1976 Vuelta a España

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.[2]

1976 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates27 April – 16 May
Stages19 stages + Prologue, including 1 split stages
Distance3,340 km (2,075 mi)
Winning time93h 19' 10"
Results
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

Teams and riders
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1976 Vuelta a España

Route
List of stages[3][4]
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.[5] Previously, Günter Haritz had been penalized for the same offence, and had left the race.[6][7]

Results

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

References
  1. "General Information 1976". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  2. http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1976/05/17/MD19760517-027.pdf
  3. "1976 » 31st Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. "31ème Vuelta a España 1976". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
  5. "Eric Jacques teruggezet". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). De Krant van Toen. 12 May 1976. p. 23. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  6. "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.
  7. "Haritz stapt eruit" [Haritz quits.]. De Waarheid (in Dutch). Delpher. 10 May 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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