The 15th Vuelta a España (Tour of [Spain-nl]), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 15 May 1960. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,567 km (2,216 mi), and was won by Frans De Mulder of the Groene Leeuw cycling team.[1] Arthur Decabooter won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.
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| Dates | 29 April – 15 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,567 km (2,216 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 103h 05' 57" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams and riders edit
Route edit
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 29 April | [Gijón-nl] – Gijón | 8 km (5 mi) | 
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Team time trial | Faema |
| 2 | 30 April | [Gijón-nl] – A Coruña | 235 km (146 mi) |  Felipe Alberdi (ESP)
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| 3 | 1 May | A Coruña – [Vigo-nl] | 187 km (116 mi) | Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
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| 4 | 2 May | [Vigo-nl] – [Ourense-nl] | 105 km (65 mi) |  Frans De Mulder (BEL)
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| 5 | 3 May | [Ourense-nl] – Zamora | 287 km (178 mi) | Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP)
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| 6 | 4 May | Zamora – [Madrid-nl] | 250 km (155 mi) |  Nino Assirelli (ITA)
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| 7 | 5 May | [Madrid-nl] – Madrid | 209 km (130 mi) | Frans De Mulder (BEL)
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| 8 | 6 May | Guadalajara – [Zaragoza-nl] | 264 km (164 mi) | Arthur Decabooter (BEL)
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| 9 | 7 May | [Zaragoza-nl] – [Barcelona-nl] | 269 km (167 mi) | Salvador Botella (ESP)
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| 10 | 8 May | [Barcelona-nl] – [Barbastro-nl] | 240 km (149 mi) | Alfons Sweeck (BEL)
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| 11 | 9 May | [Barbastro-nl] – [Pamplona-nl] | 267 km (166 mi) | Vicente Iturat (ESP)
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| 12 | 10 May | [Pamplona-nl] – [Logroño-nl] | 179 km (111 mi) | Jesús Galdeano (ESP)
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| 13 | 11 May | [Logroño-nl] – San Sebastián | 211 km (131 mi) | Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
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| 14 | 12 May | San Sebastián – [Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria-nl] | 263 km (163 mi) | Antonio Suárez (ESP)
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| 15 | 13 May | Vitoria-nl] – Santander | 232 km (144 mi) | Arthur Decabooter (BEL)
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| 16 | 14 May | Santander – [Bilbao-nl] | 192 km (119 mi) | Frans De Mulder (BEL)
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| 17a | 15 May | [Bilbao-nl] – [Guernica-nl] | 116 km (72 mi) | Frans De Mulder (BEL)
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| 17b | 15 May | [Guernica-nl] – [Bilbao-nl] | 53 km (33 mi) | 
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Individual time trial | Antonio Karmany (ESP)
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| Total | 3,567 km (2,216 mi) | |||||
Results edit
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Frans De Mulder |
Groene Leeuw | 103h 05' 57" |
| 2 | Armand Desmet |
Groene Leeuw | + 15' 21" |
| 3 | Miguel Pacheco Font |
Licor 43 | + 19' 24" |
| 4 | Antonio Karmany |
Kas | + 22' 03" |
| 5 | Juan Campillo |
Kas | + 29' 50" |
| 6 | Fernando Manzaneque |
Faema | + 31' 58" |
| 7 | Salvador Botella |
Faema | + 32' 58" |
| 8 | Benigno Aspuru |
Kas | + 35' 08" |
| 9 | Jesús Loroño |
Majestad | + 38' 11" |
| 10 | Arthur Decabooter |
Groene Leeuw | + 44' 42" |
| 11 | Antonio Suárez |
Faema | |
| 12 | Andre Messelis |
Groene Leeuw | |
| 13 | Rene Marigil |
Ferrys | |
| 14 |  Antonin Rolland |
Margnat-Rochet | |
| 15 | Carmelo Morales |
Kas | |
| 16 | Alfons Sweeck |
Groene Leeuw | |
| 17 | José Gomez Del Moral |
Groene Leeuw | |
| 18 | Angel Guardiola |
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| 19 | Joseph Aure |
Margnat-Rochet | |
| 20 | José Segú Soriano |
Kas | |
| 21 | Jesús Galdeano |
Faema | |
| 22 | Manuel Santiago |
Licor 43 | |
| 23 | Antonio Bertrán |
Faema | |
| 24 | Constant De Keyser |
Groene Leeuw |
References edit
- ^ "General Information 1960". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ^ "1960 » 15th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "15ème Vuelta a España 1960". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
- ^ "Clasificacion General" [General Classification] (PDF). El Mundo Deortivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2018.