1950 Vuelta a España
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The 9th Vuelta a España
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
stage
race and one of the 3 grand tours
, was held from August 17 to September 10, 1950. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,984 km, and was won by Emilio Rodríguez
. Rodríguez 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 August 17 to September 10, 1950. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,984 km, and was won by 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...
. Rodríguez also won the mountains classification.
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain Emilio RodríguezEmilio 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... |
134h 49' 19s | |
| 2 | Spain Manolo Rodríguez |
a 15' 30s | |
| 3 | Spain José Serra |
a 16' 05s | |
| 4 | 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.... |
a 19' 16s | |
| 5 |  Italy Umberto Drei |
a 25' 23s | |
| 6 | Spain Senen Mesa |
a 31' 44s | |
| 7 | Spain Bernardo Capo |
a 36' 29s | |
| 8 | Italy Alighiero Ridolfi |
a 46' 38s | |
| 9 | Spain Antonio Gelabert |
a 47' 03s | |
| 10 | 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... |
a 1h 00' 26s | |
| 11 | Spain Francisco Exposito |
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| 12 | Spain Andres Trobat |
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| 13 | Spain Luis Sanchez |
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| 14 |  Belgium Rik Evens |
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| 15 | Spain Victorio Garcia |
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| 16 | Spain Martin Mancisidor |
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| 17 | Spain Agustin Miro |
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| 18 | Spain Senen Blanco |
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| 19 | Spain Angel Bruna |
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| 20 | Spain Mateo Coll Bover |
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| 21 | Spain Antonio Sanchez |
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| 22 | Spain Matias Alemany |
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| 23 | Spain Luis Navarro |
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| 24 | Belgium Elias Walckiers |
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| 25 | Spain Guillermo Peregrina |