1941 Vuelta a España

The 3rd Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 12 June to 6 July 1941. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 4,409 km (2,740 mi). Delio Rodríguez won 12 of the 21 stages and finished in 4th place overall. Fermin Trueba won three stages and the mountains classification and finished only about one minute behind Julián Berrendero, in a race where the winner's time was nearly 170:00:00.[1][2]

1941 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates12 June – 6 July
Stages21
Distance4,409 km (2,740 mi)
Winning time168h 45' 26"
Results
Winner  Julián Berrendero (ESP)
  Second  Fermin Trueba (ESP)
  Third  José Jabardo (ESP)
Mountains  Fermin Trueba (ESP)

This was the first time that the Vuelta was won by a Spanish rider. The race was organized by "Educacion y Descanco", an organisation in the Franco dictatorship with the goal to promote arts, culture and sports. Teams from several countries (Belgium, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands) were invited to send a team of four riders, but the countries involved in World War II were unwilling or unable to do so, and only riders from Spain and neutral Switzerland competed in the race.[3]

Rodriguez rose to fame after this race and later became a significant figure in Spanish cycling history.[4][5]

Teams and riders
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1941 Vuelta a España

Route
List of stages[6][7][8]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 12 June Madrid – Salamanca 210 km (130 mi)  Julián Berrendero (ESP)
2 13 June Salamanca – Cáceres 214 km (133 mi)  Antonio Montes (ESP)
3 14 June Cáceres – Sevilla 270 km (168 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
4 16 June Sevilla – Málaga 212 km (132 mi)  Antonio Escuriet (ESP)
5 17 June Málaga – Almería 220 km (137 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
6 18 June Almería – Murcia 223 km (139 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
7 19 June Murcia – Valencia 248 km (154 mi)  Antonio Sancho (ESP)
8 21 June Valencia – Tarragona 279 km (173 mi)  Fermin Trueba (ESP)
9 22 June Tarragona – Barcelona 112 km (70 mi)  Antonio Martín (ESP)
10 23 June Barcelona – Zaragoza 294 km (183 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
11 24 June Zaragoza – Logroño 172 km (107 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
12 25 June Logroño – San Sebastián 213 km (132 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
13 26 June San Sebastián – Bilbao 160 km (99 mi)  Fermin Trueba (ESP)
14 28 June Bilbao – Santander 165 km (103 mi)  Fermin Trueba (ESP)
15 29 June Santander – Gijón 192 km (119 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
16a 30 June Gijón – Oviedo 53 km (33 mi) Individual time trial  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
16b Oviedo – Luarca 101 km (63 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
17 1 July Luarca – A Coruña 219 km (136 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
18 2 July A Coruña – Vigo 175 km (109 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
19 4 July Vigo – Verín 178 km (111 mi)  Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
20 5 July Verín – Valladolid 301 km (187 mi)  Julián Berrendero (ESP)
21 6 July Valladolid – Madrid 198 km (123 mi)  Vicente Carretero (ESP)

Results

Final General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime
1Spain Julián Berrendero168h 45' 26s
2Spain Fermin Truebaa 1' 07s
3Spain José Jabardoa 6' 32s
4Spain Delio Rodrígueza 29' 17s
5Spain Antonio Sanchoa 35' 40s
6Spain Antonio Escurieta 35' 57s
7Spain Antonio Martína 46' 04s
8Spain Vicente Carreteroa 54' 25s
9Spain José Canoa 1h 05' 40s
10Spain Manuel Izquierdoa 1h 24' 13s
11Spain José Botanch
12Spain Benito Cabestreros
13Spain Miguel Carrion
14Spain Cayetano Martin
15Switzerland Emile Vaucher
16Spain Martin Santos

References
  1. "Manana Empieza en Madrid la III Vuelta Ciclista a España" [The third Tour of Spain begins in Madrid tomorrow] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo S.A. 11 June 1941. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. "La Vuelta Ciclista a España "tesoro de propaganda nacional"" [The cycling Tour of Spain "treasure of national propaganda"] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 June 1941. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. van den Akker, Pieter. Vuelta a España rules and statistics: 1935-2021. p. 4. ISBN 979-8837468667.
  4. "General Information 1941". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
  5. Boyce, Barry. "The Return of the Vuelta". CyclingRevealed. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  6. "1941  » 3rd Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  7. "3ème Vuelta a España 1941". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
  8. "1941 Stage Results". La Vuelta. Unipublic. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
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