1955 Vuelta a España

1955 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates25 April – 8 May
Stages15
Distance2,776 km (1,725 mi)
Winning time81h 04' 02"
Results
Winner  Jean Dotto (FRA)
  Second  Antonio Jiménez Quiles (ESP)
  Third  Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)
Points  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
  Mountains  Giuseppe Buratti (ITA)

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

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1955 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages[2][3]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
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)  Antonio Uliana (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

Final general classification[4]
Rank Rider Team Time
1 France Jean Dotto 81h 04' 02"
2 Spain Antonio Jiménez Quiles + 3' 06"
3 France Raphaël Géminiani + 5' 05"
4 Spain Jesús Loroño + 5' 52"
5 Spain Vicente Iturat + 6' 24"
6 Spain Gabriel Company + 6' 30"
7 Spain José Serra Gil + 7' 31"
8 Italy Giuseppe Buratti + 8' 42"
9 Spain Cosme Barrutia + 9' 37"
10 France Georges Gay + 9' 44"
11 Spain Salvador Botella
12 Spain Carmelo Morales
13 Italy Fiorenzo Magni
14 Spain Bernardo Ruiz
15 Spain Andrés Trobat
16 Spain José Gómez del Moral
17 Belgium Arsene Bauwens
18 Italy Gastone Nencini
19 Spain Francisco Moreno
20 Spain Antonio Gelabert
21 Spain Federico Bahamontes
22 Spain Manolo Rodríguez
23 France Nello Lauredi
24 Spain Emilio Rodríguez
25 Spain Miguel Gual

References

  1. ^ "General Information 1955". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
  2. ^ "1955  » 10th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ^ "10ème Vuelta a España 1955". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
  4. ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 May 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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