1945 Vuelta a España
The 5th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from May 10 to May 31, 1945. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 3,818 km, and was won by Delio Rodríguez.[1] There was also a classification sponsored by Pirelli, Rodríguez also won the points classification and Julián Berrendero won the mountains classification.
Points classification
A new introduction to this Vuelta was a classification on points, sponsored by Pirelli. It was calculated as follows:[2]
- The winner of a stage received 100 points, the second 99, and so on. If cyclists arrived in a group that was given the same time, they all received the same number of points.
- The first five cyclists in a stage received 12 points for every minute that they arrived ahead of the number six of the stage.
- For every point scored for the mountains classification, two points were given for this points classification.
- On intermediate sprints, points could be won: 8 for the winner, 6 for the second, 4 and 2 for the next.
Although the sponsor said that the classification was a great success,[3] it did not return the next edition.
Stages
Final standings
General classification
Final general classification (1–25)[5]
| Rank | Rider | Time |
| 1 | .svg.png) Delio Rodríguez (Spain) | 135h 43' 55s |
| 2 | Julián Berrendero (Spain) | a 30' 08s |
| 3 | Juan Gimeno (Spain) | a 37' 18s |
| 4 | Miguel Gual (Spain) | a 49' 53s |
| 5 | Antonio Martín (Spain) | a 1h 09' 01s |
| 6 |  João Rebelo (POR) | a 1h 09' 09s |
| 7 | Diego Chafer (Spain) | a 1h 12' 41s |
| 8 | Bernardo Capo (Spain) | a 1h 17' 20s |
| 9 | Alejandro Fombellida (Spain) | a 1h 18' 18s |
| 10 | Pedro Font (Spain) | a 1h 20' 21s |
| 11 | Manuel Costa (Spain) | |
| 12 | Joaquim Olmos (Spain) | |
| 13 | José Gutierrez (Spain) | |
| 14 | Dalmacio Langarica (Spain) | |
| 15 | Pastor Rodríguez (Spain) | |
| 16 | Gabriel Palmer (Spain) | |
| 17 | Julio Mourao (POR) | |
| 18 | Miguel Casas (Spain) | |
| 19 | Antonio Andres Sancho (Spain) | |
| 20 | Vicente Miro (Spain) | |
| 21 | Joaquim Jiménez (Spain) | |
| 22 | Bernardo Ruiz (Spain) | |
| 23 | Aniceto Bruno (POR) | |
| 24 | Felix Vidaurreta (Spain) | |
| 25 | Imperio Dos Santos (POR) | |
Mountain classification
Final mountain classification (1–15)[5]
| Rank | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Julián Berrendero (Spain) | 45 |
| 2 | João Rebelo (POR) | 44 |
| 3 | Pedro Font (Spain) | 28 |
| 4 | Miguel Gual (Spain) | 22 |
| 5 | José Gutierrez (Spain) | 11 |
| 6 | Miguel Casas (Spain) | 8 |
| 7 | Aniceto Bruno (POR) | 7 |
| 8 | Dalmacio Langarica (Spain) | 6 |
| 9 | Joaquim Olmos (Spain) | 4 |
| 10 | Alejandro Fombellida (Spain) | 3 |
| 10 | Juan Gimeno (Spain) | 3 |
| 10 | Joaquim Jiménez (Spain) | 3 |
| 13 | Diego Chafer (Spain) | 2 |
| 14 | Bernardo Capo (Spain) | 1 |
| 14 | Antonio Martín (Spain) | 1 |
Points classification
Final points classification (1–10)[5]
| Rank | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Delio Rodríguez (Spain) | 2347 |
| 2 | João Rebelo (POR) | 2021 |
| 3 | Julián Berrendero (Spain) | 1967 |
| 4 | Miguel Gual (Spain) | 1942 |
| 5 | Juan Gimeno (Spain) | 1895 |
| 6 | Pedro Font (Spain) | 1823 |
| 7 | Vicente Miro (Spain) | 1803 |
| 8 | Bernardo Capo (Spain) | 1799 |
| 9 | José Gutierrez (Spain) | 1747 |
| 10 | Antonio Martín (Spain) | 1730 |
Other awards
There was also a team competition: the ranks in the general classification of the best two cyclists per cycling club were added, and the club with the lowest total won. Delio Rodríguez was in the same club as Alejandro Fombellida, and because they finished first and ninth, they scored 10 points; no other team had fewer points, so they won the team competition.[5]
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