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 , 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.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1a 1 May Gijón to Mieres 1b Mieres to Gijón Individual time trial 2 2 May Gijón to Torrelavega 3 3 May Torrelavega to Vitoria 4 4 May Vitoria to Bilbao 5 5 May Bilbao to Bilbao 6 6 May Bilbao to Eibar 7 7 May Eibar to Tolosa 8 8 May Tolosa to Pamplona 9 9 May Pamplona to Zaragoza 10 10 May Zaragoza to Lleida 11 11 May Lleida to Barcelona 12a 12 May Barcelona to Barcelona 12b Sitges to Tarragona Individual time trial 13 13 May Tarragona to Valencia 14 14 May Cuenca to Madrid 15 15 May Madrid to Madrid Total
Results +Final general classificationRankRiderTeamTime 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 Suárez Faema + 8' 13" 7 Eusebio Vélez Kas-Kaskol + 8' 34" 8 Antonio Gómez 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 Gérard Thiélin St.Raphael-Gitane 18 Valentín Uriona Kas-Kaskol 19 Anatole Novak St.Raphael-Gitane 20 Sebastián Elorza Kas-Kaskol 21 Dieter Puschel Wiels-Groene Leeuw 22 Roger Baens GBC-Libertas 23 Julio Jiménez Faema 24 Esteban Martín Ferrys 25 Carlos Echeverría Kas-Kaskol
References
External links La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)