1960 Vuelta a España

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.

1960 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	29 April – 15 May
Stages	17
Distance	3,567 km (2,216 mi)
Winning time	103h 05' 57"
Results
Winner  Frans De Mulder (BEL) (Groene Leeuw)   Second  Armand Desmet (BEL) (Groene Leeuw)   Third  Miguel Pacheco Font (ESP) (Licor 43) Points  Arthur Decabooter (BEL) (Groene Leeuw)   Mountains  Antonio Karmany (ESP) (KAS)   Sprints  Vicente Iturat (ESP) (Ferrys)
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Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1960 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[2][3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	29 April	[Gijón-nl] – Gijón	8 km (5 mi)		Team time trial	Faema
2	30 April	[Gijón-nl] – A Coruña	235 km (146 mi)			Felipe Alberdi (ESP)
3	1 May	A Coruña – [Vigo-nl]	187 km (116 mi)			Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
4	2 May	[Vigo-nl] – [Ourense-nl]	105 km (65 mi)			Frans De Mulder (BEL)
5	3 May	[Ourense-nl] – Zamora	287 km (178 mi)			Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP)
6	4 May	Zamora – [Madrid-nl]	250 km (155 mi)			Nino Assirelli (ITA)
7	5 May	[Madrid-nl] – Madrid	209 km (130 mi)			Frans De Mulder (BEL)
8	6 May	Guadalajara – [Zaragoza-nl]	264 km (164 mi)			Arthur Decabooter (BEL)
9	7 May	[Zaragoza-nl] – [Barcelona-nl]	269 km (167 mi)			Salvador Botella (ESP)
10	8 May	[Barcelona-nl] – [Barbastro-nl]	240 km (149 mi)			Alfons Sweeck (BEL)
11	9 May	[Barbastro-nl] – [Pamplona-nl]	267 km (166 mi)			Vicente Iturat (ESP)
12	10 May	[Pamplona-nl] – [Logroño-nl]	179 km (111 mi)			Jesús Galdeano (ESP)
13	11 May	[Logroño-nl] – San Sebastián	211 km (131 mi)			Federico Bahamontes (ESP)
14	12 May	San Sebastián – [Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria-nl]	263 km (163 mi)			Antonio Suárez (ESP)
15	13 May	Vitoria-nl] – Santander	232 km (144 mi)			Arthur Decabooter (BEL)
16	14 May	Santander – [Bilbao-nl]	192 km (119 mi)			Frans De Mulder (BEL)
17a	15 May	[Bilbao-nl] – [Guernica-nl]	116 km (72 mi)			Frans De Mulder (BEL)
17b	15 May	[Guernica-nl] – [Bilbao-nl]	53 km (33 mi)		Individual time trial	Antonio Karmany (ESP)
	Total		3,567 km (2,216 mi)

Results

Final general classification^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
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
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

1. "General Information 1960". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
2. "1960  » 15th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
3. "15ème Vuelta a España 1960". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
4. "Clasificacion General" [General Classification] (PDF). El Mundo Deortivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2018.