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 9 occurred on 2 May with a stage from Tortosa. The race finished in Bilbao on 15 May.
Stage 9 2 May 1959 - Tortosa to Barcelona,
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Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 + 40" 3 + 1' 10" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Boxing s.t. 9 Italy Mixed s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Belgium + 2' 55" 3 Boxing + 3' 49" 4 + 6' 39" 5 + 9' 35" 6 + 10' 30" 7 Boxing + 11' 01" 8 + 11' 16" 9 Boxing + 15' 55" 10 Belgium + 17' 06"
Stage 10 3 May 1959 - Granollers to Lleida,
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Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 30" 3 Belgium + 1' 00" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Italy Mixed s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Belgium + 3' 53" 3 Belgium + 3' 55" 4 Boxing + 4' 21" 5 Belgium + 4' 54" 6 + 6' 39" 7 + 9' 35" 8 + 10' 30" 9 Belgium + 11' 14" 10 + 13' 16"
Stage 11 4 May 1959 - Lleida to Pamplona,
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Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 + 31" 3 + 1' 03" 4 + 1' 11" 5 Spain + 5' 53" 6 + 17' 07" 7 Spain s.t. 8 + 18' 36" 9 Belgium + 23' 28" 10 Spain + 23' 29"
Stage 12 5 May 1959 - Pamplona to San Sebastián,
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Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Belgium + 2' 23" 3 + 2' 53" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Belgium + 2' 55" 6 Spain + 2' 58" 7 Italy Mixed + 4' 27" 8 Belgium + 4' 31" 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Spain s.t.General classification after Stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3' 20" 3 Belgium + 6' 20" 4 + 7' 50" 5 + 13' 36" 6 Belgium + 20' 56" 7 Belgium + 21' 19" 8 + 24' 40" 9 Belgium + 24' 51" 10 Spain + 26' 46"
Stage 13 6 May 1959 - San Sebastián to San Sebastián, (TTT)
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Stage 13 result Rank Team Time 1 2 Belgium + 9" 3 + 28" 4 s.t. 5 Italy Mixed + 36" 6 Spain 7 8 Boxing
Stage 14 7 May 1959 - Eibar to Vitoria, (ITT)
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Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 24" 3 + 3' 26" 4 Belgium + 6' 46" 5 + 6' 50" 6 + 8' 02" 7 + 8' 43" 8 Belgium + 8' 52" 9 + 9' 00" 10 + 9' 05"General classification after Stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 06" 3 Belgium + 5' 19" 4 + 10' 43" 5 + 18' 22" 6 + 20' 19" 7 Belgium + 24' 24" 8 + 26' 34" 9 Belgium + 27' 17" 10 + 28' 27"
Stage 15 8 May 1959 - Vitoria to Santander,
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Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Spain + 31" 3 Belgium + 12' 11" 4 Belgium s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Spain s.t. 7 Spain s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Italy Mixed s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 06" 3 Belgium + 7' 19" 4 + 10' 43" 5 + 18' 58" 6 + 20' 59" 7 Belgium + 24' 24" 8 + 26' 34" 9 Belgium + 27' 17" 10 + 28' 27"
Stage 16 9 May 1959 - Santander to Bilbao,
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Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 30" 3 Spain + 1' 00" 4 s.t. 5 Belgium + 3' 29" 6 Belgium s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Italy Mixed s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 06" 3 Belgium + 7' 19" 4 + 7' 44" 5 + 16' 29" 6 + 17' 30" 7 Belgium + 24' 24" 8 + 26' 34" 9 Belgium + 27' 17" 10 + 28' 27"
Stage 17 10 May 1959 - Bilbao to Bilbao,
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Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Spain + 5' 15" 3 + 5' 45" 4 Belgium + 7' 03" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Italy Mixed s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 06" 3 Belgium + 7' 19" 4 + 7' 44" 5 + 16' 29" 6 + 17' 30" 7 Belgium + 24' 24" 8 + 26' 34" 9 Belgium + 27' 37" 10 Spain + 29' 40"
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