The 21st Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle

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race and one of the three

grand tours In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in ...

, was held from 28 April to 15 May 1966. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of , and was won by

Francisco Gabica Francisco Gabicagogueascoa Ibarra (31 December 1937 – 7 July 2014) was a professional road bicycle racer between 1961 and 1972. Of his 21 professional victories, Gabica is most famous for winning the 1966 Vuelta a España, besting runnerup ...

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

Results

Final General Classification

References

Results on cyclebase.nl

External links

La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)
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