The 24th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 23 April to 11 May 1969. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of , and was won by Roger Pingeon of the Peugeot cycling 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.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1a 23 April Badajoz to Badajoz Individual time trial 1b 24 April Badajoz to Badajoz 2 25 April Badajoz to Cáceres 3 26 April Cáceres to Talavera de la Reina 4 27 April Talavera de la Reina to Madrid 5 28 April Madrid to Alcázar de San Juan 6 29 April Alcázar de San Juan to Almansa 7 30 April Almansa to Nules 8 1 May Nules to Benicàssim 9 2 May Benicàssim to Reus 10 3 May Reus to Barcelona 11 4 May Barcelona to Sant Feliu de Guíxols 12 5 May Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Moià 13 6 May Moià to Barbastro 14a 7 May Barbastro to Zaragoza 14b Zaragoza to Zaragoza Individual time trial 15 8 May Zaragoza to Pamplona 16 9 May Irun to San Sebastián Individual time trial 17 10 May San Sebastián to Vitoria 18a 11 May Vitoria to Llodio 18b Llodio to Bilbao Individual time trial Total
Results +Final general classificationRankRiderTeamTime 1 Roger Pingeon Peugeot–BP–Michelin 73h 18' 45" 2 Luis Ocaña Fagor + 1' 54" 3 Rini Wagtmans Willem II + 5' 10" 4 José Manuel Lasa Pepsi Cola + 5' 10" 5 Michael Wright Bic + 5' 27" 6 Rolf Wolfshohl Bic + 6' 11" 7 Gilbert Bellone Bic + 6' 47" 8 Gregorio San Miguel Kas–Kaskol + 7' 05" 9 Carlos Echeverría Kas–Kaskol + 7' 35" 10 Eusebio Vélez Fagor + 7' 51" 11 Salvador Canet Pepsi Cola 12 José-Antonio González Kas–Kaskol 13 Ventura Díaz Arrey Karpy 14 Willy De Geest Pull Over Centrale 15 José Manuel Lopez Fagor 16 Francisco Gabica Fagor 17 Jorge Mariné Torres Pepsi Cola 18 Eduardo Castelló Villanova Kas–Kaskol 19 Ramon Sáez Marzo Pepsi Cola 20 Juan María Uribezubia Karpy 21 Miguel María Lasa Pepsi Cola 22 Luis-Pedro Santamarina Fagor 23 Domingo Perurena Fagor 24 Herman Flabat Pull Over Centrale 25 Aurelio González Puente Kas–Kaskol
References
External links Results of 1969 Vuelta on cyclebase.nl