The 14th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 24 April to 10 May 1959. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,048 km (1,894 mi), and was won by Antonio Suárez. Suárez also won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification.
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| Dates | 24 April – 10 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,048 km (1,894 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 84h 36′ 20″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1a | 29 April | Madrid – Madrid | 9 km (6 mi) |  |
Team time trial | Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani–Dunlop |
| 1b | 29 April | Madrid – Toledo | 114 km (71 mi) |  Rik Van Looy (BEL) |
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| 2 | 30 April | Manzanares – Córdoba | 228 km (142 mi) |  Antonio Karmany (ESP) |
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| 3 | 1 May | Córdoba – Seville | 140 km (87 mi) | Vicente Iturat (ESP) |
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| 4 | 2 May | Seville – Granada | 240 km (149 mi) | Federico Bahamontes (ESP) |
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| 5 | 3 May | Guadix – Murcia | 225 km (140 mi) | Antonio Suárez (ESP) |
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| 6 | 4 May | Murcia – Alicante | 173 km (107 mi) | Gabriel Mas (ESP) |
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| 7 | 5 May | Alicante – Castellón | 233 km (145 mi) | Antonio Barrutia (ESP) |
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| 8 | 6 May | Castellón – Tortosa | 130 km (81 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL) |
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| 9 | 7 May | Tortosa – Barcelona | 196 km (122 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL) |
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| 10 | 8 May | Granollers – Lleida | 183 km (114 mi) | Antonio Suárez (ESP) |
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| 11 | 9 May | Lleida – Pamplona | 242 km (150 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL) |
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| 12 | 10 May | Pamplona – San Sebastián | 210 km (130 mi) |  José Carlos Sousa Cardoso (POR) |
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| 13 | 11 May | San Sebastián – San Sebastián | 9 km (6 mi) | |
Team time trial | Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani–Dunlop |
| 14 | 12 May | Eibar – Vitoria | 62 km (39 mi) |  |
Individual time trial |  Roger Rivière (FRA) |
| 15 | 13 May | Vitoria – Santander | 230 km (143 mi) |  Julio San Emeterio (ESP) |
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| 16 | 14 May | Santander – Bilbao | 187 km (116 mi) | Roger Rivière (FRA) |
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| 17 | 15 May | Bilbao – Bilbao | 222 km (138 mi) | Fernando Manzaneque (ESP) |
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| Total | 3,048 km (1,894 mi) | |||||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Antonio Suárez |
Licor 43 | 84h 36′ 20″ |
| 2 | José Segu Soriano |
Kas | + 1′ 06″ |
| 3 | Rik Van Looy |
Faema-Guerra | + 7′ 00″ |
| 4 | Pierre Everaert |
St.Raphael | + 7′ 44″ |
| 5 | Emmanuel Busto |
Peugeot-BP-Dunlop | + 16′ 29″ |
| 6 | Roger Rivière |
St.Raphael | + 17′ 30″ |
| 7 | Hilaire Couvreur |
Faema-Guerra | + 24′ 24″ |
| 8 | Luis Otano |
Peugeot-BP-Dunlop | + 26′ 34″ |
| 9 | Joseph Vloeberghs |
Faema-Guerra | + 27′ 17″ |
| 10 | Jesus Galdeano |
Faema | + 29′ 40″ |
| 11 | Marcel Rohrbach |
Peugeot-BP-Dunlop | |
| 12 | René Marigil |
Licor 43 | |
| 13 | Juan Campillo |
Faema | |
| 14 | Frans Van Looveren |
Faema-Guerra | |
| 15 |  Hans Junkermann |
Faema-Guerra | |
| 16 | José Luis Talamillo |
Boxing | |
| 17 |  Guido Boni |
Tricofilina-Coppi | |
| 18 | Jesús Loroño |
Faema | |
| 19 | Claude Colette |
Peugeot-BP-Dunlop | |
| 20 | Julio San Emeterio |
Kas | |
| 21 | Andres Trobat |
Licor 43 | |
| 22 | Antonio Karmany |
Kas | |
| 23 | Gabriel Company Bauza |
Faema | |
| 24 | Salvador Botella |
Faema | |
| 25 | Fernando Manzaneque |
Licor 43 |
