1948 Vuelta a España
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The 8th Vuelta a España
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
stage
race and one of the 3 grand tours
, was held from June 13 to July 4, 1948. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 4,090 km, and was won by Bernardo Ruiz
. Ruiz also won the mountains classification.
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 June 13 to July 4, 1948. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 4,090 km, and was won by 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....
. Ruiz also won the mountains classification.
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Spain Bernardo RuizBernardo 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.... |
155h 06' 30s | |
| 2 | 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 9' 07s | |
| 3 | Spain Bernardo Capo |
a 20' 45s | |
| 4 | Spain 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.... |
a 22' 19s | |
| 5 | Spain Senen Mesa |
a 24' 57s | |
| 6 | Spain Manuel Costa |
a 25' 52s | |
| 7 | Spain Manolo Rodríguez |
a 33' 25s | |
| 8 | Spain José Perez De Las Heras |
a 39' 37s | |
| 9 | Spain Miguel Gual |
a 43' 35s | |
| 10 |  France Antoine Giauna |
a 1h 07' 38s | |
| 11 | Spain Victorio Ruiz |
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| 12 |  Belgium Jean Lesage |
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| 13 | Spain Juan Gimeno |
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| 14 | Spain Ricardo Ferrandiz |
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| 15 | Spain José Serra |
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| 16 | Spain Agustin Miro |
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| 17 | Spain Antonio Gelabert |
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| 18 | Spain Pedro Font |
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| 19 | Belgium Jean Breur |
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| 20 | Spain Senen Blanco |
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| 21 | Spain Jesús Loroño Jesus Loroño Jesus Loroño Artega is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist during the 1950s and early 1960s. Loroño is most famous for capturing the 1957 Vuelta a España... |
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| 22 | Spain Andres Moran |
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| 23 |  Italy Natalino Arata |
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| 24 | Spain Joaquim Jimenez |
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| 25 | Belgium Frans Gielen |