1961 Vuelta a España

The 16th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand 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 by Angelino Soler of the Faema cycling team.^[1] Antonio Suárez won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.

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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Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1961 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[2][3]

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

Results

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