1968 Vuelta a España

The 23rd "Vuelta a España" (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 25 to May 12, 1968. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,990 km, and 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|accessdate=2008-02-22] Defending champion Jan Janssen won the points competition and 1966 champion Francisco Gabica won the mountains classification.

Results

Final General Classification

References

External links

* [http://www.lavuelta.com/ La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)]