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1969 Vuelta a España

Field	Value
name	1969 Vuelta a España
date	23 April – 11 May
stages	18
distance	2921.4
unit	km
time	73h 18' 45"
first	Roger Pingeon
first_nat	FRA
first_color	yellow
first_team	Peugeot–BP–Michelin
second	Luis Ocaña
second_nat	ESP
second_natvar	1945
second_team	Fagor
third	Rini Wagtmans
third_nat	NED
third_team	Willem II
points	Raymond Steegmans
points_nat	BEL
points_color	green
points_team	Goldor
mountains	Luis Ocaña
mountains_nat	ESP
mountains_natvar	1945
mountains_team	Fagor
sprints	Juan María Uribezubia
sprints_nat	ESP
sprints_natvar	1945
sprints_team	Karpy
previous	1968
next	1970

The 24th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 23 April to 11 May 1969. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2921.4 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.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1969 Vuelta a España

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	1a	1b
23 April	Badajoz to Badajoz	6.5 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Luis Ocaña
24 April	Badajoz to Badajoz	246 km			Michael Wright
25 April	Badajoz to Cáceres	135 km			{{ill	Felice Salina	it}}
26 April	Cáceres to Talavera de la Reina	190 km			Luigi Sgarbozza
27 April	Talavera de la Reina to Madrid	124 km			Domingo Perurena
28 April	Madrid to Alcázar de San Juan	162 km			Raymond Steegmans
29 April	Alcázar de San Juan to Almansa	231 km			Edward Sels
30 April	Almansa to Nules	233 km			Ramón Sáez
1 May	Nules to Benicàssim	199 km			Ramón Sáez
2 May	Benicàssim to Reus	169 km			José Manuel López Rodríguez
3 May	Reus to Barcelona	146 km			Manuel Martín Piñera
4 May	Barcelona to Sant Feliu de Guíxols	118 km			Nemesio Jiménez
5 May	Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Moià	151 km			Roger Pingeon
6 May	Moià to Barbastro	229 km			Michael Wright
7 May	Barbastro to Zaragoza	125 km			Raymond Steegmans
Zaragoza to Zaragoza	4 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Roger Pingeon
8 May	Zaragoza to Pamplona	176 km			Mariano Díaz
9 May	Irun to San Sebastián	25 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Luis Ocaña
10 May	San Sebastián to Vitoria	129 km			Gregorio San Miguel
11 May	Vitoria to Llodio	76 km			Ercole Gualazzini
Llodio to Bilbao	29 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Luis Ocaña
Total	2921.4 km

Results

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	FRA Roger Pingeon	Peugeot–BP–Michelin	73h 18' 45"
2	ESP Luis Ocaña	Fagor	+ 1' 54"
3	NED Rini Wagtmans	Willem II	+ 5' 10"
4	ESP José Manuel Lasa	Pepsi Cola	+ 5' 10"
5	GBR Michael Wright	Bic	+ 5' 27"
6	FRG Rolf Wolfshohl	Bic	+ 6' 11"
7	FRA Gilbert Bellone	Bic	+ 6' 47"
8	ESP Gregorio San Miguel	Kas–Kaskol	+ 7' 05"
9	ESP Carlos Echeverría	Kas–Kaskol	+ 7' 35"
10	ESP Eusebio Vélez	Fagor	+ 7' 51"
11	ESP Salvador Canet	Pepsi Cola
12	ESP José-Antonio González	Kas–Kaskol
13	ESP Ventura Díaz Arrey	Karpy
14	BEL Willy De Geest	Pull Over Centrale
15	ESP José Manuel Lopez	Fagor
16	ESP Francisco Gabica	Fagor
17	ESP Jorge Mariné Torres	Pepsi Cola
18	ESP Eduardo Castelló Villanova	Kas–Kaskol
19	ESP Ramon Sáez Marzo	Pepsi Cola
20	ESP Juan María Uribezubia	Karpy
21	ESP Miguel María Lasa	Pepsi Cola
22	ESP Luis-Pedro Santamarina	Fagor
23	ESP Domingo Perurena	Fagor
24	BEL Herman Flabat	Pull Over Centrale
25	ESP Aurelio González Puente	Kas–Kaskol

References

"1969 » 24th Vuelta a España". Procyclingstats.
"24ème Vuelta a España 1969". Memoire du cyclisme.
"Año 1969 - Las Etapas". La Historia de la Vuelta.
(12 May 1969). "Clasificaciones Oficiales". El Mundo Deportivo.

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