1955 Vuelta a España
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Dates | 25 April – 8 May | |||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 2,776 km (1,725 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 81h 04' 02" | |||||||||||||||||||
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The 10th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 25 April to 8 May 1955. It consisted of 15 stages covering a total of 2,740 km (1,700 mi), and was won by Jean Dotto.[1] Fiorenzo Magni won the points classification and Giuseppe Buratti won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders[]
Route[]
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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1 | 23 April | Bilbao – San Sebastián | 240 km (149 mi) | Gilbert Bauvin (FRA) | ||
2 | 24 April | San Sebastián – Bayonne (France) | 211 km (131 mi) | Gilbert Bauvin (FRA) | ||
3 | 25 April | Bayonne (France) – Pamplona | 157 km (98 mi) | Antonio Gelabert (ESP) | ||
4 | 26 April | Pamplona – Zaragoza | 229 km (142 mi) | Jesús Galdeano (ESP) | ||
5 | 27 April | Zaragoza – Lleida | 195 km (121 mi) | Gabriel Company (ESP) | ||
6 | 28 April | Lleida – Barcelona | 230 km (143 mi) | Pierino Baffi (ITA) | ||
7 | 30 April | Barcelona – Barcelona | 29 km (18 mi) | Individual time trial | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | |
8 | 1 May | Barcelona – Tortosa | 213 km (132 mi) | Vicente Iturat (ESP) | ||
9 | 2 May | Tortosa – Valencia | 190 km (118 mi) | Pierino Baffi (ITA) | ||
10 | 3 May | Valencia – Cuenca | 222 km (138 mi) | (ITA) | ||
11 | 4 May | Cuenca – Madrid | 168 km (104 mi) | Donato Piazza (ITA) | ||
12 | 5 May | Madrid – Madrid | 15 km (9 mi) | Team time trial | Italy A | |
13 | 6 May | Madrid – Valladolid | 222 km (138 mi) | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | ||
14 | 7 May | Valladolid – Bilbao | 308 km (191 mi) | Donato Piazza (ITA) | ||
15 | 8 May | Bilbao – Bilbao | 147 km (91 mi) | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | ||
Total | 2,740 km (1,703 mi) |
Results[]
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Jean Dotto | 81h 04' 02" | |
2 | Antonio Jiménez Quiles | + 3' 06" | |
3 | Raphaël Géminiani | + 5' 05" | |
4 | Jesús Loroño | + 5' 52" | |
5 | Vicente Iturat | + 6' 24" | |
6 | Gabriel Company | + 6' 30" | |
7 | José Serra Gil | + 7' 31" | |
8 | Giuseppe Buratti | + 8' 42" | |
9 | Cosme Barrutia | + 9' 37" | |
10 | Georges Gay | + 9' 44" | |
11 | Salvador Botella | ||
12 | Carmelo Morales | ||
13 | Fiorenzo Magni | ||
14 | Bernardo Ruiz | ||
15 | Andres Trobat | ||
16 | José Gómez del Moral | ||
17 | |||
18 | Gastone Nencini | ||
19 | Francisco Moreno | ||
20 | Antonio Gelabert | ||
21 | Federico Bahamontes | ||
22 | Manolo Rodríguez | ||
23 | Nello Lauredi | ||
24 | Emilio Rodríguez | ||
25 | Miguel Gual |
References[]
- ^ "General Information 1955". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ^ "1955 » 10th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "10ème Vuelta a España 1955". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
- ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 May 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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