The 16th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 April to 11 May 1961. It consisted of 16 stages covering a total of , and was won by Angelino Soler of the Faema cycling team. Antonio Suárez won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1a 26 April San Sebastián to San Sebastián Team time trial 1b San Sebastián to Pamplona 2 27 April Pamplona to Pamplona 3 28 April Pamplona to Huesca 4 29 April Binéfar to Barcelona 5 30 April Barcelona to Tortosa 6 1 May Tortosa to Valencia 7 2 May Valencia to Benidorm 8 3 May Benidorm to Albacete 9 4 May Albacete to Madrid 10 5 May Madrid to Madrid 11 6 May Madrid to Valladolid 12 7 May Valladolid to Palencia Individual time trial 13 8 May Palencia to Santander 14 9 May Santander to Vitoria 15 10 May Vitoria to Bilbao 16 11 May Bilbao to Bilbao Total
Results +Final general classificationRankRiderTeamTime 1 Angelino Soler Faema 77h 36' 17" 2 François Mahé Francia – Afcas + 51" 3 José Pérez Francés Ferrys + 2' 23" 4 Antonio Suárez Faema + 2' 47" 5 Antonio Gómez del Moral Faema + 3' 13" 6 Vicente Iturat Catigene + 5' 29" 7 Fernando Manzaneque Licor 43 + 5' 47" 8 Antonio Karmany Kas-Royal Sport + 6' 07" 9 Carmelo Morales Licor 43 + 7' 39" 10 Jesús Loroño Ferrys + 7' 47" 11 Andre Messelis Groene Leeuw 12 Miguel Pacheco Font Licor 43 13 Arturo Sabbadin Philico 14 Salvador Botella Faema 15 Juan Campillo Kas-Royal Sport 16 Rene Marigil Licor 43 17 Jan Adriaensens Groene Leeuw 18 Antonio Barbosa 19 Marcel Seynaeve Groene Leeuw 20 Ángel Guardiola Licor 43 21 Luis Otaño Licor 43 22 Antonio Jiménez Kas-Royal Sport 23 Jef Lahaye Groene Leeuw 24 Jose Sousa Cardoso 25 Jesús Galdeano Faema
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