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.
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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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Teams and riders edit
Route edit
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 23 April | Bilbao – San Sebastián | 240 km (149 mi) |  Gilbert Bauvin (FRA)
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| 2 | 24 April | San Sebastián – Bayonne (France) | 211 km (131 mi) | Gilbert Bauvin (FRA)
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| 3 | 25 April | Bayonne (France) – Pamplona | 157 km (98 mi) |  Antonio Gelabert (ESP)
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| 4 | 26 April | Pamplona – Zaragoza | 229 km (142 mi) | Jesús Galdeano (ESP)
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| 5 | 27 April | Zaragoza – Lleida | 195 km (121 mi) | Gabriel Company (ESP)
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| 6 | 28 April | Lleida – Barcelona | 230 km (143 mi) |  Pierino Baffi (ITA)
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| 7 | 30 April | Barcelona – Barcelona | 29 km (18 mi) | 
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Individual time trial | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
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| 8 | 1 May | Barcelona – Tortosa | 213 km (132 mi) | Vicente Iturat (ESP)
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| 9 | 2 May | Tortosa – Valencia | 190 km (118 mi) | Pierino Baffi (ITA)
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| 10 | 3 May | Valencia – Cuenca | 222 km (138 mi) | Antonio Uliana (ITA)
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| 11 | 4 May | Cuenca – Madrid | 168 km (104 mi) | Donato Piazza (ITA)
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| 12 | 5 May | Madrid – Madrid | 15 km (9 mi) | 
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Team time trial | Italy A |
| 13 | 6 May | Madrid – Valladolid | 222 km (138 mi) | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
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| 14 | 7 May | Valladolid – Bilbao | 308 km (191 mi) | Donato Piazza (ITA)
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| 15 | 8 May | Bilbao – Bilbao | 147 km (91 mi) | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
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| Total | 2,740 km (1,703 mi) | |||||
Results edit
| 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 |
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| 12 | Carmelo Morales |
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| 13 | Fiorenzo Magni |
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| 14 | Bernardo Ruiz |
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| 15 | Andrés Trobat |
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| 16 | José Gómez del Moral |
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| 17 |  Arsene Bauwens |
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| 18 | Gastone Nencini |
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| 19 | Francisco Moreno |
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| 20 | Antonio Gelabert |
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| 21 | Federico Bahamontes |
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| 22 | Manolo Rodríguez |
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| 23 | Nello Lauredi |
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| 24 | Emilio Rodríguez |
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| 25 | Miguel Gual |
References edit
- ^ "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.