1958 Vuelta a España
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The 13th Vuelta a España
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
Spain
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), 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 April 30 to May 15, 1958. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 3,241.8 km, and was won by Jean Stablinski
Jean Stablinski
Jean Stablewski, known as Jean Stablinski was a French professional cyclist from a family of Polish immigrants. He rode from 1952 to 1968, winning 105 races as a professional...

. Salvador Botella won the points classification and Federico Bahamontes won the mountains classification.

Final General Classification

RankRiderTeamTime
1  France Jean Stablinski
Jean Stablinski
Jean Stablewski, known as Jean Stablinski was a French professional cyclist from a family of Polish immigrants. He rode from 1952 to 1968, winning 105 races as a professional...

94h 54' 21s
2  Italy Pasquale Fornara
Pasquale Fornara
Pasquale Fornara was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that remains....

Pena Solera-Ignis a 2' 51s
3  Spain Fernando Manzaneque
Fernando Manzaneque
Fernando Manzaneque Sánchez was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist born in Campo de Criptana. Fernando was the older brother of Jesús Manzaneque.-Major Results:19551957...

a 3' 01s
4  Belgium Hilaire Couvreur
Hilaire Couvreur
Hilaire Couvreur was a Belgian cyclist....

a 5' 04s
5  Spain Luis Otaño
Luís Otano
Luis Otaño Arcelus is a former Spanish Basque professional road bicycle racer. In 1964, Otaño lost the 1964 Vuelta a España to Raymond Poulidor with only 33 seconds.- Major achievements :1961...

Mobilete-Caobania a 10' 36s
6  Spain Federico Bahamontes
Federico Bahamontes
Federico Martín Bahamontes is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.-Biography:Bahamontes was born in Santo Domingo-Caudilla , of Cuban descent. His family was devastated during the Spanish civil war and Bahamontes' father, Julián, took the family to Madrid as refugees...

a 11' 39s
7  Spain Julio San Emeterio Kas-Boxing
Kas (cycling team)
Kas was a professional cycling team of the 1960s and 1970s, one of the strongest Spanish teams. It was sponsored by a soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It wore team a yellow jersey with Kas written in blue...

a 13' 16s
8  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 16' 09s
9  Belgium Rik Luyten a 28' 13s
10  Spain Benigno Aspuru Kas-Boxing
Kas (cycling team)
Kas was a professional cycling team of the 1960s and 1970s, one of the strongest Spanish teams. It was sponsored by a soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It wore team a yellow jersey with Kas written in blue...

a 33' 37s
11  France François Mahé
François Mahé
François Mahé is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1950 to 1965...

 
12  Belgium Gilbert Desmet
Gilbert Desmet
Gilbert Desmet , nicknamed Smetje van Lichtervelde, is a retired Belgian cyclist, professional from 1952 to 1967. In the 1956 Tour de France, he wore the yellow jersey for 2 days, and in the 1963 Tour de France he wore it for 9 days. Desmet won 101 professional courses, including Paris–Tours, La...

13  Spain Juan Campillo Pena Solera-Ignis
14  Spain Salvador Botella
15  Spain Antonio Ferraz Kas-Boxing
Kas (cycling team)
Kas was a professional cycling team of the 1960s and 1970s, one of the strongest Spanish teams. It was sponsored by a soft drinks manufacturer, Kas. The team was from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It wore team a yellow jersey with Kas written in blue...

16  Portugal Antonio Barbosa
17  Spain Vicente Iturat Pena Solera-Ignis
18  Spain Gabriel Mas Arbona Mobilete-Caobania
19  Spain René Marigil
20  Spain Miguel Pacheco Font
21  France Raymond Hoorelbeke
22  Belgium Jan Van Gompel
23  Netherlands Wim Van Est
Wim van Est
Willem van Est was a Dutch racing cyclist.He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it.-Biography:...

Locomotief
24  Spain Gabriel Company Bauza
25  Spain Antonio Jimenez
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