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1968 Vuelta a España#Points classification

{{Infobox Cycling race report

| name = 1968 Vuelta a España

| image =

| image_caption =

| image_alt =

| date = 25 April – 12 May

| stages = 18

| distance = 3014

| unit = km

| time = 78h 29' 00"

| speed = 38.4

| first = Felice Gimondi

| first_nat = ITA

| first_natvar =

| first_color = yellow

| first_team = Salvarani

| second = José Pérez Francés

| second_nat = ESP

| second_natvar = 1945

| second_team = Kas–Kaskol

| third = Eusebio Vélez

| third_nat = ESP

| third_natvar = 1945

| third_team = Fagor

| points = Jan Janssen

| points_nat = NED

| points_natvar =

| points_color = green

| points_team = Pelforth

| mountains = Francisco Gabica

| mountains_nat = ESP

| mountains_natvar = 1945

| mountains_color =

| mountains_team = Fagor

| sprints = Carlos Echeverría

| sprints_nat = ESP

| sprints_natvar = 1945

| sprints_team = KAS

| sprints_color =

| previous = 1967

| next = 1969

}}

The 23rd edition of Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 25 April to 12 May 1968. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of {{convert|3014|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Basque nationalist ETA terrorists detonated a bomb along the course on stage 15, causing that day's racing to be annulled.{{Cite web |title=In praise of the Vuelta a España |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/go/6794 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Cyclist }}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Graham |date=2003-09-01 |title=La Vuelta: A Colorful & Caliente History |url=https://pezcyclingnews.com/amp/vuelta03/la-vuelta-a-colorful-caliente-history/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=PezCycling News }} The race was won by Felice Gimondi of the Salvarani cycling team. With this win in the 1968 Vuelta a España, the 1967 Giro d'Italia and the 1965 Tour de France, Gimondi became the second cyclist after Jacques Anquetil to win all three grand tours in his career.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/68infor.asp?a=1968&s=infor&t=infor&e=1|title=General Information 1968|publisher=La Vuelta.com|access-date=22 February 2008|archive-date=20 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520173056/http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/68infor.asp?a=1968&s=infor&t=infor&e=1|url-status=dead}} Defending champion Jan Janssen won the points competition and 1966 champion Francisco Gabica won the mountains classification.{{cite news |title=XXIII Vuelta Ciclista a España – Clasificaciones Oficiales |url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/05/13/MD19680513-033.pdf |work=El Mundo Deportivo |date=13 May 1968 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115143827/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1968/05/13/MD19680513-033.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2020 |url-status=live}}

Teams and riders

{{main|List of teams and cyclists in the 1968 Vuelta a España}}

Route

class="wikitable"

|+List of stages{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/1968/stages/winners|title=1968 » 23rd Vuelta a España|work=Procyclingstats|access-date=1 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1968.php|title=23ème Vuelta a España 1968|work=Memoire du cyclisme|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041025141425/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1968.php|archive-date=25 October 2004}}

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type

! scope="col" | Winner

scope="row" | 1a

| 25 April

| Zaragoza – Zaragoza

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|130|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Jan Janssen|NED}}

scope="row" | 1b

| 25 April

| Zaragoza – Zaragoza

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|4|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Jan Janssen|NED}}

scope="row" | 2

| 26 April

| Zaragoza – Lleida

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|195|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Michael Wright|GBR}}

scope="row" | 3a

| 27 April

| Lleida – Barcelona

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|165|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Tommaso de Pra|ITA}}

scope="row" | 3b

| 27 April

| Barcelona – Barcelona

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|38|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Rudi Altig|FRG}}

scope="row" | 4

| 28 April

| Barcelona – Salou

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|108|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Michael Wright|GBR}}

scope="row" | 5

| 29 April

| Salou – Vinaròs

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|106|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Rudi Altig|FRG}}

scope="row" | 6

| 30 April

| Vinaròs – Valencia

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|148|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Pietro Guerra|ITA}}

scope="row" | 7

| 1 May

| Valencia – Benidorm

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|144|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Wilfried Peffgen|FRG}}

scope="row" | 8

| 2 May

| Benidorm – Almansa

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|167|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Manuel Martín Piñera|ESP|1945}}

scope="row" | 9

| 3 May

| Almansa – Alcázar de San Juan

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|230|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|José María Errandonea|ESP|1945}}

scope="row" | 10

| 4 May

| Alcázar de San Juan – Madrid

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|173|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Domingo Perurena|ESP|1945}}

scope="row" | 11

| 5 May

| Madrid – Palencia

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|242|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Ramón Sáez|ESP|1945}}

scope="row" | 12

| 6 May

| Villalón de Campos – Gijón

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|236|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|José Pérez Francés|ESP|1945}}

scope="row" | 13

| 7 May

| Gijón – Santander

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|203|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Victor Van Schil|BEL}}

scope="row" | 14

| 8 May

| Santander – Vitoria

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|244|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Eduardo Castelló|ESP|1945}}

scope="row" | 15

| 9 May

| Vitoria – Pamplona

| style="text-align:center;"|

|

|

| Annulled

scope="row" | 16

| 10 May

| Pamplona – San Sebastián

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|204|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Luis Santamarina|ESP|1945}}

scope="row" | 17

| 11 May

| San Sebastián – Tolosa

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|67|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Felice Gimondi|ITA}}

scope="row" | 18

| 12 May

| Tolosa – Bilbao

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|206|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Manuel Martín Piñera|ESP|1945}}

scope="row" |

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Total

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center" | {{convert|3014|km|0|abbr=on}}

Results

=Final General Classification=

class="wikitable"

!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time

bgcolor=gold

| 1

{{Flagicon|ITA}} Felice GimondiSalvaranialign="right"| 78h 29' 00"
2{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} José Pérez FrancésKas–Kaskolalign="right"| + 2' 15"
3{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Eusebio VélezFagoralign="right"| + 5' 08"
4{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} José María ErrandoneaFagoralign="right"| + 5' 19"
5{{Flagicon|ITA}} Vittorio AdorniFaemaalign="right"| + 5' 26"
bgcolor=lightblue

| 6

{{Flagicon|NED}} Jan JanssenPelforthalign="right"| + 5' 43"
7{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Antonio Gómez del MoralKas–Kaskolalign="right"| + 5' 55"
8{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Carlos EcheverríaKas–Kaskolalign="right"| + 6' 00"
9{{Flagicon|FRA}} Lucien AimarBicalign="right"| + 6' 40"
10{{Flagicon|BEL}} Jos SpruytFaemaalign="right"| + 7' 50"
11{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Luis Otaño ArcelusFagoralign="right"|
12{{Flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre DucassePelforthalign="right"|
bgcolor=lightgreen

| 13

{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Francisco GabicaFagoralign="right"|
14{{Flagicon|GBR}} Michael WrightBicalign="right"|
15{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Ventura Díaz ArreyFerrysalign="right"|
16{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} José Manuel LopezFagoralign="right"|
17{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} José Antonio MomeñeFagoralign="right"|
18{{Flagicon|FRG}} Rudi AltigSalvaranialign="right"|
19{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Andrés GandariasKas–Kaskolalign="right"|
20{{Flagicon|NED}} Cees HaastBicalign="right"|
21{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Fernando ManzanequeKarpyalign="right"|
22{{Flagicon|FRG}} Wilfried PeffgenSalvaranialign="right"|
23{{Flagicon|BEL}} Victor Van SchilFaemaalign="right"|
24{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Domingo PerurenaFagoralign="right"|
25{{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Sebastián Elorza UriaKas–Kaskolalign="right"|

References

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{{Cycling stage recaps|1968 Vuelta a España|1a|8|9|18}}

{{Vuelta a España}}

{{Vuelta a España general classification winners}}

{{1968 Super Prestige Pernod}}

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