1959 Vuelta a España

The 14th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 24 to May 17, 1959. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,048 km, and was won by Antonio Suárez.^[1] Suárez also won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification.

[edit] Results

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Antonio Suárez	Licor 43	84h 36' 20s
2	José Segu Soriano	Kas	a 1' 06s
3	Rik Van Looy	Faema-Guerra	a 7' 00s
4	Pierre Everaert	St.Raphael	a 7' 44s
5	Emmanuel Busto	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop	a 16' 29s
6	Roger Rivière	St.Raphael	a 17' 30s
7	Hilaire Couvreur	Faema-Guerra	a 24' 24s
8	Luis Otano	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop	a 26' 34s
9	Joseph Vloeberghs	Faema-Guerra	a 27' 17s
10	Jesus Galdeano	Faema	a 29' 40s
11	Marcel Rohrbach	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
12	René Marigil	Licor 43
13	Juan Campillo	Faema
14	Frans Van Loeveren	Faema-Guerra
15	Hans Junkermann	Faema-Guerra
16	José Luis Talamillo	Boxing
17	Guido Boni	Tricofilina-Coppi
18	Jesús Loroño	Faema
19	Claude Coltette	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
20	Julio San Emeterio	Kas
21	Andres Trobat	Licor 43
22	Antonio Karmany	Kas
23	Gabriel Company Bauza	Faema
24	Salvador Botella	Faema
25	Fernando Manzaneque	Licor 43

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