- 1969 Vuelta a España
The 24th "
Vuelta a España " (Tour ofSpain ), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held fromApril 23 toMay 11 , 1969. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,921 km, and was won byRoger Pingeon of the Peugeotcycling team . Raymond Steegmans won the points competition and Luis Ocaña, who demonstrated his time trialling skills by winning the prologue and two time trials in the race, won the mountains classification.Results
Final General Classification
References
* [http://www.cyclebase.nl/?lang=nl&news=nl&pc=normal&page=results&db=m&yr=1969&id=1181&nr=1 Results of 1969 Vuelta on cyclebase.nl]
External links
* [http://www.lavuelta.com/ La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)]
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