The 7th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 12 May to 5 June 1947. It consisted of 24 stages covering a total of , and was won by Edouard Van Dyck. Emilio Rodríguez won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 12 May Madrid to Albacete 2 13 May Albacete to Murcia 3 14 May Murcia to Alcoy 4 15 May Alcoy to Castellón 5 16 May Castellón to Tarragona 6 18 May Tarragona to Barcelona 7 19 May Barcelona to Lleida 8 20 May Lleida to Zaragoza 9 21 May Zaragoza to Pamplona 10 22 May Pamplona to San Sebastián 11 24 May San Sebastián to Bilbao 12 25 May Bilbao to Santander 13 26 May Santander to Reinosa 14 27 May Reinosa to Gijón 15 29 May Gijón to Oviedo 16a 30 May Oviedo to Luarca 16b Luarca to Ribadeo Individual time trial 17 31 May Ribadeo to Ferrol 18 Ferrol to A Coruña 19 1 June A Coruña to Vigo 20 2 June Vigo to Ourense 21 3 June Ourense to Astorga 22 4 June Astorga to León Individual time trial 23 León to Valladolid 24 5 June Valladolid to Madrid Total
Final classification standings
General Classification
+Final general classification (1–27)RankRiderTeamTime 1 Edouard Van Dyck 132h 27' 00" 2 Manuel Costa + 2' 14" 3 Delio Rodríguez + 11' 04" 4 Emilio Rodríguez + 25' 55" 5 Joaquín Olmos + 39' 45" 6 Julián Berrendero + 40' 30" 7 Domenico Pedrali + 52' 58" 8 Felix Adriano + 1h 00' 09" 9 Rik Renders + 1h 04' 30" 10 José Pérez Llácer + 1h 18' 55" 11 Frans Pauwels + 2h 10' 35" 12 Pedro Font + 2h 21' 44" 13 José Lahoz + 2h 34' 30" 14 Vicente Carretero + 2h 46' 30" 15 José Antonio Landa + 2h 58' 17" 16 Charles van de Voorde + 2h 59' 21" 17 Senen Blanco + 3h 41' 05" 18 Joaquín Jiménez + 3h 55' 55" 19 José Escolano + 4h 56' 44" 20 Arturo Ponte + 5h 07' 03" 21 Andrés Morán + 5h 07' 05" 22 Bruno Bertolucci + 5h 28' 08" 23 Alejandro Fombellida + 6h 18' 08" 24 José Casorrán + 7h 21' 17" 25 Martín Mancisidor + 8h 20' 03" 26 Pascual Laza + 11h 01' 13" 27 Ángel Alonso + 12h 49' 38"
Mountain classification
+Final mountain classification (1–7)RankRiderPoints 1 Emilio Rodríguez 29 2 26 3 Manuel Costa 24 4 Félix Adriano 18 5 Julián Berrendero 13 6 10 7 Pedro Font 9
References