1964 Vuelta a España

The 19th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 30 April to 16 May 1964. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,860 km (1,780 mi), and was won by Raymond Poulidor of the Mercier cycling team.^[1] José Pérez Francés won the points classification and Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification.

1964 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	30 April – 16 May
Stages	17
Distance	2,860 km (1,777 mi)
Winning time	78h 23' 35"
Results
Winner  Raymond Poulidor (FRA) (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson)   Second  Luis Otaño (ESP) (Ferrys)   Third  José Pérez Francés (ESP) (Ferrys) Points  José Pérez Francés (ESP) (Ferrys)   Mountains  Julio Jiménez (ESP) (Kas-Kaskol)   Sprints  Antonio Bertrán (ESP) (Ferrys)
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Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1964 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[2][3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1a	30 April	Benidorm – Benidorm	42 km (26 mi)			Edward Sels (BEL)
1b	30 April	Benidorm – Benidorm	11 km (7 mi)		Individual time trial	Eusebio Vélez (ESP)
2	1 May	Benidorm – Nules	199 km (124 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
3	2 May	Nules – Salou	212 km (132 mi)			Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)
4a	3 May	Salou – Barcelona	115 km (71 mi)			Armand Desmet (BEL)
4b	3 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	49 km (30 mi)			Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
5	4 May	Barcelona – Puigcerdà	174 km (108 mi)			Julio Jiménez (ESP)
6	5 May	Puigcerdà – Lleida	187 km (116 mi)			Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)
7	6 May	Lleida – Jaca	201 km (125 mi)			Julio Sanz [fr] (ESP)
8	7 May	Jaca – Pamplona	205 km (127 mi)			Michel Stolker (NED)
9	8 May	Pamplona – San Sebastián	205 km (127 mi)			Luis Otaño (ESP)
10	9 May	San Sebastián – Bilbao	197 km (122 mi)			Henri De Wolf (BEL)
11	10 May	Bilbao – Vitoria	107 km (66 mi)			Victor Van Schil (BEL)
12	11 May	Vitoria – Santander	211 km (131 mi)			Barry Hoban (GBR)
13	12 May	Santander – Avilés	230 km (143 mi)			Barry Hoban (GBR)
14	13 May	Avilés – León	163 km (101 mi)			Julio Jiménez (ESP)
15	14 May	Becilla – Valladolid	65 km (40 mi)		Individual time trial	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
16	15 May	Valladolid – Madrid	209 km (130 mi)			Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
17	16 May	Madrid – Madrid	87 km (54 mi)			Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)
	Total		2,860 km (1,777 mi)

Results

Final general classification^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Raymond Poulidor	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson	78h 23' 35"
2	Luis Otaño	Ferrys	+ 33"
3	José Pérez Francés	Ferrys	+ 1' 26"
4	Eusebio Vélez	Kas-Kaskol	+ 2' 04"
5	Julio Jiménez	Kas-Kaskol	+ 3' 16"
6	Fernando Manzaneque	Ferrys	+ 4' 19"
7	Valentín Uriona	Kas-Kaskol	+ 6' 06"
8	José Antonio Momeñe	Kas-Kaskol	+ 9' 31"
9	Francisco Gabica	Kas-Kaskol	+ 9' 32"
10	Antonio Bertrán Panadés	Ferrys	+ 11' 14"
11	Sebastián Elorza	Kas-Kaskol
12	Victor Van Schil	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
13	Robert Cazala	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
14	Henri De Wolf	Solo Superia
15	Antonio Karmany Mestres	Ferrys
16	Arthur Decabooter	Solo Superia
17	Wim van Est	Locomotief
18	Carlos Echeverría	Kas-Kaskol
19	André Le Dissez	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
20	Jean-Pierre Genet	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
21	Ventura Díaz	Inuri
22	Louis Proost	Solo Superia
23	Francisco Valada
24	Michel Van Aerde	Solo Superia

References

1. "General Information 1964". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
2. "1964  » 19th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
3. "19ème Vuelta a España 1964". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
4. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 May 1964. p. 8. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

• La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)