1972 Vuelta a España

The 27th 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 14 May 1972. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,079.3 km (1,913.4 mi), and was won by José Manuel Fuente of the Kas-Kaskol cycling team.[1] Fuente also won the mountains classification while Domingo Perurena won the points classification.[2]

1972 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates27 April – 14 May
Stages17
Distance3,079.3 km (1,913 mi)
Winning time82h 34' 14"
Results
Winner  José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (Kas-Kaskol)
  Second  Miguel Maria Lasa (ESP) (Kas-Kaskol)
  Third  Agustin Tamames (ESP) (Werner)
Points  Domingo Perurena (ESP) (Kas-Kaskol)
Mountains  José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (Kas-Kaskol)
  Combination  José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (Kas-Kaskol)
  Sprints  Ventura Díaz (ESP) (Werner)

Teams and riders
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1972 Vuelta a España

Route
List of stages[3][4]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
P 27 April Fuengirola – Fuengirola 6 km (4 mi) Individual time trial  René Pijnen (NED)
1 28 April Fuengirola – Cabra 167 km (104 mi)  Miguel María Lasa (ESP)
2 29 April Cabra – Granada 206 km (128 mi)  Gerard Vianen (NED)
3 30 April Granada – Almería 181 km (112 mi)  Domingo Perurena (ESP)
4 1 May Almería – Dehesa de Campoamor 251 km (156 mi)  Ger Harings (NED)
5 2 May Dehesa De Campoamor – Gandia 183 km (114 mi)  Pieter Nassen (BEL)
6a 3 May Gandia – El Saler 120 km (75 mi)  Roger Kindt (BEL)
6b 3 May El Saler – El Saler 6.5 km (4 mi) Team time trial Kas–Kaskol
7 4 May Valencia – Vinaròs 181 km (112 mi)  Jos van der Vleuten (NED)
8 5 May Vinaròs – Tarragona 189 km (117 mi)  Cees Koeken (NED)
9a 6 May Tarragona – Barcelona 118 km (73 mi)  Ger Harings (NED)
9b 6 May Barcelona – Barcelona 10 km (6 mi) Individual time trial  Jesús Manzaneque (ESP)
10 7 May Barcelona – Banyoles 192 km (119 mi)  Domingo Perurena (ESP)
11 8 May Manresa – Zaragoza 259 km (161 mi)  Luis Balague (ESP)
12 9 May Zaragoza – Formigal 169 km (105 mi)  José Manuel Fuente (ESP)
13 10 May Sangüesa – Arrate 201 km (125 mi)  Agustín Tamames (ESP)
14 11 May Eibar – Bilbao 145 km (90 mi)  Miguel María Lasa (ESP)
15 12 May Bilbao – Torrelavega 148 km (92 mi)  Gerard Vianen (NED)
16 13 May Torrelavega – Vitoria 219 km (136 mi)  Agustín Tamames (ESP)
17a 14 May Vitoria – San Sebastián 138 km (86 mi)  Jesús Aranzabal (ESP)
17b 14 May San Sebastián – San Sebastián 20 km (12 mi) Individual time trial  José Antonio González (ESP)
Total 3,079.3 km (1,913 mi)

Results

Final General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime
1 José Manuel FuenteKas-Kaskol82h 34' 14"
2 Miguel María LasaKas-Kaskol+ 6' 34"
3 Agustin TamamesWerner+ 7' 00"
4 Gonzalo Aja BarguinKarpy+ 8' 07"
5 José Antonio GonzalezKas-Kaskol+ 8' 08s
6 Domingo Perurena TellecheaKas-Kaskol+ 8' 23"
7 Jesús ManzanequeKas-Kaskol+ 8' 27"
8 José PesarrodonaKas-Kaskol+ 8' 38"
9 Désiré LetortBic+ 8' 42"
10 Bernard LabourdetteBic+ 8' 54"
11 Andres Oliva SanchezLa Casera-Pena Bahamontes
12 Vicente López CarrilKas-Kaskol
13 Eduardo CastillaKarpy
14 Ventura Diaz ArreyWerner
15 José Manuel BlancoWerner
16 José Luis UribezubiaWerner
17 Juan Zurano JerezLa Casera-Pena Bahamontes
18 Francisco Galdos GaunaKas-Kaskol
19 Santiago Lazcano LabacaKas-Kaskol
20 Eufronio Enrique SantosLa Casera-Pena Bahamontes
21 Juan-Manuel VallsKarpy
22 José-Luis AbilleiraLa Casera-Pena Bahamontes
23 Leif MortensenBic
24 Silvano SchiavonGBC-Sony
25 Antonio MenendezKarpy

References
  1. "General Information 1972". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  2. http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/05/15/MD19720515-033.pdf
  3. "1972 » 27th Vuelta a España". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. "27ème Vuelta a España 1972". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
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