The 14th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 24 April to 10 May 1959. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of , and was won by Antonio Suárez. Suárez also won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1a 24 April Madrid to Madrid Team time trial 1b Madrid to Toledo 2 25 April Manzanares to Córdoba 3 26 April Córdoba to Seville 4 27 April Seville to Granada 5 28 April Guadix to Murcia 6 29 April Murcia to Alicante 7 30 April Alicante to Castellón 8 1 May Castellón to Tortosa 9 2 May Tortosa to Barcelona 10 3 May Granollers to Lleida 11 4 May Lleida to Pamplona 12 5 May Pamplona to San Sebastián 13 6 May San Sebastián to San Sebastián Team time trial 14 7 May Eibar to Vitoria Individual time trial 15 8 May Vitoria to Santander 16 9 May Santander to Bilbao 17 10 May Bilbao to Bilbao Total
Results +Final general classificationRankRiderTeamTime 1 Antonio Suárez Licor 43 84h 36' 20" 2 José Segú Soriano Kas + 1' 06" 3 Rik Van Looy Faema–Guerra + 7' 00" 4 Pierre Everaert St.Raphael + 7' 44" 5 Emmanuel Busto Peugeot–Dunlop + 16' 29" 6 Roger Rivière St.Raphael + 17' 30" 7 Hilaire Couvreur Faema–Guerra + 24' 24" 8 Luis Otaño Peugeot–Dunlop + 26' 34" 9 Joseph Vloeberghs Faema–Guerra + 27' 17" 10 Jesús Galdeano Faema + 29' 40" 11 Marcel Rohrbach Peugeot–Dunlop 12 René Marigil Licor 43 13 Juan Campillo Faema 14 Frans Van Looveren Faema–Guerra 15 Hans Junkermann Faema–Guerra 16 José Luis Talamillo Boxing 17 Guido Boni Tricofilina-Coppi 18 Jesús Loroño Faema 19 Claude Colette Peugeot–Dunlop 20 Julio San Emeterio Kas 21 Andrés Trobat Licor 43 22 Antonio Karmany Kas 23 Gabriel Company Bauza Faema 24 Salvador Botella Faema 25 Fernando Manzaneque Licor 43
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