Cycling race
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Dates | 25 April – 8 May | |||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 2,776 km (1,725 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 81h 04' 02" | |||||||||||||||||||
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The 10th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 25 April to 8 May 1955. It consisted of 15 stages covering total of 2,740 km (1,700 mi), and was won by, Jean Dotto. Fiorenzo Magni won the "points classification." And Giuseppe Buratti won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders※
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1955 Vuelta a España
Route※
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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1 | 23 April | Bilbao – San Sebastián | 240 km (149 mi) | Gilbert Bauvin (FRA) | ||
2 | 24 April | San Sebastián – Bayonne (France) | 211 km (131 mi) | Gilbert Bauvin (FRA) | ||
3 | 25 April | Bayonne (France) – Pamplona | 157 km (98 mi) | Antonio Gelabert (ESP) | ||
4 | 26 April | Pamplona – Zaragoza | 229 km (142 mi) | Jesús Galdeano (ESP) | ||
5 | 27 April | Zaragoza – Lleida | 195 km (121 mi) | Gabriel Company (ESP) | ||
6 | 28 April | Lleida – Barcelona | 230 km (143 mi) | Pierino Baffi (ITA) | ||
7 | 30 April | Barcelona – Barcelona | 29 km (18 mi) | Individual time trial | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | |
8 | 1 May | Barcelona – Tortosa | 213 km (132 mi) | Vicente Iturat (ESP) | ||
9 | 2 May | Tortosa – Valencia | 190 km (118 mi) | Pierino Baffi (ITA) | ||
10 | 3 May | Valencia – Cuenca | 222 km (138 mi) | Antonio Uliana [it] (ITA) | ||
11 | 4 May | Cuenca – Madrid | 168 km (104 mi) | Donato Piazza (ITA) | ||
12 | 5 May | Madrid – Madrid | 15 km (9 mi) | Team time trial | Italy A | |
13 | 6 May | Madrid – Valladolid | 222 km (138 mi) | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | ||
14 | 7 May | Valladolid – Bilbao | 308 km (191 mi) | Donato Piazza (ITA) | ||
15 | 8 May | Bilbao – Bilbao | 147 km (91 mi) | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | ||
Total | 2,740 km (1,703 mi) |
Results※
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Jean Dotto | 81h 04' 02" | |
2 | Antonio Jiménez Quiles | + 3' 06" | |
3 | Raphaël Géminiani | + 5' 05" | |
4 | Jesús Loroño | + 5' 52" | |
5 | Vicente Iturat | + 6' 24" | |
6 | Gabriel Company | + 6' 30" | |
7 | José Serra Gil | + 7' 31" | |
8 | Giuseppe Buratti | + 8' 42" | |
9 | Cosme Barrutia | + 9' 37" | |
10 | Georges Gay | + 9' 44" | |
11 | Salvador Botella | ||
12 | Carmelo Morales | ||
13 | Fiorenzo Magni | ||
14 | Bernardo Ruiz | ||
15 | Andrés Trobat | ||
16 | José Gómez del Moral | ||
17 | Arsene Bauwens | ||
18 | Gastone Nencini | ||
19 | Francisco Moreno | ||
20 | Antonio Gelabert | ||
21 | Federico Bahamontes | ||
22 | Manolo Rodríguez | ||
23 | Nello Lauredi | ||
24 | Emilio Rodríguez | ||
25 | Miguel Gual |
References※
- ^ "General Information 1955". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ^ "1955 » 10th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "10ème Vuelta a España 1955". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
- ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 May 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 5 August 2018.