# 1966 Vuelta a España

The 21st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 28 April to 15 May 1966. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,949.5 km (1,832.7 mi), and was won by Francisco Gabica of the Kas–Kaskol cycling team. Jos van der Vleuten won the points classification and Gregorio San Miguel won the mountains classification.

## Route

List of stages :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1a | 28 April | Murcia – Murcia | 111 km (69 mi) | | | Bruno Sivilotti [fr] (ITA) |
| 1b | 28 April | Murcia – Murcia | 3.5 km (2 mi) | | Individual time trial | José María Errandonea (ESP) |
| 2a | 29 April | Murcia – La Manga | 81 km (50 mi) | | | Enzo Pretolani [fr] (ITA) |
| 2b | 29 April | La Manga – Benidorm | 153 km (95 mi) | | | Ramón Mendiburu (ESP) |
| 3 | 30 April | Benidorm – Valencia | 148 km (92 mi) | | | José Antonio Momeñe (ESP) |
| 4 | 1 May | Cuenca – Madrid | 177 km (110 mi) | | | Valentín Uriona (ESP) |
| 5 | 2 May | Madrid – Madrid | 181 km (112 mi) | | | Carlos Echeverría (ESP) |
| 6 | 3 May | Madrid – Calatayud | 225 km (140 mi) | | | Jo de Roo (NED) |
| 7 | 4 May | Calatayud – Zaragoza | 105 km (65 mi) | | | Cees Haast (NED) |
| 8 | 5 May | Zaragoza – Lleida | 144 km (89 mi) | | | Henk Nijdam (NED) |
| 9 | 6 May | Lleida – Las Colinas | 128 km (80 mi) | | | Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP) |
| 10a | 7 May | Sitges – Barcelona | 40 km (25 mi) | | | Luis Otaño (ESP) |
| 10b | 7 May | Barcelona – Barcelona | 49 km (30 mi) | | | Henk Nijdam (NED) |
| 11 | 8 May | Barcelona – Huesca | 266 km (165 mi) | | | Mario Zanin (ITA) |
| 12 | 9 May | Huesca – Pamplona | 221 km (137 mi) | | | Gerben Karstens (NED) |
| 13 | 10 May | Pamplona – San Sebastián | 131 km (81 mi) | | | Cees Haast (NED) |
| 14 | 11 May | San Sebastián – Vitoria | 178 km (111 mi) | | | Gregorio San Miguel (ESP) |
| 15a | 12 May | Vitoria – Haro | 61 km (38 mi) | | Individual time trial | Francisco Gabica (ESP) |
| 15b | 12 May | Haro – Logroño | 52 km (32 mi) | | | Gerben Karstens (NED) |
| 16 | 13 May | Logroño – Burgos | 116 km (72 mi) | | | Henk Nijdam (NED) |
| 17 | 14 May | Burgos – Santander | 226 km (140 mi) | | | Gerben Karstens (NED) |
| 18 | 15 May | Santander – Bilbao | 154 km (96 mi) | | | Domingo Perurena (ESP) |
| | Total | Total | 2,949.5 km (1,833 mi) | 2,949.5 km (1,833 mi) | 2,949.5 km (1,833 mi) | 2,949.5 km (1,833 mi) |

## Results
### Final General Classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Francisco Gabica (ESP) | Kas–Kaskol | 78h 53' 55" |
| 2 | Eusebio Vélez (ESP) | Kas–Kaskol | + 39" |
| 3 | Carlos Echeverría (ESP) | Kas–Kaskol | + 44" |
| 4 | Luis Otaño (ESP) | Fagor | + 2' 17" |
| 5 | José Antonio Momeñe (ESP) | Kas–Kaskol | + 2' 25" |
| 6 | Valentín Uriona (ESP) | Kas–Kaskol | + 2' 44" |
| 7 | Antonio Gómez del Moral (ESP) | Kas–Kaskol | + 3' 52" |
| 8 | Cees Haast (NED) | Televizier | + 3' 55" |
| 9 | Angelino Soler (ESP) | Ferrys | + 4' 37" |
| 10 | José María Errandonea (ESP) | Fagor | + 4' 40" |
| 11 | Sebastián Elorza (ESP) | Kas–Kaskol | |
| 12 | Domingo Perurena (ESP) | Fagor | |
| 13 | Gregorio San Miguel (ESP) | Kas–Kaskol | |
| 14 | Mariano Díaz (ESP) | Fagor | |
| 15 | José Manuel López (ESP) | Fagor | |
| 16 | Eduardo Castelló (ESP) | Ferrys | |
| 17 | Jos van der Vleuten (NED) | Televizier | |
| 18 | Aldo Moser (ITA) | Vittadello | |
| 19 | Ramon Sáez Marzo (ESP) | Ferrys | |
| 20 | Juan María Uribezubia (ESP) | Kas–Kaskol | |
| 21 | Gerben Karstens (NED) | Televizier | |
| 22 | Henk Nijdam (NED) | Televizier | |
| 23 | Luis Pedro Santamarina (ESP) | Fagor | |
| 24 | Rik Wouters (NED) | Televizier | |
| 25 | Dieter Puschel (FRG) | Wiels-Groene Leeuw | |