The 1961 Vuelta a España was the 16th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in San Sebastián, with a team time trial on 26 April, and Stage 8 occurred on 3 May with a stage to Albacete. The race finished in Bilbao on 11 May.
Stage 1a 26 April 1961 - San Sebastián to San Sebastián, (TTT)
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Stage 1a result Rank Team Time 1 Faema 2 + 15" 3 France + 32" 4 + 33" 5 + 38" 6 Portugal + 1' 21" 7 s.t. 8 Belgium + 1' 58" 9 Netherlands + 2' 41" 10 Italy + 3' 09"
Stage 1b 26 April 1961 - San Sebastián to Pamplona,
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Stage 1b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4" 3 + 5" 4 + 32" 5 France s.t. 6 Portugal s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Portugal + 49" 10 France + 50"General classification after Stage 1b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 30" 3 France + 1' 06" 4 France + 1' 10" 5 France + 1' 15" 6 + 1' 17" 7 + 1' 19" 8 + 1' 22" 9 Faema s.t. 10 Faema s.t.
Stage 2 27 April 1961 - Pamplona to Pamplona,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 + 28" 3 + 1' 04" 4 + 1' 06" 5 Faema s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 France + 9" 3 + 51" 4 France + 1' 06" 5 + 1' 17" 6 + 1' 19" 7 Faema + 1' 22" 8 Faema + 1' 23" 9 + 1' 32" 10 Faema + 1' 37"
Stage 3 28 April 1961 - Pamplona to Huesca,
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Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 25" 3 + 1' 55" 4 Faema s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Portugal s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 + 35" 3 France + 57" 4 + 1' 08" 5 Faema + 1' 43" 6 + 2' 03" 7 + 2' 10" 8 + 2' 12" 9 + 2' 19" 10 + 2' 20"
Stage 4 29 April 1961 - Binéfar to Barcelona,
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Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 30" 3 + 6' 12" 4 Netherlands + 6' 12" 5 + 6' 17" 6 France + 6' 18" 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 42" 3 France + 1' 54" 4 + 2' 29" 5 France + 2' 51" 6 + 3' 02" 7 Faema + 3' 07" 8 + 3' 57" 9 + 4' 04" 10 + 4' 06"
Stage 5 30 April 1961 - Barcelona to Tortosa,
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Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Faema 2 + 30" 3 France + 1' 09" 4 s.t. 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 5' 08" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Faema s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 42" 3 France + 1' 54" 4 + 2' 29" 5 France + 2' 35" 6 France + 2' 52" 7 Faema + 3' 07" 8 + 3' 40" 9 + 3' 57" 10 + 4' 04"
Stage 6 1 May 1961 - Tortosa to Valencia,
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Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Faema 2 + 30" 3 + 1' 00" 4 France s.t. 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 + 8' 47" 9 Faema + 8' 51" 10 + 10' 03"
Stage 7 2 May 1961 - Valencia to Benidorm,
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Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Netherlands + 30" 3 + 2' 26" 4 s.t. 5 Faema s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Faema s.t. 10 Faema s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 France + 6' 02" 3 Faema + 7' 06" 4 + 7' 39" 5 Faema + 9' 22" 6 + 9' 51" 7 + 10' 19" 8 France + 10' 45" 9 Netherlands + 11' 00" 10 France + 11' 26"
Stage 8 3 May 1961 - Benidorm to Albacete,
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Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Faema + 30" 3 Faema + 1' 00" 4 s.t. 5 + 1' 02" 6 + 4' 54" 7 s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Faema s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 France + 6' 02" 3 Faema + 7' 06" 4 + 7' 39" 5 Faema + 9' 22" 6 + 9' 24" 7 + 10' 19" 8 France + 10' 45" 9 Netherlands + 11' 00" 10 Netherlands + 11' 16"
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