The 24th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 23 April to 11 May 1969. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,921.4 km (1,815.3 mi), and was won by Roger Pingeon of the Peugeot cycling team. Raymond Steegmans won the points competition and Luis Ocaña, who demonstrated his time trialling skills by winning the prologue and two time trials in the race, won the mountains classification.
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Dates | 23 April – 11 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 2,921.4 km (1,815 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 73h 18′ 45″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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1a | 23 April | Badajoz – Badajoz | 6.5 km (4 mi) | Individual time trial | ||
1b | 24 April | Badajoz – Badajoz | 246 km (153 mi) | |||
2 | 25 April | Badajoz – Cáceres | 135 km (84 mi) | |||
3 | 26 April | Cáceres – Talavera de la Reina | 190 km (118 mi) | |||
4 | 27 April | Talavera de la Reina – Madrid | 124 km (77 mi) | |||
5 | 28 April | Madrid – Alcázar de San Juan | 162 km (101 mi) | |||
6 | 29 April | Alcázar de San Juan – Almansa | 231 km (144 mi) | |||
7 | 30 April | Almansa – Nules | 233 km (145 mi) | |||
8 | 1 May | Nules – Benicàssim | 199 km (124 mi) | |||
9 | 2 May | Benicàssim – Reus | 169 km (105 mi) | |||
10 | 3 May | Reus – Barcelona | 146 km (91 mi) | |||
11 | 4 May | Barcelona – Sant Feliu de Guíxols | 118 km (73 mi) | |||
12 | 5 May | Sant Feliu de Guíxols – Moià | 151 km (94 mi) | |||
13 | 6 May | Moià – Barbastro | 229 km (142 mi) | |||
14a | 7 May | Barbastro – Zaragoza | 125 km (78 mi) | |||
14b | 7 May | Zaragoza – Zaragoza | 4 km (2 mi) | Individual time trial | ||
15 | 8 May | Zaragoza – Pamplona | 176 km (109 mi) | |||
16 | 9 May | Irun – San Sebastián | 25 km (16 mi) | Individual time trial | ||
17 | 10 May | San Sebastián – Vitoria | 129 km (80 mi) | |||
18a | 11 May | Vitoria – Llodio | 76 km (47 mi) | |||
18b | 11 May | Llodio – Bilbao | 29 km (18 mi) | Individual time trial | ||
Total | 2,921.4 km (1,815 mi) |
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Peugeot-BP-Michelin | 73h 18′ 45″ | |
2 | Fagor | + 1′ 54″ | |
3 | Willem II | + 5′ 10″ | |
4 | Pepsi Cola | + 5′ 10″ | |
5 | Bic | + 5′ 27″ | |
6 | Bic | + 6′ 11″ | |
7 | Bic | + 6′ 47″ | |
8 | Kas-Kaskol | + 7′ 05″ | |
9 | Kas-Kaskol | + 7′ 35″ | |
10 | Fagor | + 7′ 51″ | |
11 | Pepsi Cola | ||
12 | Kas-Kaskol | ||
13 | Karpy | ||
14 | Pull Over Centrale | ||
15 | Fagor | ||
16 | Fagor | ||
17 | Pepsi Cola | ||
18 | Kas-Kaskol | ||
19 | Pepsi Cola | ||
20 | Karpy | ||
21 | Pepsi Cola | ||
22 | Fagor | ||
23 | Fagor | ||
24 | Pull Over Centrale | ||
25 | Kas-Kaskol |