The 18th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 1 May to 15 May 1963. It consisted of 15 stages covering a total of 2,442 km (1,517 mi), and was won by Jacques Anquetil of the St. Raphael-Gitane cycling team. Not only did Anquetil complete his Grand Tour treble, this also marked the first time in history a rider won two Grand Tours in the same calendar year for his team sponsor (since most Grand Tours from the 1930s until the early 1960s were contested in national teams). Bas Maliepaard won the points classification and Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification.
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| Dates | 1 May – 15 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 2,442 km (1,517 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 64h 46′ 20″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1a | 1 May | Gijón – Mieres | 45 km (28 mi) |  Antonio Barrutia (ESP) |
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| 1b | 1 May | Mieres – Gijón | 52 km (32 mi) |  |
Individual time trial |  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) |
| 2 | 2 May | Gijón – Torrelavega | 175 km (109 mi) | José Segú (ESP) |
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| 3 | 3 May | Torrelavega – Vitoria | 249 km (155 mi) | Antonio Barrutia (ESP) |
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| 4 | 4 May | Vitoria – Bilbao | 104 km (65 mi) |  Jan Lauwers (BEL) |
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| 5 | 5 May | Bilbao – Bilbao | 191 km (119 mi) |  Bas Maliepaard (NED) |
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| 6 | 6 May | Bilbao – Eibar | 165 km (103 mi) | Guy Ignolin (FRA) |
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| 7 | 7 May | Eibar – Tolosa | 138 km (86 mi) | Valentín Uriona (ESP) |
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| 8 | 8 May | Tolosa – Pamplona | 169 km (105 mi) | José Pérez Francés (ESP) |
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| 9 | 9 May | Pamplona – Zaragoza | 180 km (112 mi) | Roger Baens (BEL) |
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| 10 | 10 May | Zaragoza – Lleida | 144 km (89 mi) | Jean Stablinski (FRA) |
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| 11 | 11 May | Lleida – Barcelona | 182 km (113 mi) | Jan Lauwers (BEL) |
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| 12a | 12 May | Barcelona – Barcelona | 80 km (50 mi) | Frans Aerenhouts (BEL) |
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| 12b | 12 May | Sitges – Tarragona | 52 km (32 mi) | |
Individual time trial | Miguel Pacheco (ESP) |
| 13 | 13 May | Tarragona – Valencia | 252 km (157 mi) |  Seamus Elliott (IRL) |
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| 14 | 14 May | Cuenca – Madrid | 177 km (110 mi) | Roger Baens (BEL) |
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| 15 | 15 May | Madrid – Madrid | 87 km (54 mi) | Guy Ignolin (FRA) |
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| Total | 2,442 km (1,517 mi) | |||||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Jacques Anquetil |
St.Raphael-Gitane | 64h 46′ 20″ |
| 2 | José Martin Perez |
Faema | + 3′ 06″ |
| 3 | Miguel Pacheco |
Kas-Kaskol | + 3′ 32″ |
| 4 | Bas Maliepaard |
St.Raphael-Gitane | + 5′ 06″ |
| 5 | Francisco Gabica |
Kas-Kaskol | + 7′ 57″ |
| 6 | Antonio Suarez |
Faema | + 8′ 13″ |
| 7 | Eusebio Velez |
Kas-Kaskol | + 8′ 34″ |
| 8 | Antonio Gomez Del Moral |
Faema | + 9′ 10″ |
| 9 | Jean Stablinski |
St.Raphael-Gitane | + 9′ 31″ |
| 10 | Guillaume Van Tongerloo |
GBC-Libertas | + 10′ 48″ |
| 11 | Antonio Barrutia |
Kas-Kaskol | |
| 12 | Frans Aerenhouts |
GBC-Libertas | |
| 13 | Fernando Manzaneque |
Ferrys | |
| 14 | Antonio Karmany |
Ferrys | |
| 15 | Edgard Sorgeloos |
GBC-Libertas | |
| 16 | José Antonio Momene |
Kas-Kaskol | |
| 17 | Gerard Thielin |
St.Raphael-Gitane | |
| 18 | Valentin Uriona |
Kas-Kaskol | |
| 19 | Anatole Novak |
St.Raphael-Gitane | |
| 20 | Sebastian Elorza |
Kas-Kaskol | |
| 21 |  Dieter Puschel |
Wiels-Groene Leeuw | |
| 22 | Roger Baens |
GBC-Libertas | |
| 23 | Julio Jimenez |
Faema | |
| 24 | Esteban Martin |
Ferrys | |
| 25 | Carlos Echeverria |
Kas-Kaskol |
