The 1968 Vuelta a España was the 23rd edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Zaragoza on 25 April, and Stage 8 occurred on 2 May with a stage to Almansa. The race finished in Bilbao on 12 May.

Stage 1a 25 April 1968 - Zaragoza to Zaragoza,

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Stage 1a result and General Classification after Stage 1a Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 18" 4 Goldor + 20" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Goldor s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 1b 25 April 1968 - Zaragoza to Zaragoza, (ITT)

Stage 1b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 18" 3 s.t. 4 + 24" 5 Goldor s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 30" 8 + 31" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 1b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 28" 3 + 38" 4 + 44" 5 + 49" 6 Goldor s.t. 7 s.t. 8 + 50" 9 + 51" 10 s.t.

Stage 2 26 April 1968 - Zaragoza to Lleida,

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Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 20" 3 + 40" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Goldor s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Goldor s.t. 10 Goldor s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 27" 3 + 28" 4 + 38" 5 + 44" 6 + 49" 7 Goldor s.t. 8 s.t. 9 + 50" 10 + 51"

Stage 3a 27 April 1968 - Lleida to Barcelona,

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Stage 3a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 52" 3 + 1' 00" 4 + 1' 02" 5 s.t. 6 Goldor s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Goldor s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 3b 27 April 1968 - Barcelona to Barcelona,

Stage 3b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 21" 4 + 39" 5 Goldor s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Goldor s.t. 9 GD Karpy s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1" 3 + 15" 4 + 32" 5 + 37" 6 + 44" 7 + 49" 8 + 55" 9 Goldor + 1' 00" 10 s.t.

Stage 4 28 April 1968 - Barcelona to Salou,

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Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 20" 3 + 40" 4 Goldor s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Goldor s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 15" 4 + 29" 5 + 46" 6 + 49" 7 + 58" 8 + 1' 02" 9 + 1' 03" 10 + 1' 09"

Stage 5 29 April 1968 - Salou to Vinaròs,

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Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Goldor + 20" 3 + 40" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Goldor s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Goldor s.t.

Stage 6 30 April 1968 - Vinaròs to Valencia,

Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 24" 3 Goldor + 47" 4 Goldor s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 36" 3 + 41" 4 + 55" 5 + 1' 12" 6 + 1' 15" 7 + 1' 16" 8 + 1' 27" 9 + 1' 28" 10 + 1' 29"

Stage 7 1 May 1968 - Valencia to Benidorm,

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Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 20" 3 + 40" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 + 46" 8 s.t. 9 Goldor s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 24" 3 + 41" 4 + 46" 5 + 55" 6 + 1' 15" 7 + 1' 16" 8 + 1' 24" 9 + 1' 28" 10 + 1' 29"

Stage 8 2 May 1968 - Benidorm to Almansa,

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Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 GD Karpy 2 + 3' 47" 3 + 4' 08" 4 + 4' 11" 5 + 4' 12" 6 + 4' 13" 7 + 4' 14" 8 s.t. 9 Goldor s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 GD Karpy 2 + 2' 17" 3 + 2' 42" 4 + 2' 56" 5 + 3' 03" 6 + 3' 12" 7 + 3' 32" 8 s.t. 9 + 3' 33" 10 + 3' 41"

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