1948 Vuelta a España

The 8th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 13 June to 4 July 1948. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of 4,090 km (2,540 mi), and was won by Bernardo Ruiz.^[1] Ruiz also won the mountains classification.^[2]

1948 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	13 June – 4 July
Stages	20
Distance	4,090 km (2,541 mi)
Winning time	155h 06' 30"
Results
Winner  Bernardo Ruiz (ESP)   Second  Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)   Third  Bernardo Capo (ESP) Mountains  Bernardo Ruiz (ESP)
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Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1948 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[3][4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	13 June	Madrid – Madrid	14 km (9 mi)		Individual time trial	Bernardo Ruiz (ESP)  Julián Berrendero (ESP)
2	13 June	Madrid – Valdepeñas	198 km (123 mi)			Frans Gielen [fr] (BEL)
3	14 June	Valdepeñas – Granada	232 km (144 mi)			Dalmacio Langarica (ESP)
4	15 June	Granada – Murcia	285 km (177 mi)			Bernardo Ruiz (ESP)
5	16 June	Murcia – Alicante	230 km (143 mi)			Roberto Vercellone [ca] (ITA)
6	17 June	Alicante – Valencia	163 km (101 mi)			Dalmacio Langarica (ESP)
7	19 June	Valencia – Tortosa	201 km (125 mi)			José Pérez Llacer [es] (ESP)
8	20 June	Tortosa – Barcelona	209 km (130 mi)			Senén Mesa [es] (ESP)
9	21 June	Barcelona – Lleida	203 km (126 mi)			Miguel Gual (ESP)
10	22 June	Lleida – Zaragoza	144 km (89 mi)			Jean Lesage [ca] (BEL)
11	23 June	Zaragoza – San Sebastián	276 km (171 mi)			Dalmacio Langarica (ESP)
12	25 June	San Sebastián – Bilbao	259 km (161 mi)			Bernardo Ruiz (ESP)
13	26 June	Bilbao – Santander	212 km (132 mi)			Senén Mesa [es] (ESP)
14	27 June	Santander – Gijón	225 km (140 mi)			Senén Mesa [es] (ESP)
15	28 June	Gijón – Ribadeo	200 km (124 mi)			Jean Lesage (BEL)
16	29 June	Ribadeo – A Coruña	156 km (97 mi)			Miguel Gual (ESP)
17	1 July	A Coruña – Ourense	156 km (97 mi)			Miguel Gual (ESP)
18	2 July	Ourense – León	276 km (171 mi)			Jean Lesage [ca] (BEL)
19	3 July	León – Segovia	269 km (167 mi)			Miguel Gual (ESP)
20	4 July	Segovia – Madrid	100 km (62 mi)			Víctor Ruiz (ESP)
	Total		4,090 km (2,541 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Bernardo Ruiz		155h 06' 30"
2	Emilio Rodríguez		+ 9' 07"
3	Bernardo Capo		+ 20' 45"
4	Dalmacio Langarica		+ 22' 19"
5	Senen Mesa		+ 24' 57"
6	Manuel Costa		+ 25' 52"
7	Manolo Rodríguez		+ 33' 25"
8	José Pérez Llácer		+ 39' 37"
9	Miguel Gual		+ 43' 35"
10	Antoine Giauna		+ 1h 07' 38"
11	Victorio Ruiz
12	Jean Lesage
13	Juan Gimeno
14	Ricardo Ferrandiz
15	José Serra
16	Agustin Miro
17	Antonio Gelabert
18	Pedro Font
19	Jean Breur
20	Senen Blanco
21	Jesús Loroño
22	Andres Moran
23	Natalino Arata
24	Joaquim Jimenez
25	Frans Gielen