1955 Vuelta a España

1955 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	25 April – 8 May
Stages	15
Distance	2,776 km (1,725 mi)
Winning time	81h 04' 02"
Results
Winner  Jean Dotto (FRA)   Second  Antonio Jiménez Quiles (ESP)   Third  Raphaël Géminiani (FRA) Points  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) Mountains  Giuseppe Buratti (ITA)

The 10th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 25 April to 8 May 1955. It consisted of 15 stages covering a total of 2,740 km (1,700 mi), and was won by Jean Dotto.^[1] Fiorenzo Magni won the points classification and Giuseppe Buratti won the mountains classification.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1955 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[2]^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	23 April	Bilbao – San Sebastián	240 km (149 mi)			Gilbert Bauvin (FRA)
2	24 April	San Sebastián – Bayonne (France)	211 km (131 mi)			Gilbert Bauvin (FRA)
3	25 April	Bayonne (France) – Pamplona	157 km (98 mi)			Antonio Gelabert (ESP)
4	26 April	Pamplona – Zaragoza	229 km (142 mi)			Jesús Galdeano (ESP)
5	27 April	Zaragoza – Lleida	195 km (121 mi)			Gabriel Company (ESP)
6	28 April	Lleida – Barcelona	230 km (143 mi)			Pierino Baffi (ITA)
7	30 April	Barcelona – Barcelona	29 km (18 mi)		Individual time trial	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
8	1 May	Barcelona – Tortosa	213 km (132 mi)			Vicente Iturat (ESP)
9	2 May	Tortosa – Valencia	190 km (118 mi)			Pierino Baffi (ITA)
10	3 May	Valencia – Cuenca	222 km (138 mi)			Antonio Uliana [it] (ITA)
11	4 May	Cuenca – Madrid	168 km (104 mi)			Donato Piazza (ITA)
12	5 May	Madrid – Madrid	15 km (9 mi)		Team time trial	Italy A
13	6 May	Madrid – Valladolid	222 km (138 mi)			Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
14	7 May	Valladolid – Bilbao	308 km (191 mi)			Donato Piazza (ITA)
15	8 May	Bilbao – Bilbao	147 km (91 mi)			Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)
	Total		2,740 km (1,703 mi)

Results

Final general classification^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jean Dotto		81h 04' 02"
2	Antonio Jiménez Quiles		+ 3' 06"
3	Raphaël Géminiani		+ 5' 05"
4	Jesús Loroño		+ 5' 52"
5	Vicente Iturat		+ 6' 24"
6	Gabriel Company		+ 6' 30"
7	José Serra Gil		+ 7' 31"
8	Giuseppe Buratti		+ 8' 42"
9	Cosme Barrutia		+ 9' 37"
10	Georges Gay		+ 9' 44"
11	Salvador Botella
12	Carmelo Morales
13	Fiorenzo Magni
14	Bernardo Ruiz
15	Andrés Trobat
16	José Gómez del Moral
17	Arsene Bauwens
18	Gastone Nencini
19	Francisco Moreno
20	Antonio Gelabert
21	Federico Bahamontes
22	Manolo Rodríguez
23	Nello Lauredi
24	Emilio Rodríguez
25	Miguel Gual

References

1. "General Information 1955". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
2. "1955  » 10th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
3. "10ème Vuelta a España 1955". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
4. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 May 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 5 August 2018.