1969 Vuelta a España

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 2,921.4 km (1,815.3 mi), 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.

1969 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates23 April – 11 May
Stages18
Distance2,921.4 km (1,815 mi)
Winning time73h 18' 45"
Results
Winner  Roger Pingeon (FRA) (Peugeot-BP-Michelin)
  Second  Luis Ocaña (ESP) (Fagor)
  Third  Rini Wagtmans (NED) (Willem II)

Points  Raymond Steegmans (BEL) (Goldor)
  Mountains  Luis Ocaña (ESP) (Fagor)
  Sprints  Juan María Uribezubia (ESP) (Karpy)

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages[1][2][3]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1a 23 April Badajoz – Badajoz 6.5 km (4 mi) Individual time trial  Luis Ocaña (ESP)
1b 24 April Badajoz – Badajoz 246 km (153 mi)  Michael Wright (GBR)
2 25 April BadajozCáceres 135 km (84 mi)  Felice Salina (ITA)
3 26 April CáceresTalavera de la Reina 190 km (118 mi)  Luigi Sgarbozza (ITA)
4 27 April Talavera de la ReinaMadrid 124 km (77 mi)  Domingo Perurena (ESP)
5 28 April MadridAlcázar de San Juan 162 km (101 mi)  Raymond Steegmans (BEL)
6 29 April Alcázar de San JuanAlmansa 231 km (144 mi)  Edward Sels (BEL)
7 30 April AlmansaNules 233 km (145 mi)  Ramón Saez (ESP)
8 1 May NulesBenicàssim 199 km (124 mi)  Ramón Saez (ESP)
9 2 May BenicàssimReus 169 km (105 mi)  José Manuel López Rodríguez (ESP)
10 3 May ReusBarcelona 146 km (91 mi)  Manuel Martín Piñera (ESP)
11 4 May BarcelonaSant Feliu de Guíxols 118 km (73 mi)  Nemesio Jiménez (ESP)
12 5 May Sant Feliu de GuíxolsMoià 151 km (94 mi)  Roger Pingeon (FRA)
13 6 May MoiàBarbastro 229 km (142 mi)  Michael Wright (GBR)
14a 7 May BarbastroZaragoza 125 km (78 mi)  Raymond Steegmans (BEL)
14b 7 May Zaragoza – Zaragoza 4 km (2 mi) Individual time trial  Roger Pingeon (FRA)
15 8 May ZaragozaPamplona 176 km (109 mi)  Mariano Díaz (ESP)
16 9 May IrunSan Sebastián 25 km (16 mi) Individual time trial  Luis Ocaña (ESP)
17 10 May San SebastiánVitoria 129 km (80 mi)  Gregorio San Miguel (ESP)
18a 11 May VitoriaLlodio 76 km (47 mi)  Ercole Gualazzini (ITA)
18b 11 May LlodioBilbao 29 km (18 mi) Individual time trial  Luis Ocaña (ESP)
Total 2,921.4 km (1,815 mi)

Results

Final general classification[4]
RankRiderTeamTime
1 Roger PingeonPeugeot-BP-Michelin73h 18' 45"
2 Luis OcañaFagor+ 1' 54"
3 Rini WagtmansWillem II+ 5' 10"
4 José Manuel LasaPepsi Cola+ 5' 10"
5 Michael WrightBic+ 5' 27"
6 Rolf WolfshohlBic+ 6' 11"
7 Gilbert BelloneBic+ 6' 47"
8 Gregorio San MiguelKas-Kaskol+ 7' 05"
9 Carlos EcheverríaKas-Kaskol+ 7' 35"
10 Eusebio VelezFagor+ 7' 51"
11 Salvador CanetPepsi Cola
12 José-Antonio GonzalezKas-Kaskol
13 Ventura Diaz ArreyKarpy
14 Willy De GeestPull Over Centrale
15 José Manuel LopezFagor
16 Francisco GabicaFagor
17 Jorge Marine TorresPepsi Cola
18 Eduardo Castello VillanovaKas-Kaskol
19 Ramon Saez MarzoPepsi Cola
20 Juan-Maria UribezubiaKarpy
21 Miguel Maria LasaPepsi Cola
22 Luis-Pedro SantamarinaFagor
23 Domingo PerurenaFagor
24 Herman FlabatPull Over Centrale
25 Aurelio Gonzalez PuenteKas-Kaskol

References

  1. "1969 » 24th Vuelta a España". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. "24ème Vuelta a España 1969". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
  3. "Año 1969 - Las Etapas". La Historia de la Vuelta. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. "Clasificaciones Oficiales" [Official Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 May 1969. p. 27. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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