1936 Vuelta a España explained

1936 Vuelta a España
Date:	5–31 May
Stages:	21
Distance:	4354
Unit:	km
Time:	150h 07' 54"
Speed:	29.068
First:	Gustaaf Deloor
First Nat:	BEL
First Color:	orange
Second:	Alfons Deloor
Second Nat:	BEL
Third:	Antonio Bertola
Third Nat:	ITA
Third Natvar:	1861
Mountains:	Salvador Molina
Mountains Nat:	ESP
Mountains Natvar:	1931
Mountains Color:	green
Previous:	1935
Next:	1941

The 1936 Vuelta a España was the 2nd Vuelta a España.This cycling race took place from 5 May to 31 May 1936. The race was composed of 21 stages over 4354km (2,705miles) and was ridden at an average of 29km/h. The second edition of the Vuelta began under a volatile political and social situation and several weeks after the race was over, Spain was plunged into its civil war.^[1] The race was anticipated to see a battle between the previous winner Belgian Gustaaf Deloor and the second-place finisher of 1935 Spaniard Mariano Canardo. However a crash during the early stages of the race ruled Canardo out of the runnings. While Deloor led the race from the second stage to the finish, his brother Alfons climbed up the classification and when second placed Spaniard Antonio Escuriet suffered exhaustion on the penultimate day, Alfons rode himself into the second place overall. Fifty riders began the race and only twenty four finished the race in Madrid on 31 May. Afterward the Vuelta was suspended during the civil war where riders such as Julian Berrendero had to do military service and were also imprisoned during the war.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

The leader of the general classification wore an orange jersey, while the last-placed cyclist wore a red garment. The Spanish other cyclists wore grey jerseys, and the other foreign cyclists wore green jerseys.^[8]

Route and stages

Stage characteristics and results^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	5 May	Madrid – Salamanca	210km (130miles)
2	6 May	Salamanca – Cáceres	214km (133miles)
3	7 May	Cáceres – Sevilla	270km (170miles)
4	9 May	Sevilla – Málaga	212km (132miles)
5	10 May	Málaga – Granada	132km (82miles)
6	11 May	Granada – Almería	185km (115miles)
7	13 May	Almería – Alicante	306km (190miles)
8	14 May	Alicante – Valencia	184km (114miles)
9	15 May	Valencia – Tarragona	279km (173miles)
10	17 May	Tarragona – Barcelona	129km (80miles)
11	18 May	Barcelona – Zaragoza	293km (182miles)
12	19 May	Zaragoza – San Sebastián	265km (165miles)
13	21 May	San Sebastián – Bilbao	160km (100miles)
14	22 May	Bilbao – Santander	199km (124miles)
15	24 May	Santander – Gijón	194km (121miles)
16	25 May	Gijón – Ribadeo	155km (96miles)
17	26 May	Ribadeo – A Coruña	157km (98miles)
18	27 May	A Coruña – Vigo	175km (109miles)
19	29 May	Vigo – Verín	178km (111miles)
20	30 May	Verín – Zamora	207km (129miles)
21	31 May	Zamora – Madrid	250km (160miles)

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1			Luigi Barral
2	Gustaaf Deloor	Gustaaf Deloor
3
4	Gustaaf Deloor
5			Fermín Trueba
6	Gustaaf Deloor
7	Mariano Cañardo
8
9	Salvador Cardona
10
11	Alfons Schepers
12	Alfons Schepers
13
14	Alfons Deloor
15	Mariano Cañardo
16	Rafael Ramos
17	Alfons Schepers
18
19	Fermin Trueba
20
21	Emiliano Álvarez			Belgium
Final		Gustaaf Deloor		Belgium

Final standings

General classification

There were 26 cyclists who had completed all fourteen stages. For these cyclists, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the winner.^[13]

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1
2			+ 11' 39"
3			+ 17' 54"
4			+ 23' 39"
5			+ 28' 54"
6			+ 49' 29"
7			+ 58' 18"
8			+ 1h 05' 47"
9			+ 1h 07' 22"
10			+ 1h 18' 05"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1			78
2			72
3			63
4			47
5			40
6			38.5
7			35
8			28
9			20
10			19

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Last Vuelta Before the Spanish Civil War. Cycling revealed.com. 13 December 2007.
2. Web site: 1936 General Information. la vuelta.com. 13 December 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20110611174908/http://www.lavuelta.com/06/ingles/historia/36infor.asp?a=1936&s=infor&t=infor&e=p. 2011-06-11. dead.
3. News: Hoy se inicia en Madrid la II Vuelta Ciclista a España. es. Today the second Tour of Spain begins in Madrid. El Sol. 5 May 1936. 18 August 2018.
4. News: La II Vuelta a España. es. The second Tour of Spain. El Siglo Futuro. 22 April 1936. 18 August 2018.
5. News: Los incidentes de la carrera Jaca-Barcelona. es. The incidents of the Jaca-Barcelona race. El Sol. 16 April 1936. 18 August 2018.
6. News: Untitled (first column). es. 2. El Mundo Deportivo. 3 May 1936. 18 August 2018.
7. News: Este año no debe haber "debacle" nacional en la Vuelta a España. es. This year there should be no national "debacle" in the Vuelta a España. 1. El Mundo Deportivo. 3 May 1936. 18 August 2018.
8. Web site: Tales from the Vuelta: in 1936, the leader wore an orange jersey. La Vuelta. lavuelta.com. 2004.
9. Web site: 1936 Stage Results. La Vuelta. Unipublic. 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110817224305/http://historia.lavuelta.com/es/anio.asp?a=1936. 17 August 2011. dead.
10. News: Las etapas de la II Vuelta a España. es. The stages of the second Tour of Spain. El Sol. 18 August 2018.
11. Web site: 1936 » 2nd Vuelta a Espana. Procyclingstats. 18 August 2018.
12. Web site: 2ème Vuelta a España 1936. Memoire du cyclisme. fr. https://web.archive.org/web/20041025144239/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1936.php. 25 October 2004.
13. News: El belga Gustavo Deloor consiguió de nuevo ganarla. es. The Belgian Gustavo Deloor managed to win again. El Sol. 2 June 1936. 18 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180910212846/http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/pdf.raw?query=id%3A0000579691&lang=en&log=19360602-00000-00008%2FEl+Sol+%28Madrid.+1917%29#page=1#page=1. 2018-09-10. live.