1961 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	26 April – 11 May
Stages	16
Distance	2,856.5 km (1,775 mi)
Winning time	77h 36' 17"
Results
Winner  Angelino Soler (ESP) (Faema)   Second  François Mahé (FRA) (Francia – Afcas)   Third  José Pérez Francés (ESP) (Ferrys) Points  Antonio Suárez (ESP) (Faema)   Mountains  Antonio Karmany (ESP) (KAS – Royal Asport)   Sprints  Vicente Iturat (ESP) (Catigene)
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The 16thVuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distancebicyclestage race and one of the threegrand tours, was held from 26 April to 11 May 1961. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 2,856.5 km (1,774.9 mi), and was won byAngelino Soler of the Faemacycling team.^[1] Antonio Suárez won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.

List of stages^[2][3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1a	26 April	San Sebastián to San Sebastián	10.5 km (7 mi)		Team time trial	Faema
1b		San Sebastián toPamplona	91 km (57 mi)			Marcel Rohrbach (FRA)
2	27 April	Pamplona to Pamplona	174 km (108 mi)			François Mahé (FRA)
3	28 April	Pamplona toHuesca	174 km (108 mi)			Vicente Iturat (ESP)
4	29 April	Binéfar toBarcelona	199 km (124 mi)			Marcel Seynaeve (BEL)
5	30 April	Barcelona toTortosa	185 km (115 mi)			Jesús Galdeano (ESP)
6	1 May	Tortosa toValencia	188 km (117 mi)			Angelino Soler (ESP)
7	2 May	Valencia toBenidorm	141 km (88 mi)			René Van Meenen (BEL)
8	3 May	Benidorm toAlbacete	211 km (131 mi)			José Pérez Francés (ESP)
9	4 May	Albacete toMadrid	198 km (123 mi)			Alves Barbosa (POR)
10	5 May	Madrid to Madrid	195 km (121 mi)			Luis Otaño (ESP)
11	6 May	Madrid toValladolid	189 km (117 mi)			Arthur Decabooter (BEL)
12	7 May	Valladolid toPalencia	48 km (30 mi)		Individual time trial	Antonio Suárez (ESP)
13	8 May	Palencia toSantander	220 km (137 mi)			Francisco Moreno (ESP)
14	9 May	Santander toVitoria	235 km (146 mi)			François Mahé (FRA)
15	10 May	Vitoria toBilbao	179 km (111 mi)			Antonio Karmany (ESP)
16	11 May	Bilbao to Bilbao	159 km (99 mi)			Gabriel Company (ESP)
	Total		2,856.5 km (1,775 mi)

Final general classification^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Angelino Soler	Faema	77h 36' 17"
2	François Mahé	Francia – Afcas	+ 51"
3	José Pérez Francés	Ferrys	+ 2' 23"
4	Antonio Suárez	Faema	+ 2' 47"
5	Antonio Gómez del Moral	Faema	+ 3' 13"
6	Vicente Iturat	Catigene	+ 5' 29"
7	Fernando Manzaneque	Licor 43	+ 5' 47"
8	Antonio Karmany	Kas-Royal Sport	+ 6' 07"
9	Carmelo Morales	Licor 43	+ 7' 39"
10	Jesús Loroño	Ferrys	+ 7' 47"
11	Andre Messelis	Groene Leeuw
12	Miguel Pacheco Font	Licor 43
13	Arturo Sabbadin	Philico
14	Salvador Botella	Faema
15	Juan Campillo	Kas-Royal Sport
16	Rene Marigil	Licor 43
17	Jan Adriaensens	Groene Leeuw
18	Antonio Barbosa
19	Marcel Seynaeve	Groene Leeuw
20	Ángel Guardiola	Licor 43
21	Luis Otaño	Licor 43
22	Antonio Jiménez	Kas-Royal Sport
23	Jef Lahaye	Groene Leeuw
24	Jose Sousa Cardoso
25	Jesús Galdeano	Faema

• 1961 Vuelta a España
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