The 8th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 13 June to 4 July 1948. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of , and was won by Bernardo Ruiz. Ruiz also won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 13 June Madrid to Madrid Individual time trial 2 13 June Madrid to Valdepeñas 3 14 June Valdepeñas to Granada 4 15 June Granada to Murcia 5 16 June Murcia to Alicante 6 17 June Alicante to Valencia 7 19 June Valencia to Tortosa 8 20 June Tortosa to Barcelona 9 21 June Barcelona to Lleida 10 22 June Lleida to Zaragoza 11 23 June Zaragoza to San Sebastián 12 25 June San Sebastián to Bilbao 13 26 June Bilbao to Santander 14 27 June Santander to Gijón 15 28 June Gijón to Ribadeo 16 29 June Ribadeo to A Coruña 17 1 July A Coruña to Ourense 18 2 July Ourense to León 19 3 July León to Segovia 20 4 July Segovia to Madrid Total
Results Final General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime 1 Bernardo Ruiz 155h 06' 30" 2 Emilio Rodríguez + 9' 07" 3 Bernardo Capo + 20' 45" 4 Dalmacio Langarica + 22' 19" 5 Senen Mesa + 24' 57" 6 Manuel Costa + 25' 52" 7 Manolo Rodríguez + 33' 25" 8 José Pérez Llácer + 39' 37" 9 Miguel Gual + 43' 35" 10 Antoine Giauna + 1h 07' 38" 11 Victorio Ruiz 12 Jean Lesage 13 Juan Gimeno 14 Ricardo Ferrandiz 15 José Serra 16 Agustin Miro 17 Antonio Gelabert 18 Pedro Font 19 Jean Breur 20 Senen Blanco 21 Jesús Loroño 22 Andres Moran 23 Natalino Arata 24 Joaquim Jimenez 25 Frans Gielen
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