The 16th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 April to 11 May 1961. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 2,856.5 km (1,774.9 mi), and was won by Angelino Soler of the Faema cycling team. Antonio Suárez won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.
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| Dates | 26 April – 11 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 2,856.5 km (1,775 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 77h 36′ 17″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1a | 26 April | San Sebastián – San Sebastián | 10.5 km (7 mi) |  |
Team time trial | Faema |
| 1b | 26 April | San Sebastián – Pamplona | 91 km (57 mi) |  Marcel Rohrbach (FRA) |
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| 2 | 27 April | Pamplona – Pamplona | 174 km (108 mi) | François Mahé (FRA) |
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| 3 | 28 April | Pamplona – Huesca | 174 km (108 mi) |  Vicente Iturat (ESP) |
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| 4 | 29 April | Binéfar – Barcelona | 199 km (124 mi) |  Marcel Seynaeve (BEL) |
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| 5 | 30 April | Barcelona – Tortosa | 185 km (115 mi) | Jesús Galdeano (ESP) |
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| 6 | 1 May | Tortosa – Valencia | 188 km (117 mi) | Angelino Soler (ESP) |
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| 7 | 2 May | Valencia – Benidorm | 141 km (88 mi) | René Van Meenen (BEL) |
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| 8 | 3 May | Benidorm – Albacete | 211 km (131 mi) | José Pérez Francés (ESP) |
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| 9 | 4 May | Albacete – Madrid | 198 km (123 mi) |  Alves Barbosa (POR) |
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| 10 | 5 May | Madrid – Madrid | 195 km (121 mi) | Luis Otaño (ESP) |
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| 11 | 6 May | Madrid – Valladolid | 189 km (117 mi) | Arthur Decabooter (BEL) |
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| 12 | 7 May | Valladolid – Palencia | 48 km (30 mi) |  |
Individual time trial | Antonio Suárez (ESP) |
| 13 | 8 May | Palencia – Santander | 220 km (137 mi) | Francisco Moreno (ESP) |
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| 14 | 9 May | Santander – Vitoria | 235 km (146 mi) | François Mahé (FRA) |
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| 15 | 10 May | Vitoria – Bilbao | 179 km (111 mi) | Antonio Karmany (ESP) |
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| 16 | 11 May | Bilbao – Bilbao | 159 km (99 mi) | Gabriel Company (ESP) |
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| Total | 2,856.5 km (1,775 mi) | |||||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Angelino Soler |
Faema | 77h 36′ 17″ |
| 2 | François Mahé |
Francia – Afcas | + 51″ |
| 3 | José Perez Frances |
Ferrys | + 2′ 23″ |
| 4 | Antonio Suarez |
Faema | + 2′ 47″ |
| 5 | Antonio Gómez del Moral |
Faema | + 3′ 13″ |
| 6 | Vicente Iturat |
Catigene | + 5′ 29″ |
| 7 | Fernando Manzaneque |
Licor 43 | + 5′ 47″ |
| 8 | Antonio Karmany |
Kas-Royal Sport | + 6′ 07″ |
| 9 | Carmelo Morales |
Licor 43 | + 7′ 39″ |
| 10 | Jesús Loroño |
Ferrys | + 7′ 47″ |
| 11 | Andre Messelis |
Groene Leeuw | |
| 12 | Miguel Pacheco Font |
Licor 43 | |
| 13 |  Arturo Sabbadin |
Philico | |
| 14 | Salvador Botella |
Faema | |
| 15 | Juan Campillo |
Kas-Royal Sport | |
| 16 | Rene Marigil |
Licor 43 | |
| 17 | Jan Adriaenssens |
Groene Leeuw | |
| 18 | Antonio Barbosa |
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| 19 | Marcel Seynaeve |
Groene Leeuw | |
| 20 | Ángel Guardiola |
Licor 43 | |
| 21 | Luis Otano |
Licor 43 | |
| 22 | Antonio Jiménez |
Kas-Royal Sport | |
| 23 |  Jef Lahaye |
Groene Leeuw | |
| 24 | Jose Sousa Cardoso |
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| 25 | Jesus Galdeano |
Faema |
