The 21st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 28 April to 15 May 1966. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of , and was won by Francisco Gabica of the Kas–Kaskol cycling team. Jos van der Vleuten won the points classification and Gregorio San Miguel won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1a 28 April Murcia to Murcia 1b Murcia to Murcia Individual time trial 2a 29 April Murcia to La Manga 2b La Manga to Benidorm 3 30 April Benidorm to Valencia 4 1 May Cuenca to Madrid 5 2 May Madrid to Madrid 6 3 May Madrid to Calatayud 7 4 May Calatayud to Zaragoza 8 5 May Zaragoza to Lleida 9 6 May Lleida to Las Colinas 10a 7 May Sitges to Barcelona 10b Barcelona to Barcelona 11 8 May Barcelona to Huesca 12 9 May Huesca to Pamplona 13 10 May Pamplona to San Sebastián 14 11 May San Sebastián to Vitoria 15a 12 May Vitoria to Haro Individual time trial 15b Haro to Logroño 16 13 May Logroño to Burgos 17 14 May Burgos to Santander 18 15 May Santander to Bilbao Total
Results Final General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime 1 Kas–Kaskol 78h 53' 55" 2 Kas–Kaskol + 39" 3 Kas–Kaskol + 44" 4 Fagor + 2' 17" 5 Kas–Kaskol + 2' 25" 6 Kas–Kaskol + 2' 44" 7 Kas–Kaskol + 3' 52" 8 Televizier + 3' 55" 9 Ferrys + 4' 37" 10 Fagor + 4' 40" 11 Kas–Kaskol 12 Fagor 13 Kas–Kaskol 14 Fagor 15 Fagor 16 Ferrys 17 Televizier 18 Vittadello 19 Ferrys 20 Kas–Kaskol 21 Televizier 22 Televizier 23 Fagor 24 Televizier 25 Wiels-Groene Leeuw
References
Results on cyclebase.nl
External links La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)