1963 Vuelta a España

The 18th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 1 May to 15 May 1963. It consisted of 15 stages covering a total of 2,442 km (1,517 mi), and was won by Jacques Anquetil of the St. Raphael-Gitane cycling team.^[1] Not only did Anquetil complete his Grand Tour treble, this also marked the first time in history a rider won two Grand Tours in the same calendar year for his team sponsor (since most Grand Tours from the 1930s until the early 1960s were contested in national teams). Bas Maliepaard won the points classification and Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification.

1963 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	1 May – 15 May
Stages	15
Distance	2,442 km (1,517 mi)
Winning time	64h 46' 20"
Results
Winner  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (St.Raphael-Gitane)   Second  José Martin Perez (ESP) (Faema)   Third  Miguel Pacheco (ESP) (Kas-Kaskol) Points  Bas Maliepaard (NED) (St.Raphael-Gitane)   Mountains  Julio Jiménez (ESP) (Faema)   Sprints  José Segú (ESP) (Faema)
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Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1963 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[2][3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1a	1 May	Gijón – Mieres	45 km (28 mi)			Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
1b	1 May	Mieres – Gijón	52 km (32 mi)		Individual time trial	Jacques Anquetil (FRA)
2	2 May	Gijón – Torrelavega	175 km (109 mi)			José Segú (ESP)
3	3 May	Torrelavega – Vitoria	249 km (155 mi)			Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
4	4 May	Vitoria – Bilbao	104 km (65 mi)			Jan Lauwers (BEL)
5	5 May	Bilbao – Bilbao	191 km (119 mi)			Bas Maliepaard (NED)
6	6 May	Bilbao – Eibar	165 km (103 mi)			Guy Ignolin (FRA)
7	7 May	Eibar – Tolosa	138 km (86 mi)			Valentín Uriona (ESP)
8	8 May	Tolosa – Pamplona	169 km (105 mi)			José Pérez Francés (ESP)
9	9 May	Pamplona – Zaragoza	180 km (112 mi)			Roger Baens (BEL)
10	10 May	Zaragoza – Lleida	144 km (89 mi)			Jean Stablinski (FRA)
11	11 May	Lleida – Barcelona	182 km (113 mi)			Jan Lauwers (BEL)
12a	12 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	80 km (50 mi)			Frans Aerenhouts (BEL)
12b	12 May	Sitges – Tarragona	52 km (32 mi)		Individual time trial	Miguel Pacheco (ESP)
13	13 May	Tarragona – Valencia	252 km (157 mi)			Seamus Elliott (IRL)
14	14 May	Cuenca – Madrid	177 km (110 mi)			Roger Baens (BEL)
15	15 May	Madrid – Madrid	87 km (54 mi)			Guy Ignolin (FRA)
	Total		2,442 km (1,517 mi)

Results

Final general classification^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jacques Anquetil	St.Raphael-Gitane	64h 46' 20"
2	José Martin Perez	Faema	+ 3' 06"
3	Miguel Pacheco	Kas-Kaskol	+ 3' 32"
4	Bas Maliepaard	St.Raphael-Gitane	+ 5' 06"
5	Francisco Gabica	Kas-Kaskol	+ 7' 57"
6	Antonio Suárez	Faema	+ 8' 13"
7	Eusebio Vélez	Kas-Kaskol	+ 8' 34"
8	Antonio Gómez del Moral	Faema	+ 9' 10"
9	Jean Stablinski	St.Raphael-Gitane	+ 9' 31"
10	Guillaume Van Tongerloo	GBC-Libertas	+ 10' 48"
11	Antonio Barrutia	Kas-Kaskol
12	Frans Aerenhouts	GBC-Libertas
13	Fernando Manzaneque	Ferrys
14	Antonio Karmany	Ferrys
15	Edgard Sorgeloos	GBC-Libertas
16	José Antonio Momene	Kas-Kaskol
17	Gérard Thiélin	St.Raphael-Gitane
18	Valentín Uriona	Kas-Kaskol
19	Anatole Novak	St.Raphael-Gitane
20	Sebastián Elorza	Kas-Kaskol
21	Dieter Puschel	Wiels-Groene Leeuw
22	Roger Baens	GBC-Libertas
23	Julio Jiménez	Faema
24	Esteban Martín	Ferrys
25	Carlos Echeverría	Kas-Kaskol

References

1. "General Information 1963". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
2. "1963  » 18th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
3. "18ème Vuelta a España 1963". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
4. "Edición del Thursday 16 May 1963, Página 8 - Hemeroteca - MundoDeportivo.com" (PDF). hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

External links

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