# 1941 Vuelta a España

The 3rd Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 12 June to 6 July 1941. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 4,409 km (2,740 mi). Delio Rodríguez won 12 of the 21 stages and finished in 4th place overall. Fermin Trueba won three stages and the mountains classification and finished only about one minute behind Julián Berrendero, in a race where the winner's time was nearly 170:00:00.
This was the first time that the Vuelta was won by a Spanish rider. The race was organized by "Educacion y Descanco", an organisation in the Franco dictatorship with the goal to promote arts, culture and sports. Teams from several countries (Belgium, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands) were invited to send a team of four riders, but the countries involved in World War II were unwilling or unable to do so, and only riders from Spain and neutral Switzerland competed in the race.
Rodriguez rose to fame after this race and later became a significant figure in Spanish cycling history.

## Route

List of stages :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 12 June | Madrid – Salamanca | 210 km (130 mi) | | Julián Berrendero (ESP) |
| 2 | 13 June | Salamanca – Cáceres | 214 km (133 mi) | | Antonio Montes [es] (ESP) |
| 3 | 14 June | Cáceres – Sevilla | 270 km (168 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 4 | 16 June | Sevilla – Málaga | 212 km (132 mi) | | Antonio Escuriet (ESP) |
| 5 | 17 June | Málaga – Almería | 220 km (137 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 6 | 18 June | Almería – Murcia | 223 km (139 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 7 | 19 June | Murcia – Valencia | 248 km (154 mi) | | Antonio Sancho (ESP) |
| 8 | 21 June | Valencia – Tarragona | 279 km (173 mi) | | Fermin Trueba (ESP) |
| 9 | 22 June | Tarragona – Barcelona | 112 km (70 mi) | | Antonio Martín (ESP) |
| 10 | 23 June | Barcelona – Zaragoza | 294 km (183 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 11 | 24 June | Zaragoza – Logroño | 172 km (107 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 12 | 25 June | Logroño – San Sebastián | 213 km (132 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 13 | 26 June | San Sebastián – Bilbao | 160 km (99 mi) | | Fermin Trueba (ESP) |
| 14 | 28 June | Bilbao – Santander | 165 km (103 mi) | | Fermin Trueba (ESP) |
| 15 | 29 June | Santander – Gijón | 192 km (119 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 16a | 30 June | Gijón – Oviedo | 53 km (33 mi) | Individual time trial | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 16b | 30 June | Oviedo – Luarca | 101 km (63 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 17 | 1 July | Luarca – A Coruña | 219 km (136 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 18 | 2 July | A Coruña – Vigo | 175 km (109 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 19 | 4 July | Vigo – Verín | 178 km (111 mi) | | Delio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 20 | 5 July | Verín – Valladolid | 301 km (187 mi) | | Julián Berrendero (ESP) |
| 21 | 6 July | Valladolid – Madrid | 198 km (123 mi) | | Vicente Carretero [fr] (ESP) |

## Results
### Final General Classification

| Rank | Rider | Time |
| 1 | Julián Berrendero | 168h 45' 26s |
| 2 | Fermin Trueba | a 1' 07s |
| 3 | José Jabardo | a 6' 32s |
| 4 | Delio Rodríguez | a 29' 17s |
| 5 | Antonio Sancho | a 35' 40s |
| 6 | Antonio Escuriet | a 35' 57s |
| 7 | Antonio Martín | a 46' 04s |
| 8 | Vicente Carretero | a 54' 25s |
| 9 | José Cano | a 1h 05' 40s |
| 10 | Manuel Izquierdo | a 1h 24' 13s |
| 11 | José Botanch | |
| 12 | Benito Cabestreros | |
| 13 | Miguel Carrion | |
| 14 | Cayetano Martin | |
| 15 | Emile Vaucher | |
| 16 | Martin Santos | |