The 1959 Vuelta a España was the 14th edition of Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Madrid with a team time trial on 24 April and Stage 8 occurred on 1 May with a stage to Tortosa. The race finished in Bilbao on 15 May.
Stage 1a 24 April 1959 - Madrid to Madrid, (TTT)
Stage 1a result Rank Team Time 1 2 + 12" 3 Italy Mixed + 15" 4 s.t. 5 + 29" 6 Belgium + 30" 7 Spain + 42" 8 Boxing + 1' 09" 9 Portugal + 1' 39"
Stage 1b 24 April 1959 - Madrid to Toledo,
Stage 1b result and general classification after Stage 1b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 + 30" 3 + 1' 00" 4 s.t. 5 + 1' 22" 6 + 1' 25" 7 + 2' 00" 8 Italy Mixed s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 2 25 April 1959 - Manzanares to Córdoba,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Spain + 33" 3 Belgium + 5' 44" 4 Boxing s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Belgium s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Spain s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Spain + 1' 44" 3 + 5' 06" 4 + 5' 44" 5 Belgium s.t. 6 + 6' 13" 7 + 6' 34" 8 + 6' 39" 9 + 6' 43" 10 Belgium + 6' 49"
Stage 3 26 April 1959 - Córdoba to Seville,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Belgium + 30" 3 + 1' 00" 4 Belgium s.t. 5 + 1' 02" 6 s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 + 4' 22" 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Spain + 1' 44" 3 + 1' 46" 4 Belgium + 2' 57" 5 + 3' 21" 6 Belgium + 4' 43" 7 Belgium + 5' 44" 8 + 6' 03" 9 + 6' 13" 10 + 6' 34"
Stage 4 27 April 1959 - Seville to Granada,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 23" 3 Boxing + 1' 54" 4 + 3' 11" 5 Spain + 4' 08" 6 + 4' 19" 7 Belgium + 4' 31" 8 Spain + 4' 37" 9 Italy Mixed s.t. 10 + 4' 38"
Stage 5 28 April 1959 - Guadix to Murcia,
Route:
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 59" 3 Belgium + 1' 29" 4 Spain + 1' 31" 5 s.t. 6 Belgium + 1' 33" 7 Belgium + 1' 52" 8 Belgium + 1' 53" 9 s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 55" 3 + 1' 31" 4 Spain + 1' 35" 5 Belgium + 1' 42" 6 + 1' 47" 7 Belgium + 4' 22" 8 Belgium + 4' 43" 9 + 5' 14" 10 + 5' 45"
Stage 6 29 April 1959 - Murcia to Alicante,
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Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 Belgium + 11' 31" 3 + 12' 01" 4 s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Spain s.t. 8 Boxing s.t. 9 Italy Mixed s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 55" 3 + 1' 29" 4 Spain + 1' 35" 5 Belgium + 1' 43" 6 + 1' 47" 7 Belgium + 3' 52" 8 Belgium + 5' 08" 9 + 5' 14" 10 + 5' 45"
Stage 7 30 April 1959 - Alicante to Castellón,
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Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Boxing 2 Boxing + 30" 3 + 1' 00" 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Boxing s.t. 8 s.t. 9 + 1' 12" 10 + 6' 33"General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Boxing + 42" 3 + 3' 57" 4 Boxing + 5' 02" 5 + 5' 17" 6 + 6' 53" 7 + 8' 02" 8 Belgium + 8' 43" 9 Boxing + 13' 13" 10 + 18' 32"
Stage 8 1 May 1959 - Castellón to Tortosa,
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Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 + 30" 3 Italy Mixed + 1' 00" 4 Italy Mixed s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Spain s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Belgium + 2' 42" 3 Boxing + 3' 23" 4 + 6' 39" 5 Boxing + 7' 44" 6 + 7' 54" 7 + 9' 35" 8 + 10' 30" 9 Belgium + 11' 25" 10 Boxing + 15' 55"
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