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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
 Francisco Gabica
VaE April 28 - May 15, 1966 |
2,950 Km |
Starters: 90 |
Finishers: 55 |
Average Speed: 37.605 km/h x
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Spaniard TT‘s to Victory
Severe financial problems pledged the 1966 edition of the Vuelta a Espana. Jose-Antonio Elola Olaso, the person in charge of the Physical Education and Sports in Spain, realizing the value of the Grand National Tour and came to the rescue just days before the race was to be cancelled. The late funding of the prizes did have a negative effect on the start list. Former champions Rudi Altig, Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor and Rik Van Looy did not participate.
1966 Vuelta a Espana Race Route Details |
Teams:
- Fagor
- Ferrys
- Italy
- Kas-Kaskol
- Libertas
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- Olimpia
- Oporto
- Televizier-Batavus
- Wiel's-Gancia-Groene Leeuw
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Race Summary:
Stage 7: 105 km from Calatayud to Zaragoza, Ferry’s Ramon Saez attacked and formed a 12-rider breakaway group, eight from the powerful KAS team. At the finish in Zaragoza the group arrived well ahead of schedule. Dutchman Cees Haast won the stage with a very attentive race leader close behind.
SPECIAL NOTE: after stage 7 a bacterial infection, thought to be anthrax at the time, hit the peloton. Several pre-race favorites rode slowly after being affected by the infection. They slowly abandoned the race over the next four stages.
Stage 13: Fagor team director Pedro Machain formulated a plan to launch Luis Otano, Domingo Perurena, and Mariano Diaz into an early breakaway. On the Collar D'arichu-legui Valentin Uriona, the race leader, and his KAS team began to struggle. KAS’ effort fell short, and race leader lost 1’58” to stage winner Cees Haast. The Dutchman took the Amarillo Jersey.
Cees Haast (Ned) stage 13 winning sprint in San Sebastian
Stage 15a: from Vitoria to Haro, this year's winner was determined in the first half of the stage. The 61 km mountain Individual Time Trial provided the only excitement of the race. Dutchman Cees Haast held the race lead, but doubting Dutch fans asked: 'could he perform on the mountainous time trial'?
Carlos Echeverria held the fastest intermediate time at the time check at 33 km (the summit of the Alto de Herrera). He was 16” ahead of teammate Francisco Gabica and 1'57” ahead of race leader Haast. Inspired by a 1’41” time gain at the summit Gabica plunged off the mountain, taking all the risks necessary to win the stage. His winning time was more than 3 minutes faster than Haast and the Amarillo Jersey passed to Gabica.
Stage 18: The powerful KAS team escorted Francisco Gabica through the final four stages and into the finish in Bilbao without a problem. Gabica's victory marked the highlight of the Spaniard's grand career. The powerful KAS team took all three podium positions.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1a Murcia-Murcia, 111 km |
Bruno Sivilotti (Arg) |
Bruno Sivilotti (Arg) |
Stage 1b Murcia-Murcia, 3.5 km ITT |
Jose-Maria Errandonea (Spa) |
Jose-Maria Errandonea (Spa) |
Stage 2a Murcia-La Manga, 81 km |
Enzo Petrolani (Ita) |
Jose-Maria Errandonea (Spa) |
Stage 2b La Manga-Benidorm, 153 km |
Ramon Mendiburu (Spa) |
Jose-Maria Errandonea (Spa) |
Stage 3 Benidorm-Valencia, 148 km |
Jose-Antonio Momene (Spa) |
Jose-Antonio Momene (Spa) |
Stage 4 Cuenca-Madrid, 177 km |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stage 5 Madrid-Madrid, 181 km |
Carlos Echevarria (Spa) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stage 6 Madrid-Calatuyud, 225 km |
Johan De Roo (Ned) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stage 7 Calatayud-Zaragoza, 105 km |
Cees Haast (Ned) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stage 8 Zaragoza-Lérida, 144 km |
Henk Nijdam (Ned) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stage 9 Lérida-Las Colinas, 128 km |
Antonio Gomez del Moral (Spa) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stage 10a Sitges-Barcelona, 40 km |
Luis Otano (Spa) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stage 10b Montjuich Circuit, 49 km |
Henk Nijdam (Ned) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stage 11 Barcelona-Huesca, 266 km |
Mario Zanin (Ita) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stage 12 Huesca-Pamplona, 221 km |
Gerben Karstens (Ned) |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Stg 13 Pamplona-San Sebastian, 131 km |
Cees Haast (Ned) |
Cees Haast (Ned) |
Stg 14 San Sebastian-Vitoria, 178 km |
Gregorio San Miguel (Spa) |
Cees Haast (Ned) |
Stage 15a Vitoria-Haro, 61 km ITT |
Francisco Gabica (Spa) |
Francisco Gabica (Spa) |
Stage 15b Haro-Logrono, 52 km |
Gerben Karstens (Ned) |
Francisco Gabica (Spa) |
Stage 16 Logrono-Burgos, 116 km |
Henk Nijdam (Ned) |
Francisco Gabica (Spa) |
Stage 17 Burgos-Santander, 226 km |
Gerben Karstens (Ned) |
Francisco Gabica (Spa) |
Stage 18 Santander-Bilbao, 154 km |
Domingo Perurena (Spa) |
 Francisco Gabica (Spa) |
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BEST CLIMBER PRIZE |
 Gregorio San Miguel (Spa)
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POINTS COMPETITION |
 Jos Van Der Vleuten (Ned)
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General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Francisco GABICA (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
78h 53' 55" |
2 |
Eusebio Velez (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
39" |
3 |
Carlos Echevarria (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
44" |
4 |
Luis Otano (Spa) |
Fagor |
2'17" |
5 |
Jose-Antonio Momene (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
2'25" |
6 |
Valentin Uriona (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
2'44" |
7 |
Antonio Gomez del Moral (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
3'52" |
8 |
Cees Haast (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
3'55" |
9 |
Angelino Soler (Spa) |
Ferrys |
4'37" |
10 |
Jose-Maria Errandonea (Spa) |
Fagor |
4'40" |
11 |
Sebastian Elorza (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
5'56" |
12 |
Domingo Perurena (Spa) |
Fagor |
6'11" |
13 |
Gregorio San Miguel (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
6'27" |
14 |
Mariano Diaz (Spa) |
Fagor |
7'37" |
15 |
Jose-Maria Lopez-Rodriguez (Spa) |
Fagor |
10'05" |
16 |
Eduardo Castello (Spa) |
Ferrys |
10'24" |
17 |
Jos Van der Vleuten (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
12'48" |
18 |
Aldo Moser (Ita) |
Italy |
16'43" |
19 |
Ramon Saez Marzo (Spa) |
Ferrys |
18'24" |
20 |
Juan-Maria Uribezubia (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
20'06" |
21 |
Gerben Karstens (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
20'49" |
22 |
Henk Nijdam (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
21'14" |
23 |
Luis-Pedro Santamarina (Spa) |
Fagor |
22'08" |
24 |
Rik Wouters (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
22'11" |
25 |
Dieter Puschel (Ger) |
Wiel's-Gancia-Groene Leeuw |
22'26" |
26 |
Hubertus Zilverberg (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
22'42" |
27 |
Jorge Marine (Spa) |
Fagor |
25'20" |
28 |
Alberto Carvalho (Por) |
Oporto |
26'46" |
29 |
Leo Knops (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
26'54" |
30 |
Joaquim da Silva Leao (Por) |
Oporto |
26'57" |
31 |
Gilbert Desmet (Bel) |
Wiel's-Gancia-Groene Leeuw |
27'19" |
32 |
Jesus Manzaneque (Spa) |
Olimpia |
28'46" |
33 |
Jose Suria (Spa) |
Ferrys |
29'50" |
34 |
Jozef Timmerman (Bel) |
Wiel's-Gancia-Groene Leeuw |
30'41" |
35 |
Juan Sanchez-Camero (Spa) |
Olimpia |
30'52" |
36 |
Antonio Bertran (Spa) |
Ferrys |
31'18" |
37 |
Ramon Mendiburu (Spa) |
Fagor |
32'05" |
38 |
Raul Rey (Spa) |
Ferrys |
32'18" |
39 |
Danilo Ferrari (Ita) |
Italy |
34'04" |
40 |
Antonio Saban (Spa) |
Olimpia |
35'34" |
41 |
Jose Bernardez (Spa) |
Olimpia |
36'34" |
42 |
Vittorio Casati (Ita) |
Italy |
38'51" |
43 |
Hubert Criel (Bel) |
Wiel's-Gancia-Groene Leeuw |
40'17" |
44 |
Jose Urrestarazu (Spa) |
Olimpia |
41'29" |
45 |
Livio Trape (Ita) |
Italy |
46'28" |
46 |
Clément Roman (Bel) |
Wiel's-Gancia-Groene Leeuw |
48'39" |
47 |
Jaime Fullana (Spa) |
Olimpia |
52'18" |
48 |
Juan Garcia-Such (Spa) |
Ferrys |
58'40" |
49 |
Manuel Martin-Pinera (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
59'43" |
50 |
Artemio Vanughi (Ita) |
Wiel's-Gancia-Groene Leeuw |
1h03'12" |
51 |
Eric Demunster (Bel) |
Wiel's-Gancia-Groene Leeuw |
1h10'04" |
52 |
Leon Gevaert (Bel) |
Wiel's-Gancia-Groene Leeuw |
1h10'11" |
53 |
Renato Bongioni (Ita) |
Italy |
1h25'40" |
54 |
Cosme de Oliveira (Por) |
Oporto |
1h37'34" |
55 |
Enzo Petrolani (Ita) |
Italy |
1h49'47" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Gregorio SAN MIGUEL (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
60 |
2 |
Domingo Perurena (Spa) |
Fagor |
58 |
3 |
Mariano Diaz (Spa) |
Fagor |
38 |
4 |
Angelino Soler (Spa) |
Ferrys |
31 |
5 |
Eusebio Velez (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
30 |
6 |
Cees Haast (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
20 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Jos VAN DER VLEUTEN (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
147 |
2 |
Gerben Karstens (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
142 |
3 |
Pasquale Fabbri (Ita) |
Italy |
105 |
4 |
Domingo Perurena (Spa) |
Fagor |
97 |
5 |
Henk Nijdam (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
88 |
6 |
Jo de Roo (Ned) |
Televizier-Batavus |
83 |
7 |
Jose-Antonio Momene (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
82 |
8 |
Carlos Echevarria (Spa) |
Kas-Kaskol |
71 |
9 |
Jose-Maria Errandonea (Spa) |
Fagor |
72 |
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