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1947 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	12 May - 5 June
Stages	24
Distance	3,893 km (2,419 mi)
Winning time	132h 27' 00"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
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The 7th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 12 May to 5 June 1947. It consisted of 24 stages covering a total of 3,893 km (2,419 mi), and was won by Edouard Van Dyck.^[1] Emilio Rodríguez won the mountains classification.^[2]

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages^[3]^[4]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	12 May	Madrid – Albacete	243 km (151 mi)		Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
2	13 May	Albacete – Murcia	146 km (91 mi)		Emilio Rodríguez (ESP)
3	14 May	Murcia – Alcoy	135 km (84 mi)		Julián Berrendero (ESP)
4	15 May	Alcoy – Castellón	175 km (109 mi)		Adolphe Deledda (ITA)
5	16 May	Castellón – Tarragona	222 km (138 mi)		Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
6	18 May	Tarragona – Barcelona	119 km (74 mi)		Cipriano Aguirrezabal [es] (ESP)
7	19 May	Barcelona – Lleida	162 km (101 mi)		Cipriano Aguirrezabal [es] (ESP)
8	20 May	Lleida – Zaragoza	144 km (89 mi)		Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
9	21 May	Zaragoza – Pamplona	176 km (109 mi)		Félix Adriano [fr] (ITA)
10	22 May	Pamplona – San Sebastián	107 km (66 mi)		Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
11	23 May	San Sebastián – Bilbao	229 km (142 mi)		Félix Adriano [fr] (ITA)
12	24 May	Bilbao – Santander	212 km (132 mi)		Félix Adriano [fr] (ITA)
13	25 May	Santander – Reinosa	201 km (125 mi)		Joaquín Jiménez [es] (ESP)
14	26 May	Reinosa – Gijón	204 km (127 mi)		Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
15	27 May	Gijón – Oviedo	105 km (65 mi)		Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
16a	28 May	Oviedo – Luarca	101 km (63 mi)		Bruno Bertolucci [ca] (ITA)
16b	28 May	Luarca – Ribadeo	70 km (43 mi)	Individual time trial	Edward Van Dijck (BEL)
17	29 May	Ribadeo – Ferrol	159 km (99 mi)		Senén Mesa [es] (ESP)
18	30 May	Ferrol – A Coruña	70 km (43 mi)		Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
19	31 May	A Coruña – Vigo	180 km (112 mi)		Alejandro Fombellida [es] (ESP)
20	1 June	Vigo – Ourense	105 km (65 mi)		Félix Adriano [fr] (ITA)
21	2 June	Ourense – Astorga	228 km (142 mi)		Alejandro Fombellida [es] (ESP)
22	3 June	Astorga – León	47 km (29 mi)	Individual time trial	Edward Van Dijck (BEL)
23	4 June	León – Valladolid	133 km (83 mi)		Delio Rodríguez (ESP)
24	5 June	Valladolid – Madrid	220 km (137 mi)		Joaquín Olmos (ESP)
	Total		3,893 km (2,419 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Edouard Van Dyck	132h 27' 00"
2	Manuel Costa	+ 2' 14"
3	Delio Rodríguez	+ 11' 04"
4	Emilio Rodríguez	+ 25' 55"
5	Joaquim Olmos	+ 39' 55s
6	Julián Berrendero	+ 40' 30"
7	Domenico Pedrali	+ 52' 58"
8	Felix Adriano	+ 1h 00' 09"
9	Henri Renders	+ 1h 04' 30"
10	José Perez De Las Heras	+ 1h 18' 55"
11	Frans Pauwels
12	Pedro Font
13	José Lahoz
14	Vicente Carretero
15	José Antonio Landa
16	Charles Van De Voorde
17	Senen Blanco
18	Joaquim Jiménez
19	José Escolano
20	Arturo Ponte
21	Andres Moran
22	Bruno Bertolucci
23	Alejandro Fombellida
24	José Casorran
25	Martin Mancisidor

References

^ "General Information 1947". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
^ "La vii Vuleta Ciclista a España" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 June 1947. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 November 2020.
^ "1947 » 7th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ "7ème Vuelta a España 1947". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.