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 9 occurred on 2 May with a stage from Tortosa. The race finished in Bilbao on 8 May.
Stage 9 2 May 1955 - Tortosa to Valencia,
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Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy A 2 Balearics s.t. 3 France South-east s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Benelux s.t. 6 Italy B s.t. 7 Spain B + 7' 41" 8 Italy A + 10' 03" 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Catalonia s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Levante 2 France + 2' 56" 3 Spain A + 3' 48" 4 Catalonia + 4' 24" 5 Catalonia + 4' 38" 6 Catalonia-Aragon + 6' 38" 7 Spain B + 6' 42" 8 Italy B + 6' 51" 9 France South-east + 6' 59" 10 Benelux + 7' 21"
Stage 10 3 May 1955 - Valencia to Cuenca,
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Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy B 2 Catalonia-Aragon s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 Biscay s.t. 5 Spain B + 6' 38" 6 Italy A + 11' 48" 7 France s.t. 8 Catalonia s.t. 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Italy B s.t.General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Levante + 2' 09" 3 Catalonia-Aragon + 2' 22" 4 France + 5' 05" 5 Spain A + 5' 57" 6 Catalonia + 6' 23" 7 Catalonia + 6' 45" 8 Balerarics + 6' 47" 9 Catalonia-Aragon + 8' 47" 10 Spain B + 8' 51"
Stage 11 4 May 1955 - Cuenca to Madrid,
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Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy A 2 France South-east s.t. 3 Spain B s.t. 4 Galicia-Asturias-Leon-Valladolid s.t. 5 Balearics + 8' 03" 6 France South-east s.t. 7 Spain A s.t. 8 Italy B + 10' 23" 9 Guipuzkoa-Navarre s.t. 10 Spain A + 14' 13"General classification after Stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Levante + 2' 09" 3 Catalonia-Aragon + 2' 22" 4 France + 5' 05" 5 Spain A + 5' 57" 6 Catalonia + 6' 23" 7 Catalonia + 6' 45" 8 Balerarics + 6' 47" 9 Catalonia-Aragon + 8' 47" 10 Italy B + 9' 00"
Stage 12 5 May 1955 - Madrid – Madrid, (TTT)
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Stage 12 result Rank Team Time 1 Italy A 2 Italy B + 49" 3 France + 1' 43" 4 Catalonia s.t. 5 Balearics + 2' 22" 6 Spain A + 2' 31" 7 Spain B + 3' 31" 8 Biscay s.t. 9 Switzerland + 4' 07" 10 Galicia-Asturias-Leon-Valladolid + 4' 31"General classification after Stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Levante + 3' 17" 3 Catalonia-Aragon + 3' 27" 4 France + 5' 05" 5 Spain A + 6' 13" 6 Catalonia + 6' 23" 7 Catalonia + 6' 45" 8 Balerarics + 7' 00" 9 Italy B + 8' 42" 10 Biscay + 9' 37"
Stage 13 6 May 1955 - Madrid to Valladolid,
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Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy A 2 Italy A s.t. 3 Balearics s.t. 4 Spain A s.t. 5 Benelux s.t. 6 Spain A s.t. 7 Spain A s.t. 8 Spain B s.t. 9 Spain B s.t. 10 Benelux s.t.General classification after Stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Catalonia-Aragon + 3' 27" 3 France + 5' 05" 4 Spain A + 6' 13" 5 Catalonia + 6' 23" 6 Catalonia + 6' 45" 7 Balerarics + 7' 00" 8 Italy B + 8' 42" 9 Levante + 9' 28" 10 Biscay + 9' 37"
Stage 14 7 May 1955 - Valladolid to Bilbao,
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Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy A 2 Catalonia + 1" 3 Spain B + 3' 53" 4 Germany + 6' 11" 5 Benelux s.t. 6 Castile + 6' 32" 7 Biscay + 8' 46" 8 Italy B + 9' 04" 9 Italy B + 9' 05" 10 Germany + 9' 56"General classification after Stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Catalonia-Aragon + 3' 27" 3 France + 5' 05" 4 Spain A + 6' 13" 5 Catalonia + 6' 23" 6 Catalonia + 6' 45" 7 Balerarics + 7' 00" 8 Italy B + 8' 42" 9 Biscay + 9' 37" 10 France South-east + 10' 05"
Stage 15 8 May 1955 - Bilbao to Bilbao,
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Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy A 2 France South-east s.t. 3 Catalonia s.t. 4 Spain A s.t. 5 Italy A s.t. 6 Balearics s.t. 7 Balerarics s.t. 8 Spain A s.t. 9 Spain B s.t. 10 Catalonia-Aragon s.t.General classification after Stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Catalonia-Aragon + 3' 06" 3 France + 5' 05" 4 Spain A + 5' 54" 5 Catalonia + 6' 24" 6 Balerarics + 6' 39" 7 Catalonia + 7' 31" 8 Italy B + 8' 42" 9 Biscay + 9' 37" 10 France South-east + 9' 44"
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