1964 Vuelta a España

The 19th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 30 April to 16 May 1964. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,860 km (1,780 mi), and was won by Raymond Poulidor of the Mercier cycling team.^[1] José Pérez Francés won the points classification and Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification.

1964 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	30 April – 16 May
Stages	17
Distance	2,860 km (1,777 mi)
Winning time	78h 23' 35"
Results
Winner  Raymond Poulidor (FRA) (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson)   Second  Luis Otaño (ESP) (Ferrys)   Third  José Pérez Francés (ESP) (Ferrys) Points  José Pérez Francés (ESP) (Ferrys)   Mountains  Julio Jiménez (ESP) (Kas-Kaskol)   Sprints  Antonio Bertrán (ESP) (Ferrys)
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Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1964 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[2][3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1a	30 April	Benidorm – Benidorm	42 km (26 mi)			Edward Sels (BEL)
1b	30 April	Benidorm – Benidorm	11 km (7 mi)		Individual time trial	Eusebio Vélez (ESP)
2	1 May	Benidorm – Nules	199 km (124 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
3	2 May	Nules – Salou	212 km (132 mi)			Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)
4a	3 May	Salou – Barcelona	115 km (71 mi)			Armand Desmet (BEL)
4b	3 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	49 km (30 mi)			Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
5	4 May	Barcelona – Puigcerdà	174 km (108 mi)			Julio Jiménez (ESP)
6	5 May	Puigcerdà – Lleida	187 km (116 mi)			Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)
7	6 May	Lleida – Jaca	201 km (125 mi)			Julio Sanz [fr] (ESP)
8	7 May	Jaca – Pamplona	205 km (127 mi)			Michel Stolker (NED)
9	8 May	Pamplona – San Sebastián	205 km (127 mi)			Luis Otaño (ESP)
10	9 May	San Sebastián – Bilbao	197 km (122 mi)			Henri De Wolf (BEL)
11	10 May	Bilbao – Vitoria	107 km (66 mi)			Victor Van Schil (BEL)
12	11 May	Vitoria – Santander	211 km (131 mi)			Barry Hoban (GBR)
13	12 May	Santander – Avilés	230 km (143 mi)			Barry Hoban (GBR)
14	13 May	Avilés – León	163 km (101 mi)			Julio Jiménez (ESP)
15	14 May	Becilla – Valladolid	65 km (40 mi)		Individual time trial	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
16	15 May	Valladolid – Madrid	209 km (130 mi)			Antonio Barrutia (ESP)
17	16 May	Madrid – Madrid	87 km (54 mi)			Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)
	Total		2,860 km (1,777 mi)

Results

Final general classification^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Raymond Poulidor	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson	78h 23' 35"
2	Luis Otaño	Ferrys	+ 33"
3	José Pérez Francés	Ferrys	+ 1' 26"
4	Eusebio Vélez	Kas-Kaskol	+ 2' 04"
5	Julio Jiménez	Kas-Kaskol	+ 3' 16"
6	Fernando Manzaneque	Ferrys	+ 4' 19"
7	Valentín Uriona	Kas-Kaskol	+ 6' 06"
8	José Antonio Momeñe	Kas-Kaskol	+ 9' 31"
9	Francisco Gabica	Kas-Kaskol	+ 9' 32"
10	Antonio Bertrán Panadés	Ferrys	+ 11' 14"
11	Sebastián Elorza	Kas-Kaskol
12	Victor Van Schil	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
13	Robert Cazala	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
14	Henri De Wolf	Solo Superia
15	Antonio Karmany Mestres	Ferrys
16	Arthur Decabooter	Solo Superia
17	Wim van Est	Locomotief
18	Carlos Echeverría	Kas-Kaskol
19	André Le Dissez	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
20	Jean-Pierre Genet	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
21	Ventura Díaz	Inuri
22	Louis Proost	Solo Superia
23	Francisco Valada
24	Michel Van Aerde	Solo Superia