1966 Vuelta a España

The 21st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 28 April to 15 May 1966. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,949.5 km (1,832.7 mi), and was won by Francisco Gabica of the Kas–Kaskol cycling team. Jos van der Vleuten won the points classification and Gregorio San Miguel won the mountains classification.[1]

1966 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates28 April – 15 May
Stages18
Distance2,949.5 km (1,833 mi)
Winning time78h 53' 55"
Results
Winner  Francisco Gabica (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)
  Second  Eusebio Vélez (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)
  Third  Carlos Echeverría (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)

Points  Jos van der Vleuten (NED) (Televizier – Batavus)
  Mountains  Gregorio San Miguel (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)
  Sprints  Domingo Perurena (ESP) (Fagor)

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages[2][3]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1a 28 April Murcia – Murcia 111 km (69 mi)  Bruno Sivilotti (ITA)
1b 28 April Murcia – Murcia 3.5 km (2 mi) Individual time trial  José María Errandonea (ESP)
2a 29 April MurciaLa Manga 81 km (50 mi)  Enzo Pretolani (ITA)
2b 29 April La MangaBenidorm 153 km (95 mi)  Ramón Mendiburu (ESP)
3 30 April BenidormValencia 148 km (92 mi)  José Antonio Momeñe (ESP)
4 1 May CuencaMadrid 177 km (110 mi)  Valentín Uriona (ESP)
5 2 May Madrid – Madrid 181 km (112 mi)  Carlos Echeverría (ESP)
6 3 May MadridCalatayud 225 km (140 mi)  Jo de Roo (NED)
7 4 May CalatayudZaragoza 105 km (65 mi)  Cees Haast (NED)
8 5 May ZaragozaLleida 144 km (89 mi)  Henk Nijdam (NED)
9 6 May LleidaLas Colinas 128 km (80 mi)  Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP)
10a 7 May SitgesBarcelona 40 km (25 mi)  Luis Otaño (ESP)
10b 7 May Barcelona – Barcelona 49 km (30 mi)  Henk Nijdam (NED)
11 8 May BarcelonaHuesca 266 km (165 mi)  Mario Zanin (ITA)
12 9 May HuescaPamplona 221 km (137 mi)  Gerben Karstens (NED)
13 10 May PamplonaSan Sebastián 131 km (81 mi)  Cees Haast (NED)
14 11 May San SebastiánVitoria 178 km (111 mi)  Gregorio San Miguel (ESP)
15a 12 May VitoriaHaro 61 km (38 mi) Individual time trial  Francisco Gabica (ESP)
15b 12 May HaroLogroño 52 km (32 mi)  Gerben Karstens (NED)
16 13 May LogroñoBurgos 116 km (72 mi)  Henk Nijdam (NED)
17 14 May BurgosSantander 226 km (140 mi)  Gerben Karstens (NED)
18 15 May SantanderBilbao 154 km (96 mi)  Domingo Perurena (ESP)
Total 2,949.5 km (1,833 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

RankRiderTeamTime
1 Francisco Gabica (ESP)Kas–Kaskol78h 53' 55"
2 Eusebio Vélez (ESP)Kas–Kaskol+ 39"
3 Carlos Echeverría (ESP)Kas–Kaskol+ 44"
4 Luis Otaño (ESP)Fagor+ 2' 17"
5 José Antonio Momeñe (ESP)Kas–Kaskol+ 2' 25"
6 Valentín Uriona (ESP)Kas–Kaskol+ 2' 44"
7 Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP)Kas–Kaskol+ 3' 52"
8 Cees Haast (NED)Televizier+ 3' 55"
9 Angelino Soler (ESP)Ferrys+ 4' 37"
10 José María Errandonea (ESP)Fagor+ 4' 40"
11 Sebastián Elorza (ESP)Kas–Kaskol
12 Domingo Perurena (ESP)Fagor
13 Gregorio San Miguel (ESP)Kas–Kaskol
14 Mariano Díaz (ESP)Fagor
15 José Manuel López (ESP)Fagor
16 Eduardo Castelló (ESP)Ferrys
17 Jos van der Vleuten (NED)Televizier
18 Aldo Moser (ITA)Vittadello
19 Ramon Sáez Marzo (ESP)Ferrys
20 Juan María Uribezubia (ESP)Kas–Kaskol
21 Gerben Karstens (NED)Televizier
22 Henk Nijdam (NED)Televizier
23 Luis Pedro Santamarina (ESP)Fagor
24 Rik Wouters (NED)Televizier
25 Dieter Puschel (FRG)Wiels-Groene Leeuw

References

  1. "Las "Revueltas" de la "Vuelta" – Final apoteósico, con lagunas" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 16 May 1966. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2022.
  2. "1966 » 21st Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. "21ème Vuelta a España 1966". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
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