1961 Vuelta a España
Route

1961 Vuelta a España

Section Title: Route
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1a	26 April	San Sebastián – San Sebastián	10.5 km (7 mi)	-	Team time trial	Faema

1b	26 April	San Sebastián – Pamplona	91 km (57 mi)	Marcel Rohrbach (FRA)

2	27 April	Pamplona – Pamplona	174 km (108 mi)	François Mahé (FRA)

3	28 April	Pamplona – Huesca	174 km (108 mi)	Vicente Iturat (ESP)

4	29 April	Binéfar – Barcelona	199 km (124 mi)	Marcel Seynaeve [fr] (BEL)

5	30 April	Barcelona – Tortosa	185 km (115 mi)	Jesús Galdeano (ESP)

6	1 May	Tortosa – Valencia	188 km (117 mi)	Angelino Soler (ESP)

7	2 May	Valencia – Benidorm	141 km (88 mi)	René Van Meenen (BEL)

8	3 May	Benidorm – Albacete	211 km (131 mi)	José Pérez Francés (ESP)

9	4 May	Albacete – Madrid	198 km (123 mi)	Alves Barbosa (POR)

10	5 May	Madrid – Madrid	195 km (121 mi)	Luis Otaño (ESP)

11	6 May	Madrid – Valladolid	189 km (117 mi)	Arthur Decabooter (BEL)

12	7 May	Valladolid – Palencia	48 km (30 mi)	-	Individual time trial	Antonio Suárez (ESP)

13	8 May	Palencia – Santander	220 km (137 mi)	Francisco Moreno [ca] (ESP)

14	9 May	Santander – Vitoria	235 km (146 mi)	François Mahé (FRA)

15	10 May	Vitoria – Bilbao	179 km (111 mi)	Antonio Karmany (ESP)

16	11 May	Bilbao – Bilbao	159 km (99 mi)	Gabriel Company (ESP)

Total	2,856.5 km (1,775 mi)

Sentence(s)

Vuelta a España consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 2,856.5 km (1,774.9 mi).

final_sentence: Vuelta a España consisted of 16 stages covering a total of 2,856.5 km (1,774.9 mi).