1950 Vuelta a España

The 9th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 17 August to 10 September 1950. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,984 km (2,476 mi), and was won by Emilio Rodríguez.^[1] Rodríguez also won the mountains classification.^[2][3]

1950 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	17 August – 10 September
Stages	22
Distance	3,984 km (2,476 mi)
Winning time	134h 49' 19"
Results
Winner  Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)   Second  Manolo Rodríguez (ESP)   Third  José Serra (ESP)   Mountains  Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
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Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1950 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[4][5]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	17 August	Madrid – Valladolid	190 km (118 mi)			Omer Braeckeveldt (BEL)
2	18 August	Valladolid – León	133 km (83 mi)			Rik Evens (BEL)
3	19 August	León – Gijón	148 km (92 mi)			Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
4a	20 August	Gijón – Torrelavega	167 km (104 mi)			Agustín Miró [es] (ESP)
4b	20 August	Torrelavega – Santander	78 km (48 mi)			Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
5	21 August	Santander – Bilbao	177 km (110 mi)			Antonio Gelabert (ESP)
6	22 August	Bilbao – Irun	240 km (149 mi)			Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
7	24 August	Irun – Pamplona	109 km (68 mi)			Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
8a	25 August	Pamplona – Tudela	90 km (56 mi)		Individual time trial	Bernardo Capó (ESP)
8b	25 August	Tudela – Zaragoza	176 km (109 mi)			Bernardo Ruiz (ESP)
9	26 August	Zaragoza – Lleida	144 km (89 mi)			Umberto Drei (ITA)
10	27 August	Lleida – Barcelona	167 km (104 mi)			José Serra (ESP)
11	29 August	Barcelona – Tarragona	150 km (93 mi)			Rik Evens (BEL)
12	30 August	Tarragona – Castellón	194 km (121 mi)			Luis Navarro (ESP)
13	31 August	Castellón – Valencia	65 km (40 mi)		Individual time trial	Antonio Sánchez Belando [ca] (ESP)
14	1 September	Valencia – Murcia	265 km (165 mi)			Umberto Drei (ITA)
15	2 September	Murcia – Lorca	117 km (73 mi)			Umberto Drei (ITA)
16	3 September	Lorca – Granada	22 km (14 mi)			Alighiero Ridolfi [es] (ITA)
17	4 September	Granada – Málaga	183 km (114 mi)			Umberto Drei (ITA)
18	6 September	Málaga – Cádiz	268 km (167 mi)			Antonio Gelabert (ESP)
19a	7 September	Cádiz – Jerez de la Frontera	56 km (35 mi)		Individual time trial	Andrés Trobat (ESP)
19b	7 September	Jerez de la Frontera – Seville	100 km (62 mi)			José Serra (ESP)
20	8 September	Seville – Mérida	200 km (124 mi)			Victorio García [fr] (ESP)
21	9 September	Mérida – Talavera de la Reina	228 km (142 mi)			Bernardo Capó (ESP)
22	10 September	Talavera de la Reina – Madrid	117 km (73 mi)			Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
	Total		3,984 km (2,476 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Emilio Rodríguez		134h 49' 19"
2	Manolo Rodríguez		+ 15' 30"
3	José Serra		+ 16' 05"
4	Bernardo Ruiz		+ 19' 16"
5	Umberto Drei		+ 25' 23"
6	Senen Mesa		+ 31' 44"
7	Bernardo Capo		+ 36' 29"
8	Alighiero Ridolfi		+ 46' 38"
9	Antonio Gelabert		+ 47' 03"
10	Jesús Loroño		+ 1h 00' 26"
11	Francisco Exposito
12	Andrés Trobat
13	Luis Sanchez
14	Rik Evens
15	Victorio Garcia
16	Martin Mancisidor
17	Agustin Miro
18	Senen Blanco
19	Angel Bruna
20	Mateo Coll Bover
21	Antonio Sanchez
22	Matias Alemany
23	Luis Navarro
24	Elias Walckiers
25	Guillermo Peregrina