# 1960 Vuelta a España

The 15th Vuelta a España (Tour of [Spain-nl]), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 15 May 1960. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,567 km (2,216 mi), and was won by Frans De Mulder of the Groene Leeuw cycling team. Arthur Decabooter won the points classification and Antonio Karmany won the mountains classification.

## Route

List of stages :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 29 April | [Gijón-nl] – Gijón | 8 km (5 mi) | | Team time trial | Faema |
| 2 | 30 April | [Gijón-nl] – A Coruña | 235 km (146 mi) | | | Felipe Alberdi (ESP) |
| 3 | 1 May | A Coruña – [Vigo-nl] | 187 km (116 mi) | | | Antonio Barrutia (ESP) |
| 4 | 2 May | [Vigo-nl] – [Ourense-nl] | 105 km (65 mi) | | | Frans De Mulder (BEL) |
| 5 | 3 May | [Ourense-nl] – Zamora | 287 km (178 mi) | | | Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP) |
| 6 | 4 May | Zamora – [Madrid-nl] | 250 km (155 mi) | | | Nino Assirelli (ITA) |
| 7 | 5 May | [Madrid-nl] – Madrid | 209 km (130 mi) | | | Frans De Mulder (BEL) |
| 8 | 6 May | Guadalajara – [Zaragoza-nl] | 264 km (164 mi) | | | Arthur Decabooter (BEL) |
| 9 | 7 May | [Zaragoza-nl] – [Barcelona-nl] | 269 km (167 mi) | | | Salvador Botella (ESP) |
| 10 | 8 May | [Barcelona-nl] – [Barbastro-nl] | 240 km (149 mi) | | | Alfons Sweeck (BEL) |
| 11 | 9 May | [Barbastro-nl] – [Pamplona-nl] | 267 km (166 mi) | | | Vicente Iturat (ESP) |
| 12 | 10 May | [Pamplona-nl] – [Logroño-nl] | 179 km (111 mi) | | | Jesús Galdeano (ESP) |
| 13 | 11 May | [Logroño-nl] – San Sebastián | 211 km (131 mi) | | | Federico Bahamontes (ESP) |
| 14 | 12 May | San Sebastián – [Vitoria-Gasteiz|Vitoria-nl] | 263 km (163 mi) | | | Antonio Suárez (ESP) |
| 15 | 13 May | Vitoria-nl] – Santander | 232 km (144 mi) | | | Arthur Decabooter (BEL) |
| 16 | 14 May | Santander – [Bilbao-nl] | 192 km (119 mi) | | | Frans De Mulder (BEL) |
| 17a | 15 May | [Bilbao-nl] – [Guernica-nl] | 116 km (72 mi) | | | Frans De Mulder (BEL) |
| 17b | 15 May | [Guernica-nl] – [Bilbao-nl] | 53 km (33 mi) | | Individual time trial | Antonio Karmany (ESP) |
| | Total | Total | 3,567 km (2,216 mi) | 3,567 km (2,216 mi) | 3,567 km (2,216 mi) | 3,567 km (2,216 mi) |

## Results

Final general classification :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Frans De Mulder | Groene Leeuw | 103h 05' 57" |
| 2 | Armand Desmet | Groene Leeuw | + 15' 21" |
| 3 | Miguel Pacheco Font | Licor 43 | + 19' 24" |
| 4 | Antonio Karmany | Kas | + 22' 03" |
| 5 | Juan Campillo | Kas | + 29' 50" |
| 6 | Fernando Manzaneque | Faema | + 31' 58" |
| 7 | Salvador Botella | Faema | + 32' 58" |
| 8 | Benigno Aspuru | Kas | + 35' 08" |
| 9 | Jesús Loroño | Majestad | + 38' 11" |
| 10 | Arthur Decabooter | Groene Leeuw | + 44' 42" |
| 11 | Antonio Suárez | Faema | |
| 12 | Andre Messelis | Groene Leeuw | |
| 13 | Rene Marigil | Ferrys | |
| 14 | Antonin Rolland | Margnat-Rochet | |
| 15 | Carmelo Morales | Kas | |
| 16 | Alfons Sweeck | Groene Leeuw | |
| 17 | José Gomez Del Moral | Groene Leeuw | |
| 18 | Angel Guardiola | |
| 19 | Joseph Aure | Margnat-Rochet | |
| 20 | José Segú Soriano | Kas | |
| 21 | Jesús Galdeano | Faema | |
| 22 | Manuel Santiago | Licor 43 | |
| 23 | Antonio Bertrán | Faema | |
| 24 | Constant De Keyser | Groene Leeuw | |