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Information about the Vuelta a España of 1959

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Classification jerseys

General Classification:
Points Classification:

Classification winners

Classification	Winner	Age (year_day)
General classification	A. Suárez	26₃₅₄
Points classification	R. Van Looy	25₁₄₀
Mountains classification	A. Suárez	26₃₅₄
Intermediate sprints classification	V. Iturat	30₂₆₀
Combativity classification	R. Van Looy	25₁₄₀
Team classification	Faema-Guerra

Stage prizes

Date	Nr.	From	To	Distance (km)		Winner	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Most combative	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Bad luck	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Source
24 Apr 1959	1A	Madrid	Madrid	9	TTT	Raphael-Geminiani			—			—
24 Apr 1959	1B	Madrid	Toledo	114		R. Van Looy	25₁₂₄	BEL	F. Bahamontes	30₂₈₈	ESP	A. Ferreira	?	POR	1
25 Apr 1959	2	Manzanares	Córdoba	228		A. Karmany	25₉₃	ESP	J. Gómez del Moral	27₁₄₂	ESP	P. Nascimbene	29₆₁	ITA	1
26 Apr 1959	3	Córdoba	Sevilla	140		V. Iturat	30₂₄₆	ESP	J. Vloebergs	23₁₆₂	BEL	J. Urrestarazu	25₄₂	ESP	1
27 Apr 1959	4	Sevilla	Granada	240		F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₁	ESP	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₁	ESP	?
28 Apr 1959	5	Guadix	Murcia	225		A. Suárez	26₃₄₂	ESP	S. Botella	30₃₁	ESP	M. Martín	27₃₂₉	ESP	1
29 Apr 1959	6	Murcia	Alicante	173		G. Mas	26₅₀	ESP	G. Mas	26₅₀	ESP	M. Martín	27₃₃₀	ESP	1
30 Apr 1959	7	Alicante	Castellón de la Plana	233		A. Barrutia	25₃₂₀	ESP	R. Marigil	30₁₈₇	ESP	J. Segú	24₅₃	ESP	1
01 May 1959	8	Castellón de la Plana	Tortosa	130		R. Van Looy	25₁₃₁	BEL	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₁	BEL	F. Moreno	28₁₀₁	ESP	1
02 May 1959	9	Tortosa	Barcelona	196		R. Van Looy	25₁₃₂	BEL	V. Iturat	30₂₅₂	ESP	J. Adriaensens	26₃₂₉	BEL	1
03 May 1959	10	Granollers	Lerida	183		A. Suárez	26₃₄₇	ESP	J. San Emeterio	29₃₂	ESP	F. Manzaneque	25₈₇	ESP	1 2
04 May 1959	11	Barbastro	Pamplona	242		R. Van Looy	25₁₃₄	BEL	?			?			1
05 May 1959	12	Pamplona	San Sebastián	210		J. Cardoso	22₁₁₄	POR	J. Cardoso	22₁₁₄	POR	J. Brankart	28₂₉₇	BEL	1
06 May 1959	13	San Sebastián	San Sebastián	9	TTT	Raphael-Geminiani			N/A			N/A			1
07 May 1959	14	Eibar	Vitoria	62		R. Rivière	23₇₃	FRA	?			?			1
08 May 1959	15	Vitoria	Santander	230		J. San Emeterio	29₃₇	ESP	J. San Emeterio	29₃₇	ESP	J. Cardoso	22₁₁₇	POR	1
09 May 1959	16	Santander	Bilbao	187		R. Rivière	23₇₅	FRA	J. Galdeano	27₁₂₃	ESP	R. Géminiani	33₃₃₀	FRA	1
10 May 1959	17	Bilbao	Bilbao	222		F. Manzaneque	25₉₄	ESP	A. Karmany	25₁₀₈	ESP	J. Talamillo	25₃₀₇	ESP	1 2

Classification leaders

Date	Nr.	General	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Points	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Mountain	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Intermediate sprints	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Most combative	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Fastest	Age (year_day)	Nat.	Team	Source
24 Apr 1959	1A	R. Van Looy	25₁₂₄	BEL	—			N/A			N/A			—			—			Raphael-Geminiani
24 Apr 1959	1B	R. Van Looy	25₁₂₄	BEL	R. Van Looy	25₁₂₄	BEL	N/A			I. Bui	26₃₁₃	ITA	F. Bahamontes	30₂₈₈	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₂₄	BEL	Kas-Boxing	1
25 Apr 1959	2	A. Karmany	25₉₃	ESP	A. Karmany	25₉₃	ESP	Á. Guardiola	25₁₇	ESP	I. Bui	26₃₁₄	ITA	F. Bahamontes	30₂₈₉	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₂₅	BEL	Kas-Boxing	1
26 Apr 1959	3	A. Karmany	25₉₄	ESP	F. Van Looveren	26₃₀₇	BEL	J. Cardoso	22₁₀₅	POR	I. Bui	26₃₁₅	ITA	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₀	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₂₆	BEL	Kas-Boxing	1
27 Apr 1959	4	A. Karmany	25₉₅	ESP	F. Van Looveren	26₃₀₈	BEL	J. Cardoso	22₁₀₆	POR	R. Plaza	27₂₃	FRA	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₁	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₂₇	BEL	Kas-Boxing
28 Apr 1959	5	A. Karmany	25₉₆	ESP	F. Van Looveren	26₃₀₉	BEL	J. Cardoso	22₁₀₇	POR	R. Plaza	27₂₄	FRA	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₂	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₂₈	BEL	Kas-Boxing	1
29 Apr 1959	6	A. Karmany	25₉₇	ESP	F. Van Looveren	26₃₁₀	BEL	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₃	ESP	R. Plaza	27₂₅	FRA	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₃	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₂₉	BEL	Kas-Boxing	1
30 Apr 1959	7	J. Vloebergs	23₁₆₆	BEL	F. Van Looveren	26₃₁₁	BEL	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₄	ESP	J. Segú	24₅₃	ESP	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₄	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₀	BEL	Boxing	1
01 May 1959	8	P. Everaert	25₁₃₀	FRA	F. Van Looveren	26₃₁₂	BEL	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₅	ESP	J. Segú	24₅₄	ESP	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₅	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₁	BEL	Boxing	1
02 May 1959	9	P. Everaert	25₁₃₁	FRA	F. Van Looveren	26₃₁₃	BEL	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₆	ESP	V. Iturat	30₂₅₂	ESP	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₆	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₂	BEL	Boxing	1
03 May 1959	10	P. Everaert	25₁₃₂	FRA	F. Van Looveren	26₃₁₄	BEL	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₇	ESP	V. Iturat	30₂₅₃	ESP	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₇	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₃	BEL	Faema-Guerra	1 2
04 May 1959	11	J. Segú	24₅₇	ESP	F. Van Looveren	26₃₁₅	BEL	F. Bahamontes	30₂₉₈	ESP	V. Iturat	30₂₅₄	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₄	BEL	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₄	BEL	Faema-Guerra	1
05 May 1959	12	J. Segú	24₅₈	ESP	F. Van Looveren	26₃₁₆	BEL	J. Cardoso	22₁₁₄	POR	V. Iturat	30₂₅₅	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₅	BEL	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₅	BEL	Faema-Guerra	1
06 May 1959	13	J. Segú	24₅₉	ESP	F. Van Looveren	26₃₁₇	BEL	J. Cardoso	22₁₁₅	POR	V. Iturat	30₂₅₆	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₆	BEL	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₆	BEL	Faema-Guerra	1
07 May 1959	14	A. Suárez	26₃₅₁	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₇	BEL	J. Cardoso	22₁₁₆	POR	V. Iturat	30₂₅₇	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₇	BEL	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₇	BEL	Faema-Guerra	1
08 May 1959	15	A. Suárez	26₃₅₂	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₈	BEL	A. Suárez	26₃₅₂	ESP	V. Iturat	30₂₅₈	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₈	BEL	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₈	BEL	Faema-Guerra	1
09 May 1959	16	A. Suárez	26₃₅₃	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₉	BEL	A. Suárez	26₃₅₃	ESP	V. Iturat	30₂₅₉	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₉	BEL	R. Van Looy	25₁₃₉	BEL	Faema-Guerra	1
10 May 1959	17	A. Suárez	26₃₅₄	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₄₀	BEL	A. Suárez	26₃₅₄	ESP	V. Iturat	30₂₆₀	ESP	R. Van Looy	25₁₄₀	BEL	R. Van Looy	25₁₄₀	BEL	Faema-Guerra	1 2

Graphs

Distance of final winner in general classification

Average speed winner of stage (km/h)

Participants

Participants Vuelta a España 1959
Number	Name			Nat	Team	Final
1	René Van Meenen (28₁₆₈)			BEL	Faema-Guerra	AB17
2	Hilaire Couvreur (34₂₈₁)	†		BEL	Faema-Guerra	7
3	Friedhelm Fischerkeller (24₁₇₉)	†		GER	Faema-Guerra	AB12
4	Rik Van Looy (25₁₉₂)	†		BEL	Faema-Guerra	3
5	Edgard Sorgeloos (28₁₉₉)	†		BEL	Faema-Guerra	AB17
6	Hans Junkermann (25₅₅)	†	D	GER	Faema-Guerra	15
7	Frans Van Looveren (27₈)	†		BEL	Faema-Guerra	14
8	Guillaume Michiels (24₃₉)			BEL	Faema-Guerra	HD10
9	Jos Theuns (27₂₉₆)	†		BEL	Faema-Guerra	HD11
10	Joseph Vloebergs (23₂₂₈)	†		BEL	Faema-Guerra	9
11	Gilbert Bauvin (31₃₃₁)			FRA	Raphael-Geminiani	AB17
12	Jean Brankart (28₃₅₄)	†		BEL	Raphael-Geminiani	AB17
13	Pierre Everaert (25₁₉₁)	†		FRA	Raphael-Geminiani	4
14	René Fournier (27₁₃₃)	†		FRA	Raphael-Geminiani	HD7
15	Raphaël Géminiani (34₁₈)	†		FRA	Raphael-Geminiani	NP17
16	Roger Chaussabel (27₁₃₃)	†		FRA	Raphael-Geminiani	AB15
17	Pierre Le Don (26₂₁₂)			FRA	Raphael-Geminiani	HD7
18	Pierre Machiels (28₉₈)	†		BEL	Raphael-Geminiani	HD7
19	Roger Rivière (23₁₂₈)	†		FRA	Raphael-Geminiani	6
20	Brian Robinson (28₂₄₀)	†		GBR	Raphael-Geminiani	AB17
21	Martins De Almeida (?)			POR	Portugal	HD4
22	Antonio Baptista (26₁₁₂)	†		POR	Portugal	AB9
23	Aquiles Boiça (?)			POR	Portugal	AB7
24	José Carlos Cardoso (22₁₇₁)			POR	Portugal	31
25	Joaquim Gomes De Carvalho (?)			POR	Portugal	HD7
26	José de Jesus Costa (25₉₄)	†		POR	Portugal	HD4
27	Agostinho Ferreira (?)			POR	Portugal	HD4
28	Sérgio Páscoa (21₁₄₅)	†		POR	Portugal	HD4
29	João Henrique Roque (19₁₈₁)			POR	Portugal	HD1B
30	Joaquim Sousa (28₂₈₀)	†		POR	Portugal	HD7
31	Guido Boni (25₂₂₈)	†		ITA	Italy	17
32	Dino Bruni (27₇₈)			ITA	Italy	HD9
33	Michele Gismondi (28₂₀)	†		ITA	Italy	AB17
34	Fausto Coppi (39₂₈₉)	†		ITA	Italy	NP15
35	Alessandro Fantini (27₁₈₁)	†		ITA	Italy	AB10
36	Idrio Bui (27₁₆)	†		ITA	Italy	HD9
37	Giuliano Michelon (29₁₀₄)			ITA	Italy	HD9
38	Pietro Nascimbene (29₁₂₈)	†		ITA	Italy	HD9
39	Carlo Nicolo (26₃₅₃)			ITA	Italy	AB7
40	Sante Ranucci (25₂₄₂)	†		ITA	Italy	NP9
41	Jan Adriaensens (27₂₄)	†		BEL	Peugeot	NP10
42	Mario Bertolo (30₁₅₃)	†		FRA	Peugeot	33
43	Manuel Busto (26₂₇₂)	†		FRA	Peugeot	5
44	Roger Baens (25₃₁₆)	†		BEL	Peugeot	AB10
45	Claude Colette (30₁₁₈)	†		FRA	Peugeot	19
46	Luis Otaño (25₁₅₅)			ESP	Peugeot	8
47	Marcel Rohrbach (26₈₃)	†		FRA	Peugeot	11
48	Pierre Ruby (26₂₈₃)	†		FRA	Peugeot	AB10
49	Raymond Plaza (27₈₈)			FRA	Peugeot	HD4
50	Richard Van Genechten (28₃₄₃)	†		BEL	Peugeot	26
51	Fernando Manzaneque (25₁₄₆)	†		ESP	Licor 43	25
52	René Marigil (30₂₄₉)	†		ESP	Licor 43	12
53	Antonio Suárez (27₄₁)	†		ESP	Licor 43	1
54	Vicente Iturat (30₃₁₂)	†		ESP	Licor 43	38
55	Miguel Bover (31₁₃₇)	†		ESP	Licor 43	40
56	Andrès Trobat (33₂₀₈)	†		ESP	Licor 43	21
57	Joaquin Barcelo (29₂₀₈)	†		ESP	Licor 43	37
58	Ángel Guardiola (25₈₄)	†		ESP	Licor 43	AB2
59	Pedro Guzman (33₂₇₇)			ESP	Licor 43	HD7
60	Juan Escola (31₁₈₇)	†		ESP	Licor 43	AB17
61	Antonio Bertran (25₂₂₃)	†		ESP	Faema Spain	29
62	Salvador Botella (30₉₅)	†		ESP	Faema Spain	24
63	Juan Campillo (28₃₁₉)	†		ESP	Faema Spain	13
64	Gabriel Company (29₄₅)			ESP	Faema Spain	23
65	Jesús Galdeano (27₁₇₆)	†		ESP	Faema Spain	10
66	Jesús Loroño (33₁₇₁)	†		ESP	Faema Spain	18
67	Gabriel Mas (26₁₁₃)			ESP	Faema Spain	39
68	Francisco Moreno (28₁₆₂)	†		ESP	Faema Spain	AB17
69	Aniceto Utset (27₁₆₅)	†		ESP	Faema Spain	AB11
70	Miguel Pacheco (27₂₉₉)	†		ESP	Faema Spain	AB14
71	Benigno Aspuru (28₂₈₃)	†		ESP	Kas-Boxing	27
72	Federico Bahamontes (30₃₅₆)	†		ESP	Kas-Boxing	AB11
73	Emilio Cruz (22₂₁₅)			ESP	Kas-Boxing	30
74	Antonio Karmany (25₁₆₀)			ESP	Kas-Boxing	22
75	Carmelo Morales (28₂₀₉)	†		ESP	Kas-Boxing	AB10
76	José Segú (24₁₁₅)	†		ESP	Kas-Boxing	2
77	Antonio Jiménez (24₃₅₃)	†		ESP	Kas-Boxing	34
78	Manuel Martín (28₂₈)			ESP	Kas-Boxing	35
79	José Berrendero (25₁₇₀)			ESP	Kas-Boxing	36
80	Julio San Emeterio (29₉₁)	†		ESP	Kas-Boxing	20
81	Antonio Barrutia (26₁₇)	†		ESP	Boxing	AB10
82	Cosme Barrutia (29₂₇₆)	†		ESP	Boxing	AB10
83	Antonio Ferraz (30₂)	†		ESP	Boxing	41
84	José Urrestarazu (25₁₀₈)	†		ESP	Boxing	AB4
85	José Luis Talamillo (25₃₅₉)	†		ESP	Boxing	16
86	Juan Manuel Santiago (23₃₂₀)			ESP	Boxing	AB7
87	Juan Bibiloni (31₁₈₀)	†		ESP	Boxing	28
88	José Gómez del Moral (27₂₀₉)	†		ESP	Boxing	NP14
89	Jesús Davoz (27₁₉₄)			ESP	Boxing	32
90	Hortensio Vidaurreta (31₁₇₁)	†		ESP	Boxing	HD4

Results per team

The "StProb" column indicates the probability that an equally sized team would win the same number of stages, assuming each participating rider had an equal chance of winning a stage. A probability of 0.50 indicates that the team won exactly as expected, a probability close to 0 indicates that the team won fewer stages than expected, and a probability close to 1 indicates that the team won more stages than expected.

The "GCProb" and "Lexico" columns indicate how well the team performed in the overall ranking. For both, a higher number is better; GCProb ranges from minus infinity to plus infinity, with an average of 0; Lexico ranges from 0 to 1, with an average of 0.5.

Team	Riders	Stages won	StProb	GCProb	Lexico
Licor 43	10	4	0.91	1.07	0.65
Raphael-Geminiani	10	4	0.91	-1.07	0.20
Faema-Guerra	10	4	0.91	0.99	0.39
Kas-Boxing	10	3	0.77	1.50	0.73
Faema Spain	10	1	0.26	1.30	0.34
Boxing	10	1	0.26	-0.74	0.11
Portugal	10	1	0.26	-2.18	0.02
Peugeot	10	0	0.06	1.14	0.41
Italy	10	0	0.06	-2.00	0.05

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