# 1945 Vuelta a España

The 5th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 10 to 31 May 1945. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 3,818 km (2,372 mi), and was won by Delio Rodríguez. There was also a classification sponsored by Pirelli, Rodríguez also won the points classification and Julián Berrendero won the mountains classification.

## Route

List of stages :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 10 May | Madrid – Salamanca | 212 km (132 mi) | | Julián Berrendero (ESP) |
| 2 | 11 May | Salamanca – Cáceres | 214 km (133 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 3 | 12 May | Cáceres – Badajoz | 132 km (82 mi) | | Miguel Gual (ESP) |
| 4a | 13 May | Badajoz – Almendralejo | 57 km (35 mi) | Individual time trial | Juan Gimeno (ESP) |
| 4b | 13 May | Almendralejo – Sevilla | 171 km (106 mi) | | Vicente Miró [es] (ESP) |
| 5 | 15 May | Sevilla – Granada | 251 km (156 mi) | | Antonio Montes [es] (ESP) |
| 6 | 16 May | Granada – Murcia | 285 km (177 mi) | | Joaquín Olmos (ESP) |
| 7 | 17 May | Murcia – Valencia | 244 km (152 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 8 | 19 May | Valencia – Tortosa | 188 km (117 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 9 | 20 May | Tortosa – Barcelona | 288 km (179 mi) | | Miguel Gual (ESP) |
| 10 | 21 May | Barcelona – Zaragoza | 306 km (190 mi) | | Miguel Gual (ESP) |
| 11 | 22 May | Zaragoza – San Sebastián | 276 km (171 mi) | | José Gutierrez [es] (ESP) |
| 12 | 24 May | San Sebastián – Bilbao | 207 km (129 mi) | | João Rebelo [es] (POR) |
| 13 | 25 May | Bilbao – Santander | 188 km (117 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 14 | 26 May | Santander – Reinosa | 110 km (68 mi) | | João Rebelo [es] (POR) |
| 15 | 27 May | Reinosa – Gijón | 200 km (124 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 16 | 29 May | Gijón – León | 172 km (107 mi) | | Julián Berrendero (ESP) |
| 17 | 30 May | León – Valladolid | 132 km (82 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 18 | 31 May | Valladolid – Madrid | 185 km (115 mi) | | Joaquín Olmos (ESP) |

## Points classification

A new introduction to this Vuelta was a classification on points, sponsored by Pirelli. It was calculated as follows:
* The winner of a stage received 100 points, the second 99, and so on. If cyclists arrived in a group that was given the same time, they all received the same number of points.
* The first five cyclists in a stage received 12 points for every minute that they arrived ahead of the number six of the stage.
* For every point scored for the mountains classification, two points were given for this points classification.
* On intermediate sprints, points could be won: 8 for the winner, 6 for the second, 4 and 2 for the next.
Although the sponsor said that the classification was a great success, it did not return the next edition.

## Final standings
### General classification

Final general classification (1–25) :
| Rank | Rider | Time |
| 1 | Delio Rodríguez (Spain) | 135h 43' 55" |
| 2 | Julián Berrendero (Spain) | + 30' 08" |
| 3 | Juan Gimeno (Spain) | + 37' 18" |
| 4 | Miguel Gual (Spain) | + 49' 53" |
| 5 | Antonio Martín (Spain) | + 1h 09' 01" |
| 6 | João Rebelo (POR) | + 1h 09' 09" |
| 7 | Diego Chafer (Spain) | + 1h 12' 41" |
| 8 | Bernardo Capo (Spain) | + 1h 17' 20" |
| 9 | Alejandro Fombellida (Spain) | + 1h 18' 18" |
| 10 | Pedro Font (Spain) | + 1h 20' 21" |
| 11 | Manuel Costa (Spain) | |
| 12 | Joaquim Olmos (Spain) | |
| 13 | José Gutierrez (Spain) | |
| 14 | Dalmacio Langarica (Spain) | |
| 15 | Pastor Rodríguez (Spain) | |
| 16 | Gabriel Palmer (Spain) | |
| 17 | Julio Mourao (POR) | |
| 18 | Miguel Casas (Spain) | |
| 19 | Antonio Andres Sancho (Spain) | |
| 20 | Vicente Miro (Spain) | |
| 21 | Joaquim Jiménez (Spain) | |
| 22 | Bernardo Ruiz (Spain) | |
| 23 | Aniceto Bruno (POR) | |
| 24 | Felix Vidaurreta (Spain) | |
| 25 | Imperio Dos Santos (POR) | |

### Mountain classification

Final mountain classification (1–15) :
| Rank | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Julián Berrendero (Spain) | 45 |
| 2 | João Rebelo (POR) | 44 |
| 3 | Pedro Font (Spain) | 28 |
| 4 | Miguel Gual (Spain) | 22 |
| 5 | José Gutierrez (Spain) | 11 |
| 6 | Miguel Casas (Spain) | 8 |
| 7 | Aniceto Bruno (POR) | 7 |
| 8 | Dalmacio Langarica (Spain) | 6 |
| 9 | Joaquim Olmos (Spain) | 4 |
| 10 | Alejandro Fombellida (Spain) | 3 |
| 10 | Juan Gimeno (Spain) | 3 |
| 10 | Joaquim Jiménez (Spain) | 3 |
| 13 | Diego Chafer (Spain) | 2 |
| 14 | Bernardo Capo (Spain) | 1 |
| 14 | Antonio Martín (Spain) | 1 |

### Points classification

Final points classification (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Delio Rodríguez (Spain) | 2347 |
| 2 | João Rebelo (POR) | 2021 |
| 3 | Julián Berrendero (Spain) | 1967 |
| 4 | Miguel Gual (Spain) | 1942 |
| 5 | Juan Gimeno (Spain) | 1895 |
| 6 | Pedro Font (Spain) | 1823 |
| 7 | Vicente Miro (Spain) | 1803 |
| 8 | Bernardo Capo (Spain) | 1799 |
| 9 | José Gutierrez (Spain) | 1747 |
| 10 | Antonio Martín (Spain) | 1730 |

### Other awards

There was also a team competition: the ranks in the general classification of the best two cyclists per cycling club were added, and the club with the lowest total won. Delio Rodríguez was in the same club as Alejandro Fombellida, and because they finished first and ninth, they scored 10 points; no other team had fewer points, so they won the team competition.