1946 Vuelta a España
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The 6th Vuelta a España
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
stage
race and one of the 3 grand tours
, was held from May 7 to May 30, 1946. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3,836 km, and was won by Dalmacio Langarica
. Emilio Rodríguez
won the mountains classification.
After the 22nd stage, Jan Lambrichs was in second place. The Dutch team then received a letter, saying that Lambrichs should give up his second place, otherwise he would reach the finish in Madrid in an ambulance. The team manager decided not to tell Lambrichs about this threat, but gave him extra security. In the final stage, Berrendero escaped and left everybody behind, including Lambrichs, and took over the second place. The next day, the Dutch team received a box of Cuban cigars from the unknown person who had sent the threat.
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
Bicycle racing
Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
stage
Stage (bicycle race)
In sports, a stage, or leg, or heat, is a unit of a race which has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a...
race and one of the 3 grand tours
Grand Tour (cycling)
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...
, was held from May 7 to May 30, 1946. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3,836 km, and was won by Dalmacio Langarica
Dalmacio Langarica
Dalmacio Langarica Lizasoain was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist during the 1940s and 1950s and a directeur sportif in the 1970s....
. Emilio Rodríguez
Emilio Rodriguez
Emilio Rodríguez Barros was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Ponteareas who won the King of the Mountains classification at Vuelta a España three times and captured the overall title at the 1950 Vuelta a España...
won the mountains classification.
After the 22nd stage, Jan Lambrichs was in second place. The Dutch team then received a letter, saying that Lambrichs should give up his second place, otherwise he would reach the finish in Madrid in an ambulance. The team manager decided not to tell Lambrichs about this threat, but gave him extra security. In the final stage, Berrendero escaped and left everybody behind, including Lambrichs, and took over the second place. The next day, the Dutch team received a box of Cuban cigars from the unknown person who had sent the threat.
Stages
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain Dalmacio LangaricaDalmacio Langarica Dalmacio Langarica Lizasoain was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist during the 1940s and 1950s and a directeur sportif in the 1970s.... |
137h 10' 38s | |
| 2 | Spain Julián Berrendero Julian Berrendero Julián Berrendero Martín was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He is most famous for having won the third and fourth editions of the Vuelta a España in 1941 and 1942... |
a 17' 32s | |
| 3 |  Netherlands Jan Lambrichs |
a 23' 54s | |
| 4 | Spain Manuel Costa |
a 24' 19s | |
| 5 | Spain Delio Rodríguez Delio Rodriguez Delio Rodríguez Barros was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist and sprinter. Despite winning 12 stages at the 1941 Vuelta and 8 stages at the 1942 Vuelta, Rodríguez failed to make the top five places in the overall standings... |
a 45' 04s | |
| 6 | Spain Alejandro Fombellida |
a 46' 09s | |
| 7 | Spain Antonio-Andres Sancho |
a 1h 00' 10s | |
| 8 | Spain Emilio Rodríguez Emilio Rodriguez Emilio Rodríguez Barros was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Ponteareas who won the King of the Mountains classification at Vuelta a España three times and captured the overall title at the 1950 Vuelta a España... |
a 1h 03' 45s | |
| 9 | Spain José Gutierrez |
a 1h 18' 48s | |
| 10 |  Portugal Joao Rebelo |
a 1h 53' 37s | |
| 11 |  Switzerland Georges Aeschlimann |
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| 12 | Spain Cipriano Aguirrezabal |
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| 13 | Spain Bernardo Ruiz Bernardo Ruiz Bernardo Ruiz Navarrete is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the overall and climbers competition at the 1948 Vuelta a España.... |
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| 14 | Spain Pastor Rodríguez |
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| 15 | Spain Joaquim Olmos |
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| 16 | Spain Antonio Martin |
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| 17 | Switzerland Ernest Kuhn |
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| 18 | Spain Vicente Miro |
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| 19 | Spain José Lopez Gandara |
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| 20 | Netherlands Frans Pauwels |
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| 21 | Spain Joaquim Jiménez |
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| 22 | Spain Pedro Font |
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| 23 | Netherlands Cees Joosen |
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| 24 | Spain Gabriel Palmer |
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| 25 | Switzerland Theo Perret |