The 1955 Vuelta a España was the 10th edition of Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Bilbao on 23 April and Stage 8 occurred on 1 May with a stage to Tortosa. The race finished in Bilbao on 8 May.
Stage 1 23 April 1955 - Bilbao to San Sebastián,
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Stage 1 result and General Classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Italy B + 34" 3 Spain B + 35" 4 Spain B + 40" 5 Spain A + 1' 12" 6 Italy A + 1' 18" 7 Italy B s.t. 8 Spain A s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 Spain A s.t.
Stage 2 24 April 1955 - San Sebastián to Bayonne,
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Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Spain A s.t. 3 Spain A s.t. 4 Spain B s.t. 5 Biscay s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Spain A + 1' 14" 8 Catalonia s.t. 9 Italy A s.t. 10 Catalonia s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Spain A + 3' 31" 3 Spain A s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Biscay s.t. 6 Italy B + 3' 49" 7 Spain B + 3' 50" 8 Spain B + 3' 55" 9 Spain A + 4' 27" 10 Italy A + 4' 33"
Stage 3 25 April 1955 - Bayonne to Pamplona,
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Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Balearics 2 France + 2" 3 Balerarics s.t. 4 Spain A + 10" 5 Catalonia-Aragon + 1' 11" 6 Spain A + 1' 12" 7 Spain B + 1' 16" 8 Italy B + 1' 17" 9 Balearics + 3' 59" 10 Benelux + 4' 32"General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain A 2 Italy B + 3' 38" 3 France + 3' 46" 4 Catalonia-Aragon + 4' 16" 5 Spain A + 4' 17" 6 France + 4' 49" 7 France + 5' 09" 8 Spain A + 5' 53" 9 Balerarics + 6' 31" 10 Spain B + 7' 35"
Stage 4 26 April 1955 - Pamplona to Zaragoza,
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Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Guipuzkoa-Navarre 2 Catalonia + 10" 3 Catalonia + 3' 22" 4 Benelux s.t. 5 Italy A + 3' 38" 6 France s.t. 7 Catalonia s.t. 8 Spain A s.t. 9 Germany s.t. 10 Spain A s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain A 2 Italy B + 3' 38" 3 France + 3' 46" 4 Catalonia-Aragon + 4' 16" 5 Spain A + 4' 27" 6 France + 4' 49" 7 Catalonia + 4' 56" 8 France + 5' 09" 9 Spain A + 5' 53" 10 Balerarics + 6' 31"
Stage 5 27 April 1955 - Zaragoza to Lleida,
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Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Balerarics 2 Catalonia s.t. 3 Benelux s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France South-east s.t. 7 Spain B s.t. 8 Benelux s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 France South-east s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Catalonia + 7" 3 France + 15" 4 Spain A + 52" 5 Balerarics + 1' 42" 6 France South-east + 2' 55" 7 Italy B + 4' 30" 8 Catalonia-Aragon + 5' 08" 9 Spain A + 5' 09" 10 Spain A + 6' 45"
Stage 6 28 April 1955 - Lleida to Barcelona,
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Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy A 2 Balearics s.t. 3 Catalonia s.t. 4 France South-east s.t. 5 Germany s.t. 6 Great Britain s.t. 7 Benelux s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 France South-east + 2' 46" 10 Spain A + 4' 01"General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 15" 3 Spain A + 52" 4 Catalonia + 1' 18" 5 Balerarics + 1' 42" 6 Catalonia-Aragon + 3' 42" 7 Italy B + 4' 30" 8 Spain A + 5' 09" 9 Spain B + 6' 08" 10 France + 6' 43"
Stage 7 30 April 1955 - Barcelona to Barcelona, (ITT)
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy A 2 Italy A + 1" 3 Italy A + 10" 4 Germany s.t. 5 Germany s.t. 6 Italy A s.t. 7 Italy B s.t. 8 Italy A s.t. 9 Germany s.t. 10 Spain A + 45"General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 15" 3 Spain A + 52" 4 Catalonia + 1' 18" 5 Balerarics + 1' 42" 6 Catalonia-Aragon + 3' 42" 7 Italy B + 3' 55" 8 Spain A + 5' 09" 9 Spain B + 6' 08" 10 France + 6' 43"
Stage 8 1 May 1955 - Barcelona to Tortosa,
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Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Catalonia 2 Italy A s.t. 3 France South-east s.t. 4 Levante + 6" 5 Benelux + 31" 6 Catalonia + 12' 12" 7 Balearics + 12' 16" 8 Italy B s.t. 9 Italy A s.t. 10 Spain A s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Levante 2 France + 2' 56" 3 France + 3' 11" 4 Spain A + 3' 50" 5 Catalonia + 4' 14" 6 Catalonia + 4' 36" 7 Balerarics + 4' 40" 8 Catalonia-Aragon + 6' 38" 9 Italy B + 6' 51" 10 Spain A + 8' 05"
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