- 1968 Vuelta a España
The 23rd "
Vuelta a España " (Tour ofSpain ), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held fromApril 25 toMay 12 , 1968. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,990 km, and was won byFelice Gimondi of the Salvaranicycling team . With this win in the 1968 Vuelta a España, the1967 Giro d'Italia and the1965 Tour de France , Gimondi became the second cyclist afterJacques 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 championJan Janssen won the points competition and 1966 championFrancisco 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)]
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