1979 Vuelta a España
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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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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. Alfons De Wolf won the points classification and Felipe Yanez won the mountains classification.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ "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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