1969 Vuelta a España | |
Date: | 23 April – 11 May |
Stages: | 18 |
Distance: | 2921.4 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 73h 18' 45" |
Speed: | 39.85 |
First: | Roger Pingeon |
First Nat: | FRA |
First Color: | yellow |
First Team: | Peugeot–BP–Michelin |
Second: | Luis Ocaña |
Second Nat: | ESP |
Second Natvar: | 1945 |
Second Team: | Fagor |
Third: | Rini Wagtmans |
Third Nat: | NED |
Third Team: | Willem II |
Points: | Raymond Steegmans |
Points Nat: | BEL |
Points Color: | green |
Points Team: | Goldor |
Mountains: | Luis Ocaña |
Mountains Nat: | ESP |
Mountains Natvar: | 1945 |
Mountains Team: | Fagor |
Sprints: | Juan María Uribezubia |
Sprints Nat: | ESP |
Sprints Natvar: | 1945 |
Sprints Team: | Karpy |
Previous: | 1968 |
Next: | 1970 |
The 24th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 23 April to 11 May 1969. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2921.4km (1,815.3miles), and was won by Roger Pingeon of the Peugeot cycling team. Raymond Steegmans won the points competition and Luis Ocaña, who demonstrated his time trialling skills by winning the prologue and two time trials in the race, won the mountains classification.
See main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1969 Vuelta a España.
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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1a | 23 April | Badajoz – Badajoz | 6.5km (04miles) | Individual time trial | |||
1b | 24 April | Badajoz – Badajoz | 246km (153miles) | ||||
2 | 25 April | Badajoz – Cáceres | 135km (84miles) | ||||
3 | 26 April | Cáceres – Talavera de la Reina | 190km (120miles) | ||||
4 | 27 April | Talavera de la Reina – Madrid | 124km (77miles) | ||||
5 | 28 April | Madrid – Alcázar de San Juan | 162km (101miles) | ||||
6 | 29 April | Alcázar de San Juan – Almansa | 231km (144miles) | ||||
7 | 30 April | Almansa – Nules | 233km (145miles) | ||||
8 | 1 May | Nules – Benicàssim | 199km (124miles) | ||||
9 | 2 May | Benicàssim – Reus | 169km (105miles) | ||||
10 | 3 May | Reus – Barcelona | 146km (91miles) | ||||
11 | 4 May | Barcelona – Sant Feliu de Guíxols | 118km (73miles) | ||||
12 | 5 May | Sant Feliu de Guíxols – Moià | 151km (94miles) | ||||
13 | 6 May | Moià – Barbastro | 229km (142miles) | ||||
14a | 7 May | Barbastro – Zaragoza | 125km (78miles) | ||||
14b | 7 May | Zaragoza – Zaragoza | 4km (02miles) | Individual time trial | |||
15 | 8 May | Zaragoza – Pamplona | 176km (109miles) | ||||
16 | 9 May | Irun – San Sebastián | 25km (16miles) | Individual time trial | |||
17 | 10 May | San Sebastián – Vitoria | 129km (80miles) | ||||
18a | 11 May | Vitoria – Llodio | 76km (47miles) | ||||
18b | 11 May | Llodio – Bilbao | 29km (18miles) | Individual time trial | |||
Total | 2921.4km (1,815.3miles) |
1 | 73h 18' 45" | |||
2 | Fagor | + 1' 54" | ||
3 | Willem II | + 5' 10" | ||
4 | Pepsi Cola | + 5' 10" | ||
5 | Bic | + 5' 27" | ||
6 | Bic | + 6' 11" | ||
7 | Bic | + 6' 47" | ||
8 | + 7' 05" | |||
9 | + 7' 35" | |||
10 | Fagor | + 7' 51" | ||
11 | Pepsi Cola | |||
12 | ||||
13 | Karpy | |||
14 | Pull Over Centrale | |||
15 | Fagor | |||
16 | Fagor | |||
17 | Pepsi Cola | |||
18 | ||||
19 | Pepsi Cola | |||
20 | Karpy | |||
21 | Pepsi Cola | |||
22 | Fagor | |||
23 | Fagor | |||
24 | Pull Over Centrale | |||
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