1968 Vuelta a España
The 23rd 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 12, 1968. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 3,014 km, and was won by Felice Gimondi of the Salvarani cycling team. With this win in the 1968 Vuelta a España, the 1967 Giro d'Italia and the 1965 Tour de France, Gimondi became the second cyclist after Jacques Anquetil to win all three grand tours in his career.[1] Defending champion Jan Janssen won the points competition and 1966 champion Francisco Gabica won the mountains classification.
Results
Final General Classification
| Rank |
Rider |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
Felice Gimondi |
Salvarani |
78h 29' 00s |
| 2 |
José Perez Frances |
Kas-Kaskol |
a 2' 15s |
| 3 |
Eusebio Velez |
Fagor |
a 5' 08s |
| 4 |
José Maria Errandonea |
Fagor |
a 5' 19s |
| 5 |
Vittorio Adorni |
Faema |
a 5' 26s |
| 6 |
Jan Janssen |
Pelforth |
a 5' 43s |
| 7 |
Antonio Gomez Del Moral |
Kas-Kaskol |
a 5' 55s |
| 8 |
Carlos Echevarria |
Kas-Kaskol |
a 6' 00s |
| 9 |
Lucien Aimar |
Bic |
a 6' 40s |
| 10 |
Jos Spruyt |
Faema |
a 7' 50s |
| 11 |
Luis Otano Arcelus |
Fagor |
|
| 12 |
Jean-Pierre Ducasse |
Pelforth |
|
| 13 |
Francisco Gabica |
Fagor |
|
| 14 |
Michael Wright |
Bic |
|
| 15 |
Ventura Diaz Arrey |
Ferrys |
|
| 16 |
José Manuel Lopez |
Fagor |
|
| 17 |
José Antonio Momene |
Fagor |
|
| 18 |
Rudi Altig |
Salvarani |
|
| 19 |
Andres Gandarias |
Kas-Kaskol |
|
| 20 |
Cees Haast |
Bic |
|
| 21 |
Fernardo Manzaneque |
Karpy |
|
| 22 |
Wilfried Peffgen |
Salvarani |
|
| 23 |
Victor Van Schil |
Faema |
|
| 24 |
Domingo Perurena |
Fagor |
|
| 25 |
Sebastian Elorza Uria |
Kas-Kaskol |
|
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