26 April – 11 May
stages	16
distance	2856.5
unit	km
time	77h 36' 17"
first	Angelino Soler
first_nat	ESP
first_natvar	1945
first_color	yellow
first_team	Faema
second	François Mahé
second_nat	FRA
second_team	Francia – Afcas
third	José Pérez Francés
third_nat	ESP
third_natvar	1945
third_team	Ferrys
points	Antonio Suárez
points_nat	ESP
points_natvar	1945
points_color	green
points_team	Faema
mountains	Antonio Karmany
mountains_nat	ESP
mountains_natvar	1945
mountains_team	KAS – Royal Asport
sprints	Vicente Iturat
sprints_nat	ESP
sprints_natvar	1945
sprints_team	Catigene
previous	1960
next	1962

The 16th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 April to 11 May 1961. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 2856.5 km, and was won by Angelino Soler of the Faema cycling team. Antonio Suárez won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1961 Vuelta a España

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	1a
26 April	San Sebastián to San Sebastián	10.5 km	[[File:Team Time Trial Stage.svg	22px]]	Team time trial
San Sebastián to Pamplona	91 km			Marcel Rohrbach
27 April	Pamplona to Pamplona	174 km			François Mahé
28 April	Pamplona to Huesca	174 km			Vicente Iturat
29 April	Binéfar to Barcelona	199 km			Marcel Seynaeve
30 April	Barcelona to Tortosa	185 km			Jesús Galdeano
1 May	Tortosa to Valencia	188 km			Angelino Soler
2 May	Valencia to Benidorm	141 km			René Van Meenen
3 May	Benidorm to Albacete	211 km			José Pérez Francés
4 May	Albacete to Madrid	198 km			Alves Barbosa
5 May	Madrid to Madrid	195 km			Luis Otaño
6 May	Madrid to Valladolid	189 km			Arthur Decabooter
7 May	Valladolid to Palencia	48 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Antonio Suárez
8 May	Palencia to Santander	220 km			Francisco Moreno
9 May	Santander to Vitoria	235 km			François Mahé
10 May	Vitoria to Bilbao	179 km			Antonio Karmany
11 May	Bilbao to Bilbao	159 km			Gabriel Company
Total	2856.5 km

Results

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	ESP Angelino Soler	Faema	77h 36' 17"
2	FRA François Mahé	Francia – Afcas	+ 51"
3	ESP José Pérez Francés	Ferrys	+ 2' 23"
4	ESP Antonio Suárez	Faema	+ 2' 47"
5	ESP Antonio Gómez del Moral	Faema	+ 3' 13"
6	ESP Vicente Iturat	Catigene	+ 5' 29"
7	ESP Fernando Manzaneque	Licor 43	+ 5' 47"
8	ESP Antonio Karmany	Kas-Royal Sport	+ 6' 07"
9	ESP Carmelo Morales	Licor 43	+ 7' 39"
10	ESP Jesús Loroño	Ferrys	+ 7' 47"
11	BEL Andre Messelis	Groene Leeuw
12	ESP Miguel Pacheco Font	Licor 43
13	ITA Arturo Sabbadin	Philico
14	ESP Salvador Botella	Faema
15	ESP Juan Campillo	Kas-Royal Sport
16	ESP Rene Marigil	Licor 43
17	BEL Jan Adriaensens	Groene Leeuw
18	POR Antonio Barbosa
19	BEL Marcel Seynaeve	Groene Leeuw
20	ESP Ángel Guardiola	Licor 43
21	ESP Luis Otaño	Licor 43
22	ESP Antonio Jiménez	Kas-Royal Sport
23	NED Jef Lahaye	Groene Leeuw
24	POR Jose Sousa Cardoso
25	ESP Jesús Galdeano	Faema

References

"General Information 1961". La Vuelta.com.
"1961 » 16th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats.
"16ème Vuelta a España 1961". Memoire du cyclisme.
(12 May 1961). "Las Clasificaciones". El Mundo Deportivo.

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