1955 Vuelta a España

1955 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates 25 April–8 May 1955
Stages 15
Distance 2,776 km (1,725 mi)
Winning time 81h 04' 02" (34.24 km/h/21.28 mph)
Palmarès
Winner  Jean Dotto (France)
Second  Antonio Jimenez (Spain)
Third  Raphaël Géminiani (France)

Points  Fiorenzo Magni (Italy)
Mountains  Giuseppe Buratti (Italy)
1950
1956

The 10th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 25 to May 8, 1955. It consisted of 15 stages covering a total of 2,740 km, and was won by Jean Dotto.[1] Fiorenzo Magni won the points classification and Giuseppe Buratti won the mountains classification.

Results

Final General Classification

Rank Rider Team Time
1 Jean Dotto 81h 04' 02s
2 Antonio Jimenez a 3' 06s
3 Raphaël Géminiani a 5' 05s
4 Jesús Loroño a 5' 52s
5 Vicente Iturat a 6' 24s
6 Gabriel Company Bauza a 6' 30s
7 José Serra a 7' 31s
8 Giuseppe Buratti a 8' 42s
9 Cosme Barrutia a 9' 37s
10 Georges Gay a 9' 44s
11 Salvador Botella
12 Carmelo Morales
13 Fiorenzo Magni
14 Bernardo Ruiz
15 Andres Trobat
16 José Gomez 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

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