The 19th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 30 April to 16 May 1964. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of , and was won by Raymond Poulidor of the Mercier cycling team. José Pérez Francés won the points classification and Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1a 30 April Benidorm to Benidorm 1b Benidorm to Benidorm Individual time trial 2 1 May Benidorm to Nules 3 2 May Nules to Salou 4a 3 May Salou to Barcelona 4b Barcelona to Barcelona 5 4 May Barcelona to Puigcerdà 6 5 May Puigcerdà to Lleida 7 6 May Lleida to Jaca 8 7 May Jaca to Pamplona 9 8 May Pamplona to San Sebastián 10 9 May San Sebastián to Bilbao 11 10 May Bilbao to Vitoria 12 11 May Vitoria to Santander 13 12 May Santander to Avilés 14 13 May Avilés to León 15 14 May Becilla to Valladolid Individual time trial 16 15 May Valladolid to Madrid 17 16 May Madrid to Madrid Total
Results +Final general classificationRankRiderTeamTime 1 Raymond Poulidor Mercier-BP-Hutchinson 78h 23' 35" 2 Luis Otaño Ferrys + 33" 3 José Pérez Francés Ferrys + 1' 26" 4 Eusebio Vélez Kas-Kaskol + 2' 04" 5 Julio Jiménez Kas-Kaskol + 3' 16" 6 Fernando Manzaneque Ferrys + 4' 19" 7 Valentín Uriona Kas-Kaskol + 6' 06" 8 José Antonio Momeñe Kas-Kaskol + 9' 31" 9 Francisco Gabica Kas-Kaskol + 9' 32" 10 Antonio Bertrán Panadés Ferrys + 11' 14" 11 Sebastián Elorza Kas-Kaskol 12 Victor Van Schil Mercier-BP-Hutchinson 13 Robert Cazala Mercier-BP-Hutchinson 14 Henri De Wolf Solo Superia 15 Antonio Karmany Mestres Ferrys 16 Arthur Decabooter Solo Superia 17 Wim van Est Locomotief 18 Carlos Echeverría Kas-Kaskol 19 André Le Dissez Mercier-BP-Hutchinson 20 Jean-Pierre Genet Mercier-BP-Hutchinson 21 Ventura Díaz Inuri 22 Louis Proost Solo Superia 23 Francisco Valada 24 Michel Van Aerde Solo Superia
References
External links La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)