The 1st edition of Vuelta a España took place from 29 April to 15 May 1935, and consisted of 14 stages and , the winning average speed was . The Vuelta began and ended in Madrid, Spain.

The field consisted of 50 riders including 33 Spanish riders; 29 finished the race. The weather conditions (rainy and cold) were said to have been to the advantage of the Belgian riders. Belgian Gustaaf Deloor took the leader's jersey with nine minutes advantage on the third stage. Deloor was challenged by Mariano Cañardo. However, on the thirteenth stage, Canardo crashed and lost five minutes. On the final stage, Deloor displayed panache to attack and win the stage and the General classification into Madrid.

Participants

There were two teams entering the Vuelta: B.H. and Orbea. The other participants, mostly Spanish, entered individually.

Final standings

Stage results +Stage characteristics and resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner 129 April Madrid to Valladolid Stage with mountain(s) 230 April Valladolid to Santander Stage with mountain(s) 1 May Rest day 32 May Santander to Bilbao Stage with mountain(s) 43 May Bilbao to San Sebastián Stage with mountain(s) 54 May San Sebastián to Zaragoza Stage with mountain(s) 65 May Zaragoza to Barcelona Plain stage 6 May Rest day 77 May Barcelona to Tortosa Plain stage 88 May Tortosa to Valencia Plain stage 99 May Valencia to Murcia Plain stage 1010 May Murcia to Granada Plain stage 1111 May Granada to Sevilla Plain stage 12 May Rest day 1213 May Sevilla to Cáceres Stage with mountain(s) 1314 May Cáceres to Zamora Stage with mountain(s) 1415 May Zamora to Madrid Stage with mountain(s)

General classification

There were 29 cyclists who had completed all fourteen stages. For these cyclists, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the winner.

+ Final general classification (1–10)RankNameTeamTime 1 B.H. 2 Orbea + 13' 28" 3 B.H. + 20' 10" 4 Orbea + 28' 51" 5 Orbea + 29' 49" 6 B.H. + 47' 27" 7 Orbea + 51' 51" 8 Orbea + 52' 58" 9 Orbea + 1h 09' 02" 10 B.H. + 1h 09' 46"

Mountains classification

+ Final mountains classification (1–10)RankNameTeamPoints 1 Orbea 68 2 Orbea 3 Orbea 51 4 B.H. 41 5 B.H. 6 Orbea 39 7 Orbea 33 8 B.H. 30 9 B.H. 29 10 B.H. 25

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