1942 Vuelta a España
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The 4th Vuelta a España
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
stage
race and one of the 3 grand tours
, was held from June 30 to July 19, 1942. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,683 km, and was won by Julián Berrendero
. Berrendero also won the mountains classification.
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
(Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle
Bicycle racing
Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...
stage
Stage (bicycle race)
In sports, a stage, or leg, or heat, is a unit of a race which has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a...
race and one of the 3 grand tours
Grand Tour (cycling)
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...
, was held from June 30 to July 19, 1942. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,683 km, and was won by Julián Berrendero
Julian Berrendero
Julián Berrendero Martín was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He is most famous for having won the third and fourth editions of the Vuelta a España in 1941 and 1942...
. Berrendero also won the mountains classification.
Stages
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 30 June | Madrid – Albacete Albacete Albacete is a city and municipality in southeastern Spain, 258 km southeast of Madrid, the capital of the province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality had a population of c. 169,700 in 2009.... |
245 km (152 mi) | |||
| 2 | 1 July | Albacete – Murcia Murcia -History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village... |
160 km (99 mi) | |||
| 3 | 2 July | Murcia – Valencia | 248 km (154 mi) | |||
| 4 | 4 July | Valencia – Tarragona Tarragona Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona... |
278 km (173 mi) | |||
| 5 | 5 July | Tarragona – Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
120 km (75 mi) | |||
| 6 | 6 July | Barcelona – Huesca Huesca Huesca is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the comarca of Hoya de Huesca.... |
279 km (173 mi) | |||
| 7 | 7 July | Huesca – San Sebastián San Sebastián Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its... |
305 km (190 mi) | |||
| 8 | 8 July | San Sebastián – Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain... |
160 km (99 mi) | |||
| 9 | 9 July | Bilbao – Castro Urdiales Castro Urdiales Castro Urdiales is a seaport of northern Spain, in the autonomous community of Cantabria, situated on the bay of Biscay.Castro Urdiales is a modern town, although its castle and the Gothic-style parish church of Santa María de la Asunción, date from the Middle Ages. Its chief industries are... |
53 km (33 mi) | |||
| 10 | 10 July | Castro Urdiales – Santander Santander, Cantabria The port city of Santander is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 183,446 .-History:... |
151 km (94 mi) | |||
| 11 | 11 July | Santander – Reinosa Reinosa Reinosa is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain. , it has 10,307 inhabitants.-External links:* * - Cantabria 102 Municipios... |
120 km (75 mi) | |||
| 12 | 12 July | Reinosa – Gijón Gijón Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history... |
199 km (124 mi) | |||
| 13 | 13 July | Gijón – Oviedo Oviedo Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city.... |
75 km (47 mi) | |||
| 14 | 14 July | Oviedo – Luarca Luarca Luarca is one of 15 parroquias and the capital in the municipality of Valdes, in Asturias, Spain. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, it has a population of 5,354 , and an area of . The village is from the capital, Oviedo. The Nobel laureate for medicine in 1959, Severo Ochoa, was... |
129 km (80 mi) | |||
| 15 | 15 July | Luarca – La Coruña | 219 km (136 mi) | |||
| 16a | 16 July | La Coruña – Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.The city's Cathedral is the destination today, as it has been throughout history, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James... |
63 km (39 mi) | |||
| 16b | Santiago de Compostela – Vigo Vigo Vigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:... |
110 km (68 mi) | ||||
| 17 | 17 July | Vigo – Ponferrada Ponferrada Ponferrada is a city in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. It lies on the Sil River, a tributary of the river Miño, in the El Bierzo valley, completely surrounded by mountains. It is the last major town along the French route of the Way of St. James before it reaches its destination... |
270 km (168 mi) | |||
| 18 | 18 July | Ponferrada – Salamanca Salamanca Salamanca is a city in western Spain, in the community of Castile and León. Because it is known for its beautiful buildings and urban environment, the Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. It is the most important university city in Spain and is known for its contributions to... |
251 km (156 mi) | |||
| 19 | 19 July | Salamanca – Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
248 km (154 mi) | |||
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Spain Julián BerrenderoJulian Berrendero Julián Berrendero Martín was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He is most famous for having won the third and fourth editions of the Vuelta a España in 1941 and 1942... |
134h 05' 09s | |
| 2 | Spain Diego Chafer |
a 8' 38s | |
| 3 | Spain Antonio Andres Sancho |
a 13' 12s | |
| 4 | Spain Juan Gimeno |
a 16' 08s | |
| 5 | Spain Cipriano Elys |
a 23' 30s | |
| 6 | Spain José Jabardo |
a 27' 43s | |
| 7 | Spain Delio Rodríguez Delio Rodriguez Delio Rodríguez Barros was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist and sprinter. Despite winning 12 stages at the 1941 Vuelta and 8 stages at the 1942 Vuelta, Rodríguez failed to make the top five places in the overall standings... |
a 34' 21s | |
| 8 | Spain Isidro Bejarano |
a 35' 10s | |
| 9 | Spain José Botanch |
a 38' 01s | |
| 10 |  Italy Fermo Camellini |
a 58' 20s | |
| 11 | Spain Alberto Carrasco |
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| 12 | Spain Vicente Miro |
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| 13 | Spain Joaquim Olmos |
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| 14 |  France René ViettoRené Vietto René Vietto was a French road racing cyclist.In the 1934 Tour de France, Vietto, a relative unknown, got wings on the mountains. This was not a surprise, because he had won the Grand Prix Wolber. He was prepared for the Alps and won easily on the steepest terrain... |
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| 15 | France Louis Thietard |
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| 16 | Italy Celestino Camilla |
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| 17 | France Pierre Brambilla Pierre Brambilla Pierre Brambilla is a former French former professional road bicycle racer. He was of Italian origin but adopted French nationality on September 9, 1949... |
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| 18 | Spain Antonio Destrieux |