1979 Vuelta a España
The 34th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 24 April to 13 May 1979. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,373 km (2,096 mi), and was won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Miko-Mercier cycling team. Zoetemelk won two of the three ITT's and Fons De Wolf won the other. De Wolf also won the points classification as well as five stages, but Zoetemelk won the race with a comfortable lead ahead of Spanish climbing specialist Francisco Galdós and Michel Pollentier. Felipe Yanez won the mountains classification.[1]
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| Dates | 24 April – 13 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 19 stages + Prologue, including 3 split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,373 km (2,096 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 94h 57' 03" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams and riders
Route
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| P | 24 April | Jerez de la Frontera – Jerez de la Frontera | 6.3 km (4 mi) |  |
Individual time trial |  |
| 1 | 25 April | Jerez de la Frontera – Seville | 156 km (97 mi) |  | ||
| 2 | 26 April | Seville – Córdoba | 188 km (117 mi) | .svg.png){kind=small} | ||
| 3 | 27 April | Córdoba – Sierra Nevada | 190 km (118 mi) | .svg.png){kind=small} | ||
| 4 | 28 April | Granada – Puerto Lumbreras | 222 km (138 mi) | | ||
| 5 | 29 April | Puerto Lumbreras – Murcia | 139 km (86 mi) | | ||
| 6 | 30 April | Murcia – Alcoy | 171 km (106 mi) |  | ||
| 7 | 1 May | Alcoy – Sedaví | 173 km (107 mi) | | ||
| 8a | 2 May | Sedaví – Benicàssim | 145 km (90 mi) | | ||
| 8b | 2 May | Benicàssim – Benicàssim | 11.3 km (7 mi) | |
Individual time trial | |
| 9 | 3 May | Benicàssim – Reus | 193 km (120 mi) | | ||
| 10 | 4 May | Reus – Zaragoza | 230 km (143 mi) | | ||
| 11 | 5 May | Zaragoza – Pamplona | 183 km (114 mi) | | ||
| 12 | 6 May | Pamplona – Logroño | 149 km (93 mi) | | ||
| 13 | 7 May | Haro – Peña Cabarga | 180 km (112 mi) | | ||
| 14 | 8 May | Torrelavega – Gijón | 178 km (111 mi) | | ||
| 15 | 9 May | Gijón – León | 156 km (97 mi) | | ||
| 16a | 10 May | León – Valladolid | 134 km (83 mi) | | ||
| 16b | 10 May | Valladolid – Valladolid | 22 km (14 mi) | |
Individual time trial | |
| 17 | 11 May | Valladolid – Ávila | 204 km (127 mi) | | ||
| 18a | 12 May | Ávila – Colmenar Viejo | 155 km (96 mi) | | ||
| 18b | 12 May | Colmenar Viejo – Azuqueca de Henares | 104 km (65 mi) | | ||
| 19 | 13 May | Madrid – Madrid | 84 km (52 mi) | | ||
| Total | 3,373 km (2,096 mi) | |||||
Results
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Miko-Mercier | 94h 57' 03" |
| 2 | | Kas-Campagnolo | + 2' 43" |
| 3 | | Splendor-Euro Soap | + 3' 21" |
| 4 | | Moliner-Vereco | + 5' 51" |
| 5 | | Kas-Campagnolo | + 6' 30" |
| 6 | | Transmallorca-Flavia | + 6' 49" |
| 7 | | Novostil-Helios | + 7' 41" |
| 8 | | Miko-Mercier | + 8' 03" |
| 9 | | Boule d'Or-Lano | + 10' 01" |
| 10 | | Moliner-Vereco | + 10' 52" |
| 11 | | Moliner-Vereco | |
| 12 | | Teka | |
| 13 | | Miko-Mercier | |
| 14 | | Moliner-Vereco | |
| 15 | | Splendor-Euro Soap | |
| 16 | | Teka | |
| 17 | | Transmallorca-Flavia | |
| 18 | | Teka | |
| 19 | | Moliner-Vereco | |
| 20 | | Transmallorca-Flavia | |
| 21 | | Novostil-Helios | |
| 22 | | Moliner-Vereco | |
| 23 | | Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 24 | | Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 25 | | Novostil-Helios |
References
- http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/05/14/MD19790514-036.pdf
- "1979 » 34th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- "34ème Vuelta a España 1979". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
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