The 1936 Vuelta a España was the 2nd Vuelta a España.This cycling race took place from 5 May to 31 May 1936. The race was composed of 21 stages over and was ridden at an average of . The second edition of the Vuelta began under a volatile political and social situation and several weeks after the race was over, Spain was plunged into its civil war. The race was anticipated to see a battle between the previous winner Belgian Gustaaf Deloor and the second-place finisher of 1935 Spaniard Mariano Canardo. However a crash during the early stages of the race ruled Canardo out of the runnings. While Deloor led the race from the second stage to the finish, his brother Alfons climbed up the classification and when second placed Spaniard Antonio Escuriet suffered exhaustion on the penultimate day, Alfons rode himself into the second place overall. Fifty riders began the race and only twenty four finished the race in Madrid on 31 May. Afterward the Vuelta was suspended during the civil war where riders such as Julian Berrendero had to do military service and were also imprisoned during the war.
The leader of the general classification wore an orange jersey, while the last-placed cyclist wore a red garment. The Spanish other cyclists wore grey jerseys, and the other foreign cyclists wore green jerseys.
Route and stages +Stage characteristics and results Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 5 May Madrid to Salamanca 2 6 May Salamanca to Cáceres 3 7 May Cáceres to Sevilla 4 9 May Sevilla to Málaga 5 10 May Málaga to Granada 6 11 May Granada to Almería 7 13 May Almería to Alicante 8 14 May Alicante to Valencia 9 15 May Valencia to Tarragona 10 17 May Tarragona to Barcelona 11 18 May Barcelona to Zaragoza 12 19 May Zaragoza to San Sebastián 13 21 May San Sebastián to Bilbao 14 22 May Bilbao to Santander 15 24 May Santander to Gijón 16 25 May Gijón to Ribadeo 1726 May Ribadeo to A Coruña 1827 May A Coruña to Vigo 1929 May Vigo to Verín 2030 May Verín to Zamora 2131 May Zamora to Madrid
Classification leadership +Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Mountains classification Team classification 1 Luigi Barral 2 Gustaaf Deloor Gustaaf Deloor 3 Vicente Carretero 4 Gustaaf Deloor 5 Vicente Carretero Fermín Trueba 6 Gustaaf Deloor 7 Mariano Cañardo 8 9 Salvador Cardona 10 Vicente Carretero 11 Alfons Schepers 12 Alfons Schepers 13 Vicente Carretero 14 Alfons Deloor Salvador Molina 15 Mariano Cañardo 16 Rafael Ramos 17 Alfons Schepers 18 Vicente Carretero 19 Fermin Trueba 20 21 Emiliano Álvarez Belgium Final Gustaaf Deloor Salvador Molina Belgium
Final standings General classification
There were 26 cyclists who had completed all twenty-one 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 2 + 11' 39" 3 + 17' 54" 4 + 23' 39" 5 + 28' 54" 6 + 49' 29" 7 + 58' 18" 8 + 1h 05' 47" 9 + 1h 07' 22" 10 + 1h 18' 05"
Mountains classification
+ Final mountains classification (1–10)RankNameTeamPoints 1 78 2 72 3 63 4 47 5 40 6 38.5 7 35 8 28 9 20 10 19
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