1976 Vuelta a España

1976 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates 27 April – 16 May
Stages 19 stages + Prologue, including 1 split stages
Distance 3,340 km (2,075 mi)
Winning time 93h 19' 10"
Results
Jersey awarded to the overall winner Winner  José Pesarrodona (ESP) (Kas - Campagnolo)
  Second  Luis Ocaña (ESP) (Super Ser)
  Third  José Nazabal (ESP) (Kas - Campagnolo)
Points  Dietrich Thurau (FRG) (TI Raleigh)
Mountains  Andrés Oliva (ESP) (Kas - Campagnolo)
  Sprints  Daniel Verplancke (BEL) (Flandria - Velda)
  Team Kas - Campagnolo

The 31st Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 16 May 1976. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,340 km (2,080 mi), and was won by José Pesarrodona of the Kas-Campagnolo cycling team.[1] Andres Oliva won the mountains classification while Dietrich Thurau won the points classification.

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages[2][3]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
P 27 April Estepona – Estepona 3.2 km (2 mi) Individual time trial  Dietrich Thurau (FRG)
1 28 April Estepona – Estepona 135 km (84 mi)  José De Cauwer (BEL)
2 29 April Estepona – Priego de Córdoba 224 km (139 mi)  Roger Gilson (LUX)
3 30 April Priego de Córdoba – Jaén 177 km (110 mi)  Theo Smit (NED)
4 1 May Jaén – Baza 166 km (103 mi)|  Hennie Kuiper (NED)
5 2 May Baza – Cartagena 201 km (125 mi)  Theo Smit (NED)
6 3 May Cartagena – Cartagena 14 km (9 mi) Individual time trial  Joaquim Agostinho (POR)
7 4 May Cartagena – Murcia 136 km (85 mi)  Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)
8 5 May Murcia – Almansa 219 km (136 mi)  Georges Pintens (BEL)
9 6 May Almansa – Nules 208 km (129 mi)  Dietrich Thurau (FRG)
10 7 May Castellón – Cambrils 226 km (140 mi)  José Antonio González (ESP)
11 8 May Cambrils – Barcelona 151 km (94 mi)|  Antonio Vallori (ESP)
12 9 May Pamplona – Logroño 168 km (104 mi)  Gerben Karstens (NED)
13 10 May Logroño – Palencia 209 km (130 mi)  Dirk Ongenae (BEL)
14 11 May Paredes de Nava – Gijón 249 km (155 mi)  Cees Priem (NED)
15 12 May Gijón – Cangas de Onís 141 km (88 mi)  Vicente López Carril (ESP)
16 13 May Cangas de Onís – Reinosa 156 km (97 mi)  Dietrich Thurau (FRG)
17 14 May Reinosa – Bilbao 183 km (114 mi)  Arthur Van De Vijver (BEL)
18 15 May Galdácano – Santuario de Oro (Zuia) 204 km (127 mi)  Dietrich Thurau (FRG)
19a 16 May Murgia (Zuia) – San Sebastián 139 km (86 mi)  Dirk Ongenae (BEL)
19b 17 May San Sebastián – San Sebastián 31.7 km (20 mi) Individual time trial  Dietrich Thurau (FRG)
Total 3,340 km (2,075 mi)

Doping cases

When Belgian cyclist Eric Jacques finished in second place in the eighth stage, he became the new leader. Later, it became known that he tested positive for doping after that stage, and he received a penalty of ten minutes.[4] Previously, Günter Haritz had been penalized for the same offence, and had left the race.[5][6]

Results

Final General Classification

RankRiderTeamTime
1Spain José PesarrodonaKas-Campagnolo93h 19' 10"
2Spain Luis OcañaSuper Ser Zeus+ 1' 03"
3Spain José Nazabal MerendiaKas-Campagnolo+ 1' 41"
4West Germany Dietrich ThurauTI–Raleigh+ 1' 44"
5Spain Vicente LopezKas-Campagnolo+ 1' 50"
6Netherlands Hennie KuiperTI–Raleigh+ 2' 00"
7Portugal Joaquim AgostinhoTeka+ 3' 16"
8Switzerland Joseph FuchsSuper Ser Zeus+ 3' 45"
9Spain Pedro TorresSuper Ser Zeus+ 4' 43"
10Spain José Antonio GonzalezKas-Campagnolo+ 7' 18"
11Belgium Ludo LoosEbo
12Spain Enrique MartinezKas-Campagnolo
13Spain Andes OlivaKas-Campagnolo
14Spain Gonzalo Aja BarguinTeka
15Portugal José Martins FretasKas-Campagnolo
16Belgium Eric JacquesEbo
17Spain Domingo PerurenaKas-Campagnolo
18Belgium Jean-Pierre BaertMiko-De Gribaldy
19Spain José Enrique CimaNovostil
20Portugal Fernardo Mendes DosTeka
21Spain Ventura DiazTeka
22Spain Santiago LazcanoSuper Ser Zeus
23Spain Julian AndianoTeka
24Spain Manuel EsparzaTeka
25Spain Jesus ManzanequeSuper Ser Zeus

References

  1. ↑ "General Information 1976". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  2. ↑ "1976 » 31st Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "31ème Vuelta a España 1976". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
  4. ↑ "Eric Jacques teruggezet". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). De Krant van Toen. 12 May 1976. p. 23. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Thurau: etappetriomf, Haritz: dopinggebruik" [Thurau: stage victory, Haritz: used doping.]. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Delpher. 7 May 1976. p. 25. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Haritz stapt eruit" [Haritz quits.]. De Waarheid (in Dutch). Delpher. 10 May 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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