The 4th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 30 June to 19 July 1942. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of , and was won by Julián Berrendero. Berrendero also won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 30 June Madrid to Albacete 2 1 July Albacete to Murcia 3 2 July Murcia to Valencia 4 4 July Valencia to Tarragona 5 5 July Tarragona to Barcelona 6 6 July Barcelona to Huesca 77 July Huesca to San Sebastián 8 8 July San Sebastián to Bilbao 9 9 July Bilbao to Castro Urdiales Individual time trial 10 10 July Castro Urdiales to Santander 11 11 July Santander to Reinosa 12 12 July Reinosa to Gijón 13 13 July Gijón to Oviedo 14 14 July Oviedo to Luarca 15 15 July Luarca to A Coruña 16a 16 July A Coruña to Santiago de Compostela Individual time trial 16b Santiago de Compostela to Vigo 17 17 July Vigo to Ponferrada 18 18 July Ponferrada to Salamanca 19 19 July Salamanca to Madrid
Results Final General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime 1 Julián Berrendero 134h 05' 09" 2 Diego Cháfer + 8' 38" 3 Antonio Andres Sancho + 13' 12" 4 Juan Gimeno + 16' 08" 5 Cipriano Elys + 23' 30" 6 José Jabardo + 27' 43" 7 Delio Rodríguez + 34' 21" 8 Isidro Bejarano + 35' 10" 9 José Botanch + 38' 01" 10 Fermo Camellini + 58' 20" 11 Alberto Carrasco 12 Vicente Miro 13 Joaquim Olmos 14 René Vietto 15 Louis Thiétard 16 Celestino Camilla 17 Pierre Brambilla 18 Antonio Destrieux
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