1935 Vuelta a España

1st Edition: April 29- May 15, 1935

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1935, 1st Edition, Madrid - Madrid, April 29th - May 15th

Map of the 1935 Vuelta a España

• 14 Stages, 3,425 kilometers
• 50 Riders started: 21 retirees.
• Average speed: 28.537 Km/hour.

Unipublic, the organizers of the Vuelta, have generously given me permission to post their history of the Vuelta. The text below is Copyright Unipublic.

The history of Vuelta a España is closely related to the media. If nowadays it would be imposible to develop such an enourmous event without the help of the different media, which report even the smallest detail, the first edition of Vuelta a España, held in 1935, could be carried out thanks to Diario Informaciones, organizer of the event.

The conditions which the 50 riders had to go through turned this first edition into a real odyssey; at the end, the race was won by the Belgian rider Gustave Deloor, after a fierce fight against the Spanish rider Mariano Cañardo, who suffered all kind of misfortunes which prevented him from achieving the first position in the Individual Overall Standings.

The riders had to cover 3,411 kilometers, divided in 14 stages, 10 of which were more than 250 kilometers long, something which would be almost unthinkable for the present professionals. Besides, they had to use heavy bicycles made of iron which underwent constant punctures and damages which had to be repaired by the riders themselves and sometimes they were forced to finish the stages using bicycles that the spectators lent them.

Given the slight importance that riders and managers dedicated to training at that time, the riders decided that the best way to face the race was to drink a cocktail made by Perico Chicote. Orange Bitters, Grand Marnier, Cordón rojo, Curaçao naranja, English gin and half a glass of Italian vermouth were the ingredients of the magic formula which allowed them to face a race described by some of the riders as the hardest one they had ever known till that moment.

The 29th of April the fascinating history of Vuelta a España began; that year the quality of the race was reduced because of the coincidence with Il Giro de Italia. As early as in the first stages several riders such as Escuriert, Ezquerra, Montero and Trueba were forced to abandon, turning Deloor and Cañardo into the two only candidates for the final tiumph. The Belgian rider showed a more regular performance and was able to achieve the deserved victory as the 14-minute lead he had over Cañardo proved.

Only four Spanish riders were able to achieve a partial victory: Escuriet, first Spanish leader in the history of Vuelta a España, Cañardo, Cardona and Montes. Nevertheless, the most important thing was already done. A brilliant event had been set into motion that year, reaching such an unthinkable magnitude nowadays that those people who organized and took part in this first edition of Vuelta a España could not have imagined.

In Madrid. Gustaaf Deloor has just won the first Vuelta a España. Vuelta photo

50 riders started, 29 finished.

3,455 km total distance raced at an average speed of 27.20 km/hr

Two teams entered the 1935 Vuelta: B.H. and Orbea. The other participants, mostly Spanish, entered individually.

The Vuelta has used a number of different GC leader jerseys, but didn't finally settle for good on a red jersey until 2010. In 1935 the GC leader wore a gold jersey.

Final winner Gustaaf Deloor

Complete Final General Classification:

• GC winner: Gustaaf Deloor (Belgium)
• Mountain classification winner: Edoardo Molinar (Italy)
• Best team: Belgium

3,425 kilometers raced at an average speed of 28.537 m/hr

1	Gustaaf Deloor	120hr 1min 2sec
2	Mariano Cañardo	@ 12min 33sec
3	Antoine Dignef	19' 15"
4	Edoardo Molinar	22' 42"
5	Max Bulla	27' 56"
6	Alfons Deloor	46' 32"
7	Paolo Bianchi	50' 56"
8	Fernand Fayolle	52' 3"
9	Walter Blattmann	1hr 8' 7"
10	Marinus Valentijn	1hr 8' 51"
11	Salvador Cardona	1hr 12' 36"
12	Léo Amberg	1hr 13' 51"
13	Juan Gimeno	1hr 17' 38"
14	Gerrit Van der Ruit	1hr 24' 20"
15	François Adam	1hr 35' 45"
16	Vicente Bachero	1hr 37' 30"
17	Francisco Cepeda	1hr 40' 43"
18	Antonio Andres Sancho	1hr 57' 42"
19	Americo Tuero	2hr 40' 34"
20	Salvador Molina	2hr 46' 43"
21	Isidro Figueras	2hr 51' 14"
22	Antonio Montes	3hr 21' 28"
23	Joaquin Bailon	3hr 24' 43"
24	Manuel Gines	3hr 45' 13"
25	Karl Thallinger	3hr 51' 25"
26	Ramon Ruiz Trillo	4hr 9' 5"
27	Rafael Pou	4hr 10' 53"
28	Luis Esteve	4hr 12 '33"
29	Francisco Mula	5hr 45' 2"

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1935 Vuelta a España stage results with running GC:

Early stages I've posted top ten. From stage nine on I have posted complete results.

Stage 1, Monday, April 29: Madrid - Valladolid, 185 km

185 kilometers raced at an average speed of 30.988 km/hr

1	Antoine Dignef	5hr 58min 12sec
2	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
3	Marinus Valentijn	@ 1min 48sec
4	Manuel Capella	s.t.
5	Max Bulla	1'59"
	Federico Ezquerra	s.t.
	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.
	Luciano Montero	s.t.
	Alfons Deloor	s.t.
	Antonio Escuriet	s.t.
	François Adam	s.t.
	Gustaaf Deloor	s.t.
	Fernand Fayolle	s.t.
	Léo Amberg	s.t.
	Walter Blattman	s.t.
	Vicente Trueba	s.t.
	Francisco Cepeda	s.t.
	Luigi Barral	s.t.
	Karl Thallinger	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1. Antoine Dignef

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Stage 2, Tuesday, April 30: Valladoilid - Santander, 251 km

251 kiometers raced at an average speed of 28.761 km/hr

1	Antonio Escuriet	8hr 43min 37sec
2	Salvador Cardona	@ 2min 12sec
3	Gustaaf Deloor	3'39"
4	Emiliano Alvarez	10'03"
5	Edoardo Molinar	14'09"
6	Marinus Valentijn	s.t.
7	Sebastiano Piccardo	s.t.
8	Max Bulla	s.t.
9	Walter Blattman	s.t.
	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.
	Salvador Molina	s.t.
	Luigi Barral	s.t.
	Luciano Montero	s.t.
	Léon Louyet	s.t.
	Americo Tuero	s.t.
	Paolo Bianchi	s.t.
	Vicente Bachero	s.t.
	Léo Amberg	s.t.
	François Gardier	s.t.
	Alfons Deloor	s.t.
	Manuel Ruiz Trillo	s.t.
	Fermin Trueba	s.t.
	Federico Ezquerra	s.t.
	Francisco De Blas	s.t.
	François Adam	s.t.
	Juan Gimeno	s.t.
	Antonio Andres Sancho	s.t.
	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
	Isidro Figueras	s.t.
	Fernand Fayolle	s.t.
	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
	Vicente Trueba	s.t.
	Manuel Trueba	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

1. Antonio Escuriet

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Wednesday, May 1: Rest day number one

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Thursday, May 2: Stage 3, Santander - Bilbao, 199 km

199 kilometers raced at an average speed of 29.617 km/hr

1	Gustaaf Deloor	6hr 43min 9sec
2	Edoardo Molinar	s.t.
3	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
4	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
5	Vicente Trueba	s.t.
6	Paolo Bianchi	s.t.
7	Luigi Barral	@ 8min 43sec
8	Alfons Deloor	s.t.
9	Max Bulla	s.t.
10	Walter Blattman	13'33"

GC after stage 3:

1. Gustaff Deloor

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Friday, May 3: Stage 4, Bilbao - San Sebastián, 235 km

235 kilometers raced at an average speed of 31.416 km/hr

1	Antoine Dignef	7hr 28min 49sec
2	Edoardo Molinar	s.t.
3	François Adam	s.t.
4	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
5	Gustaaf Deloor	s.t.
6	Paolo Bianchi	s.t.
7	Luigi Barral	s.t.
8	Max Bulla	@ 1min 52sec
9	Léon Louyet	s.t.
10	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Saturday, May 4: Stage 5, San Sebastián - Zaragoza, 264 km

264 kilometers raced at an average speed of 29.259 km/hr

1	Mariano Cañardo	9hr 1min 23sec
2	Gustaaf Deloor	s.t
3	François Adam	s.t.
4	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
5	Salvador Cardona	s.t.
6	Léon Louyet	@ 2min 2sec
7	Isidro Figueras	s.t.
8	Léo Amberg	s.t.
9	Marinus Valentijn	s.t.
10	Luigi Barral	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Sunday, May 5: Stage 6, Zaragoza - Barcelona, 310 km

310 kilometers

1	François Adam	9hr 59min 22sec
2	Luigi Barral	s.t.
3	Gustaaf Deloor	s.t.
4	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
5	Max Bulla	@ 7sec
6	Mariano Cañardo	9"
7	Edoardo Molinar	s.t.
8	Paolo Bianchi	16"
9	Francisco Cepeda	17"
10	Juan Gimeno	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Monday, May 6: Rest Day number two

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Tuesday, May 7: Stage 7, Barcelona - Tortosa, 188 km

188 kilometers raced at an average speed of 31.663 km/hr

1	Antonio Montes	5hr 56min 15sec
2	Mariano Cañardo
3	Max Bulla
4	Isidro Figueras
5	Walter Blattman
6	Vicente Bachero
7	Gustaaf Deloor
8	Marinus Valentijn
9	Salvador Cardona
10	Luigi Barral

GC after stage 7:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Wednesday, May 8: Stage 8, Tortosa - Valencia, 188 km

188 kilometers raced at an average speed of 31.476 km/hr

1	Max Bulla	5hr 58min 22sec
2	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.
3	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
4	Gustaaf Deloor	s.t.
5	Francisco Cepeda	s.t.
6	Isidro Figueras	s.t.
7	Ramon Ruiz Trillo	s.t.
8	Rafael Pou	s.t.
9	Antonio Andres Sancho	s.t.
10	Vicente Bachero	s.t.

GC after stage 8:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Thursday, May 9: Stage 9, Valencia - Murcia, 265 km

265 kilometers raced at an average speed of 28.701 km/hr

Complete results:

1	Salvador Cardona	9hr 13min 59sec
2	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
3	François Adam	s.t.
4	Francisco Cepeda	s.t.
5	Isidro Figueras	s.t.
	Ramon Ruiz Trillo	s.t.
	Americo Tuero	s.t.
	Rafael Pou	s.t.
	Antonio Andres Sancho	s.t.
	Vicente Bachero	s.t.
	Manuel Ruiz Trillo	s.t.
	Juan Bailon	s.t.
	Juan Gimeno	s.t.
	Marinus Valentijn	s.t.
	Salvador Molina	s.t.
	Manuel Gines	s.t.
	Karl Thallinger	s.t.
	Max Bulla	s.t.
	Luigi Barral	s.t.
	Antonio Montes	s.t.
	Edoardo Molinar	s.t.
	Paolo Bianchi	s.t.
	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
	Alfons Deloor	s.t.
	Gustaaf Deloor	s.t.
	Walter Blattman	s.t.
	Fernand Fayolle	s.t.
	Léo Amberg	s.t.
	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.
30	Luis Esteve	s.t.
31	Francisco Mula	s.t.

GC after stage 8:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Friday, May 10, Stage 10: Murcia - Granada, 285 km

285 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.72 km/hr.

I believe there is probably an error in either the distance or time, as a speed of nearly 50 km/hr in a Spanish stage of the 1930s is unheard of.

Complete results:

1	Max Bulla	5hr 58min 22sec
2	François Adam	s.t.
3	Vicente Bachero	s.t.
4	Léo Amberg	s.t.
5	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
6	Gustaaf Deloor	s.t.
7	Edoardo Molinar	s.t.
8	Juan Bailon	s.t.
9	Salvador Cardona	s.t.
10	Paolo Bianchi	s.t.
11	Walter Blattman	s.t.
12	Alfons Deloor	s.t.
13	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
14	Juan Gimeno	s.t.
15	Karl Thallinger	s.t.
16	Francisco Cepeda	s.t.
17	Antonio Andres Sancho	s.t.
18	Fernand Fayolle	s.t.
19	Luigi Barral	s.t.
20	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.
21	Marinus Valentijn	s.t.
22	Antonio Montes	s.t.
23	Rafael Pou	s.t.
24	Isidro Figueras	s.t.
25	Luis Esteve	s.t.
26	Ramon Ruiz Trillo	s.t.
27	Manuel Gines	s.t.
28	Americo Tuero	s.t.
29	Salvador Molina	s.t.
30	Francisco Mula	s.t.
31	Manuel Ruiz Trillo	s.t.

GC after stage 10:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Saturday, May 11: Stage 11, Grenada - Sevilla, 260 km

260 kilometers raced at an average speed of 26.041 km/hr

Complete results:

1	Gustaaf Deloor	9hr 59min 3sec
2	Max Bulla	s.t.
3	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
4	Salvador Cardona	s.t.
5	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
	Isidro Figueras	s.t.
	Americo Tuero	s.t.
	Antonio Andres Sancho	s.t.
	Vicente Bachero	s.t.
	Juan Gimeno	s.t.
	Marinus Valentijn	s.t.
	Luis Esteve	s.t.
	Karl Thallinger	s.t.
	Luigi Barral	s.t.
	Edoardo Molinar	s.t.
	Paolo Bianchi	s.t.
	Antonio Montes	s.t.
	Alfons Deloor	s.t.
	François Adam	s.t.
	Fernand Fayolle	s.t.
21	Léo Amberg	s.t.
22	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.
23	Juan Bailon	s.t.
24	Walter Blattman	s.t.
25	Manuel Gines	s.t.
26	Rafael Pou	s.t.
27	Ramon Ruiz Trillo	s.t.
28	Salvador Molina	s.t.
29	Francisco Cepeda	s.t.
30	Francisco Mula	s.t.
31	Manuel Ruiz Trillo	s.t.

GC after stage 11:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Sunday, May 12: Rest Day Three

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Monday, May 13: Stage 12, Sevilla - Cáceres, 270 km

270 kilometers raced at an average speed of 26.942 km/hr

Complete results:

1	François Adam	10hr 1min 18sec
2	Max Bulla	@ 55sec
3	Gustaaf Deloor	s.t.
4	Isidro Figueras	s.t.
5	Edoardo Molinar	s.t.
6	Antonio Montes	s.t.
7	Karl Thallinger	s.t.
8	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
9	Francisco Cepeda	s.t.
	Rafael Pou	s.t.
	Vicente Bachero	s.t.
	Ramon Ruiz Trillo	s.t.
	Salvador Cardona	s.t.
	Juan Bailon	s.t.
	Juan Gimeno	s.t.
	Marinus Valentijn	s.t.
	Salvador Molina	s.t.
	Luigi Barral	s.t.
	Paolo Bianchi	s.t.
	Luis Esteve	s.t.
	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
	Alfons Deloor	s.t.
	Fernand Fayolle	s.t.
	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.
25	Americo Tuero	1'52"
26	Manuel Ruiz Trillo	s.t.
27	Manuel Gines	s.t.
28	Walter Blattman	3'00"
29	Léo Amberg	3'08"
30	Antonio Andres Sancho	5'24"
31	Francisco Mula	5'25"

GC after stage 12:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Tuesday, May 14: Stage 13, Cáceres - Zamora, 275 km

275 kilometers raced at an average speed of 26.926 km/hr

Complete results:

1	Edoardo Molinar	10hr 12min 48sec
2	Gustaaf Deloor	s.t.
3	Max Bulla	s.t.
4	Léo Amberg	s.t.
5	Karl Thallinger	s.t.
6	Salvador Cardona	s.t.
7	Juan Gimeno	s.t.
	Marinus Valentijn	s.t.
	Luis Esteve	s.t.
	Americo Tuero	s.t.
	Alfons Deloor	s.t.
	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
	Francisco Cepeda	s.t.
	Fernand Fayolle	s.t.
	Antonio Andres Sancho	s.t.
	Juan Bailon	s.t.
17	Paolo Bianchi	@ 2min 2sec
18	Mariano Cañardo	4'49"
19	Rafael Pou	s.t.
20	François Adam	s.t.
21	Manuel Gines	s.t.
22	Vicente Bachero	s.t.
23	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.
24	Isidro Figueras	11'53"
25	Antonio Montes	13'53"
26	Ramon Ruiz Trillo	s.t.
27	Walter Blattman	18'07"
28	Salvador Molina	s.t.
29	Francisco Mula	28'43"

GC after stage 13:

1. Gustaaf Deloor

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Wednesday, May 15: 14th & Final Stage, Zamora - Madrid, 250 km

250 kilometers raced at an average speed of 26.678 km/hr

1	Gustaaf Deloor	9hr 22min 16sec
2	Mariano Cañardo	s.t.
3	Max Bulla	s.t.
4	Léo Amberg	@ 10min 13sec
5	Vicente Bachero	10'29"
6	Francisco Cepeda	s.t.
7	Isidro Figueras	s.t.
8	Gerrit Van der Ruit	s.t.
9	Juan Gimeno	s.t.
10	Salvador Cardona	s.t.
11	Walter Blattman	s.t.
12	Alfons Deloor	s.t.
13	Marinus Valentijn	s.t.
14	Fernand Fayolle	s.t.
15	Rafael Pou	s.t.
16	Antoine Dignef	s.t.
17	Antonio Andres Sancho	s.t.
18	Paolo Bianchi	s.t.
19	Manuel Gines	11'16"
20	Americo Tuero	s.t.
21	Salvador Molina	s.t.
22	Juan Bailon	s.t.
23	Luis Esteve	14'02"
24	Karl Thallinger	14'59"
25	Edoardo Molinar	16'01"
26	François Adam	s.t.
27	Ramon Ruiz Trillo	16'46"
28	Antonio Montes	s.t.
29	Francisco Mula	25'40"

Final GC after stage 14:

3,425 kilometers raced at an average speed of 28.537 m/hr

1	Gustaaf Deloor	120hr 1min 2sec
2	Mariano Cañardo	@ 12min 33sec
3	Antoine Dignef	19' 15"
4	Edoardo Molinar	22' 42"
5	Max Bulla	27' 56"
6	Alfons Deloor	46' 32"
7	Paolo Bianchi	50' 56"
8	Fernand Fayolle	52' 3"
9	Walter Blattmann	1hr 8' 7"
10	Marinus Valentijn	1hr 8' 51"
11	Salvador Cardona	1hr 12' 36"
12	Léo Amberg	1hr 13' 51"
13	Juan Gimeno	1hr 17' 38"
14	Gerrit Van der Ruit	1hr 24' 20"
15	François Adam	1hr 35' 45"
16	Vicente Bachero	1hr 37' 30"
17	Francisco Cepeda	1hr 40' 43"
18	Antonio Andres Sancho	1hr 57' 42"
19	Americo Tuero	2hr 40' 34"
20	Salvador Molina	2hr 46' 43"
21	Isidro Figueras	2hr 51' 14"
22	Antonio Montes	3hr 21' 28"
23	Joaquin Bailon	3hr 24' 43"
24	Manuel Gines	3hr 45' 13"
25	Karl Thallinger	3hr 51' 25"
26	Ramon Ruiz Trillo	4hr 9' 5"
27	Rafael Pou	4hr 10' 53"
28	Luis Esteve	4hr 12 '33"
29	Francisco Mula	5hr 45' 2"

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