1960 Vuelta a España
Cycling race
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The 15th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), 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.
Dates29 April – 15 May
Stages17
Distance3,567 km (2,216 mi)
Winning time103h 05' 57"
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| Dates | 29 April – 15 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,567 km (2,216 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 103h 05' 57" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams and riders
Route
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 29 April | Gijón to Gijón | 8 km (5 mi) |  |
Team time trial | Faema |
| 2 | 30 April | Gijón to A Coruña | 235 km (146 mi) |  Felipe Alberdi (ESP) | ||
| 3 | 1 May | A Coruña to Vigo | 187 km (116 mi) | Antonio Barrutia (ESP) | ||
| 4 | 2 May | Vigo to Ourense | 105 km (65 mi) |  Frans De Mulder (BEL) | ||
| 5 | 3 May | Ourense to Zamora | 287 km (178 mi) | Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP) | ||
| 6 | 4 May | Zamora to Madrid | 250 km (155 mi) |  Nino Assirelli (ITA) | ||
| 7 | 5 May | Madrid to Madrid | 209 km (130 mi) | Frans De Mulder (BEL) | ||
| 8 | 6 May | Guadalajara to Zaragoza | 264 km (164 mi) | Arthur Decabooter (BEL) | ||
| 9 | 7 May | Zaragoza to Barcelona | 269 km (167 mi) | Salvador Botella (ESP) | ||
| 10 | 8 May | Barcelona to Barbastro | 240 km (149 mi) | Alfons Sweeck (BEL) | ||
| 11 | 9 May | Barbastro to Pamplona | 267 km (166 mi) | Vicente Iturat (ESP) | ||
| 12 | 10 May | Pamplona to Logroño | 179 km (111 mi) | Jesús Galdeano (ESP) | ||
| 13 | 11 May | Logroño to San Sebastián | 211 km (131 mi) | Federico Bahamontes (ESP) | ||
| 14 | 12 May | San Sebastián to Vitoria | 263 km (163 mi) | Antonio Suárez (ESP) | ||
| 15 | 13 May | Vitoria to Santander | 232 km (144 mi) | Arthur Decabooter (BEL) | ||
| 16 | 14 May | Santander to Bilbao | 192 km (119 mi) | Frans De Mulder (BEL) | ||
| 17a | 15 May | Bilbao to Guernica | 116 km (72 mi) | Frans De Mulder (BEL) | ||
| 17b | Guernica to Bilbao | 53 km (33 mi) |  |
Individual time trial | Antonio Karmany (ESP) | |
| Total | 3,567 km (2,216 mi) | |||||
Results
| 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 |