1979 Vuelta a España

1979 Vuelta a España 24 April – 13 May 19 stages + Prologue, including 3 split stages 3,373 km 94h 57' 03" Joop Zoetemelk NED Miko–Mercier yellow Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 Kas Michel Pollentier BEL Splendor Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or–Lano light blue Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil–Helios green Roger De Cnijf BEL Boule d'Or–Lano Kas 1978 1980 The 34th Edition 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 mi on, 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 Yáñez won the mountains classification.Clasificaciones Oficiales http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/05/14/MD19790514-036.pdf El Mundo Deportivo 14 May 1979 36 https://web.archive.org/web/20201115161707/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/05/14/MD19790514-036.pdf 15 November 2020 live Teams and riders List of teams and cyclists in the 1979 Vuelta a España Route +List of stageshttps://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/1979/stages/winners 1979 » 34th Vuelta a Espana Procyclingstats 29 July 2018http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1979.php 34ème Vuelta a España 1979 Memoire du cyclisme fr https://web.archive.org/web/20041025144259/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1979.php 25 October 2004 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 24 April Jerez de la Frontera to Jerez de la Frontera 6.3 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Joop Zoetemelk NED 1 25 April Jerez de la Frontera to Seville 156 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL 2 26 April Seville to Córdoba 188 km 0 on Alfons De Wolf BEL 3 27 April Córdoba to Sierra Nevada 190 km 0 on Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 4 28 April Granada to Puerto Lumbreras 222 km 0 on Roger De Cnijf BEL 5 29 April Puerto Lumbreras to Murcia 139 km 0 on Juan Argudo es ESP 1977 6 30 April Murcia to Alcoy 171 km 0 on Christian Levavasseur FRA 7 1 May Alcoy to Sedaví 173 km 0 on Alfons De Wolf BEL 8a 2 May Sedaví to Benicàssim 145 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL 8b Benicàssim to Benicàssim 11.3 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Joop Zoetemelk NED 9 3 May Benicàssim to Reus 193 km 0 on Alfons De Wolf BEL 10 4 May Reus to Zaragoza 230 km 0 on Noël Dejonckheere BEL 11 5 May Zaragoza to Pamplona 183 km 0 on Noël Dejonckheere BEL 12 6 May Pamplona to Logroño 149 km 0 on Frans Van Vlierberghe BEL 13 7 May Haro to Peña Cabarga es 180 km 0 on Ángel López del Álamo fr ESP 1977 14 8 May Torrelavega to Gijón 178 km 0 on Bernardo Alfonsel ESP 1977 15 9 May Gijón to León 156 km 0 on Lucien Van Impe BEL 16a 10 May León to Valladolid 134 km 0 on Adri van Houwelingen NED 16b Valladolid to Valladolid 22 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Alfons De Wolf BEL 17 11 May Valladolid to Ávila 204 km 0 on Francisco Albelda ESP 1977 18a 12 May Ávila to Colmenar Viejo 155 km 0 on Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 18b Colmenar Viejo to Azuqueca de Henares 104 km 0 on Cees Bal NED 19 13 May Madrid to Madrid 84 km 0 on Alfons De Wolf BEL Total 3373 km 0 on Results Final General Classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 NED Joop Zoetemelk Miko–Mercier 94h 57' 03" 2 ESP 1977 Francisco Galdós Kas–Campagnolo + 2' 43" 3 BEL Michel Pollentier Splendor–Euro Soap + 3' 21" 4 ESP 1977 Faustino Rupérez Moliner–Vereco + 5' 51" 5 BEL Lucien Van Impe Kas–Campagnolo + 6' 30" 6 ESP 1977 Pedro Torres Transmallorca–Flavia + 6' 49" 7 ESP 1977 Felipe Yáñez Novostil–Helios + 7' 41" 8 FRA Christian Seznec Miko–Mercier + 8' 03" 9 BEL Fons De Wolf Boule d'Or–Lano + 10' 01" 10 ESP 1977 Julián Andiano Moliner–Vereco + 10' 52" 11 ESP 1977 Miguel María Lasa Moliner–Vereco 12 ESP 1977 Vicente López Carril Teka 13 FRA Raymond Martin Miko–Mercier 14 ESP 1977 Alberto Fernández Moliner–Vereco 15 BEL Herman Beysens Splendor–Euro Soap 16 ESP 1977 Manuel Esparza Sanz Teka 17 ESP 1977 Vicente Belda Transmallorca–Flavia 18 ESP 1977 José Pesarrodona Teka 19 ESP 1977 Ángel Arroyo Moliner–Vereco 20 ESP 1977 Juan Pujol Pages Transmallorca–Flavia 21 ESP 1977 Ismael Lejarreta Novostil–Helios 22 ESP 1977 Carlos Melero Moliner–Vereco 23 ESP 1977 Bernardo Alfonsel Kas–Campagnolo 24 ESP 1977 Jesús Suárez Kas–Campagnolo 25 ESP 1977 Gonzalo Aja Barguin Novostil–Helios References 1979 Vuelta a España P 10 11 19 Category:1979 in road cycling 1979 Category:1979 in Spanish sport Category:April 1979 sports events in Europe Category:May 1979 sports events in Europe Category:1979 Super Prestige Pernod