1966 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	28 April – 15 May
Stages	18
Distance	2,949.5 km (1,833 mi)
Winning time	78h 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)
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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]

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 [ fr] ( ITA)
1b	28 April	Murcia – Murcia	3.5 km (2 mi)		Individual time trial	José María Errandonea ( ESP)
2a	29 April	Murcia – La Manga	81 km (50 mi)			Enzo Pretolani [ fr] ( ITA)
2b	29 April	La Manga – Benidorm	153 km (95 mi)			Ramón Mendiburu ( ESP)
3	30 April	Benidorm – Valencia	148 km (92 mi)			José Antonio Momeñe ( ESP)
4	1 May	Cuenca – Madrid	177 km (110 mi)			Valentín Uriona ( ESP)
5	2 May	Madrid – Madrid	181 km (112 mi)			Carlos Echeverría ( ESP)
6	3 May	Madrid – Calatayud	225 km (140 mi)			Jo de Roo ( NED)
7	4 May	Calatayud – Zaragoza	105 km (65 mi)			Cees Haast ( NED)
8	5 May	Zaragoza – Lleida	144 km (89 mi)			Henk Nijdam ( NED)
9	6 May	Lleida – Las Colinas	128 km (80 mi)			Antonio Gómez del Moral ( ESP)
10a	7 May	Sitges – Barcelona	40 km (25 mi)			Luis Otaño ( ESP)
10b	7 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	49 km (30 mi)			Henk Nijdam ( NED)
11	8 May	Barcelona – Huesca	266 km (165 mi)			Mario Zanin ( ITA)
12	9 May	Huesca – Pamplona	221 km (137 mi)			Gerben Karstens ( NED)
13	10 May	Pamplona – San Sebastián	131 km (81 mi)			Cees Haast ( NED)
14	11 May	San Sebastián – Vitoria	178 km (111 mi)			Gregorio San Miguel ( ESP)
15a	12 May	Vitoria – Haro	61 km (38 mi)		Individual time trial	Francisco Gabica ( ESP)
15b	12 May	Haro – Logroño	52 km (32 mi)			Gerben Karstens ( NED)
16	13 May	Logroño – Burgos	116 km (72 mi)			Henk Nijdam ( NED)
17	14 May	Burgos – Santander	226 km (140 mi)			Gerben Karstens ( NED)
18	15 May	Santander – Bilbao	154 km (96 mi)			Domingo Perurena ( ESP)
	Total		2,949.5 km (1,833 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Francisco Gabica ( ESP)	Kas–Kaskol	78h 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

• Results on cyclebase.nl

External links

• La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)