1979 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 10

Cycling race stages The 1979 Vuelta a España was the 34th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Jerez de la Frontera, with a prologue individual time trial on 24 April, and Stage 10 occurred on 4 May with a stage to Zaragoza. The race finished in Madrid on 13 May. Prologue 24 April 1979 — Jerez de la Frontera to Jerez de la Frontera, 6.3 km mi on (ITT)http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1979.php 34ème Vuelta a España 1979 Memoire du cyclisme French https://web.archive.org/web/20041025144259/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1979.php 25 October 2004 Prologue result and general classification after Prologuehttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/04/25/MD19790425-026.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 26 25 April 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 8' 16" 2 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 14" 3 Michel Pollentier BEL Splendor 1979 + 18" 4 Jan van Houwelingen NED Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 5 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 s.t. 6 Roger De Cnijf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 25" 7 Johnny De Nul BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 29" 8 Joël Gallopin FRA Mercier 1979 + 32" 9 Jesús Manzaneque ESP 1977 Hueso (cycling team) Colchón CR ca Hueso (equip ciclista) + 33" 10 José Antonio González ESP 1977 Teka 1979 s.t. Stage 1 25 April 1979 — Jerez de la Frontera to Seville, 156 km mi on Stage 1 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/04/26/MD19790426-026.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 26 26 April 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sean Kelly IRL Splendor 1979 4h 37' 32" 2 Eddy Vanhaerens BEL Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 3 Lieven Malfait BEL Splendor 1979 s.t. 4 Patrick Friou FRA Mercier 1979 s.t. 5 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 s.t. 6 Noël Dejonckheere BEL Teka 1979 s.t. 7 Eulalio García ESP 1977 Teka 1979 s.t. 8 Jean-Louis Gauthier FRA Mercier 1979 s.t. 9 Marc Renier BEL KAS 1979 s.t. 10 Wim Myngheer BEL Splendor 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 4h 45' 48" 2 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 14" 3 Jan van Houwelingen NED Boule d'Or 1979 + 18" 4 Michel Pollentier BEL Splendor 1979 s.t. 5 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 + 19" 6 Roger De Cnijf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 25" 7 Johnny De Nul BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 27" 8 Joël Gallopin FRA Mercier 1979 + 32" 9 Jesús Manzaneque ESP 1977 Hueso (cycling team) Colchón CR ca Hueso (equip ciclista) + 33" 10 José Antonio González ESP 1977 Teka 1979 s.t. Stage 2 26 April 1979 — Seville to Córdoba, 188 km mi on Stage 2 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/04/27/MD19790427-026.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 26 27 April 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 5h 19' 54" 2 Etienne Van der Helst nl BEL KAS 1979 s.t. 3 Noël Dejonckheere BEL Teka 1979 s.t. 4 Francisco Elorriaga ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca s.t. 5 Joël Gallopin FRA Mercier 1979 s.t. 6 Marc Renier BEL KAS 1979 s.t. 7 Roger De Cnijf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 8 André Mollet FRA Mercier 1979 s.t. 9 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 s.t. 10 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 10h 05' 42" 2 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 14" 3 Jan van Houwelingen NED Boule d'Or 1979 + 18" 4 Michel Pollentier BEL Splendor 1979 s.t. 5 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 + 19" 6 Roger De Cnijf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 25" 7 Johnny De Nul BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 27" 8 Joël Gallopin FRA Mercier 1979 + 32" 9 Jesús Manzaneque ESP 1977 Hueso (cycling team) Colchón CR ca Hueso (equip ciclista) s.t. 10 José Antonio González ESP 1977 Teka 1979 s.t. Stage 3 27 April 1979 — Córdoba to Sierra Nevada, 190 km mi on Stage 3 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/04/28/MD19790428-026.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 26 28 April 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca 6h 04' 23" 2 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 + 11" 3 Manuel Esparza ESP 1977 Teka 1979 + 29" 4 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 1' 00" 5 Faustino Rupérez ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 1' 01" 6 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 KAS 1979 s.t. 7 Ismael Lejarreta ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca s.t. 8 Julián Andiano ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 s.t. 9 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 s.t. 10 Raymond Martin FRA Mercier 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 16h 10' 16" 2 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca + 40" 3 Manuel Esparza ESP 1977 Teka 1979 + 1' 10" 4 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 KAS 1979 + 1' 25" 5 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 1' 30" 6 Raymond Martin FRA Mercier 1979 + 1' 39" 7 Faustino Rupérez ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 1' 41" 8 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 1' 47" 9 Julián Andiano ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 1' 53" 10 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 + 1' 57" Stage 4 28 April 1979 — Granada to Puerto Lumbreras, 222 km mi on Stage 4 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/04/29/MD19790429-027.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 27 29 April 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Roger De Cnijf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 6h 04' 05" 2 Etienne Van der Helst nl BEL KAS 1979 + 7" 3 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) s.t. 4 Jean-Louis Gauthier FRA Mercier 1979 s.t. 5 Ludo Loos BEL Splendor 1979 + 10" 6 Noël Dejonckheere BEL Teka 1979 + 15" 7 Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP 1977 KAS 1979 s.t. 8 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 9 Patrick Verstraete BEL Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 10 Sean Kelly IRL Splendor 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 22h 14' 36" 2 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca + 41" 3 Manuel Esparza ESP 1977 Teka 1979 + 1' 12" 4 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 KAS 1979 + 1' 27" 5 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 1' 32" 6 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 1' 41" 7 Raymond Martin FRA Mercier 1979 + 1' 43" 8 Julián Andiano ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 1' 55" 9 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 + 1' 59" 10 Christian Seznec FRA Mercier 1979 + 2' 06" Stage 5 29 April 1979 — Puerto Lumbreras to Murcia, 139 km mi on Stage 5 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/04/30/MD19790430-038.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 38 30 April 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Juan Argudo es ESP 1977 Hueso (cycling team) Colchón CR ca Hueso (equip ciclista) 3h 36' 59" 2 Sean Kelly IRL Splendor 1979 + 8' 27" 3 Noël Dejonckheere BEL Teka 1979 s.t. 4 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 5 Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP 1977 KAS 1979 s.t. 6 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 s.t. 7 Splendor 1979 s.t. 8 René Dillen BEL KAS 1979 s.t. 9 Patrick Friou FRA Mercier 1979 s.t. 10 Herman Beysens BEL Splendor 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 26h 00' 02" 2 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca + 39" 3 Manuel Esparza ESP 1977 Teka 1979 + 1' 10" 4 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 KAS 1979 + 1' 25" 5 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 1' 30" 6 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 1' 39" 7 Raymond Martin FRA Mercier 1979 + 1' 01" 8 Julián Andiano ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 1' 53" 9 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 + 1' 57" 10 Christian Seznec FRA Mercier 1979 + 2' 01" Stage 6 30 April 1979 — Murcia to Alcoy, 171 km mi on Stage 6 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/05/02/MD19790502-026.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 26 2 May 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Christian Levavasseur FRA Mercier 1979 4h 43' 27" 2 Rafael Ladrón ESP 1977 KAS 1979 s.t. 3 Ángel Arroyo ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 4' 29" 4 Ramón Vila Tamarit ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 7' 20" 5 Noël Dejonckheere BEL Teka 1979 + 7' 27" 6 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 s.t. 7 Michel Pollentier BEL Splendor 1979 s.t. 8 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 9 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) s.t. 10 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Christian Levavasseur FRA Mercier 1979 2 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 + 50" 3 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca + 1' 29" Stage 7 1 May 1979 — Alcoy to Sedaví, 173 km mi on Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 4h 28' 42" 2 Frits Pirard NED Mercier 1979 s.t. 3 Eulalio García ESP 1977 Teka 1979 s.t. 4 Enrique Martínez Heredia ESP 1977 KAS 1979 s.t. 5 Ronny Vanmarcke BEL Splendor 1979 s.t. 6 Alberto Fernández ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 s.t. 7 Jan van Houwelingen NED Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 8 Sean Kelly IRL Splendor 1979 + 36" 9 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 s.t. 10 Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP 1977 KAS 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Christian Levavasseur FRA Mercier 1979 35h 16' 23" 2 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 + 50" 3 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca + 1' 29" 4 Manuel Esparza ESP 1977 Teka 1979 + 2' 00" 5 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 KAS 1979 + 2' 17" 6 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 2' 20" 7 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 2' 27" 8 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 2' 29" 9 Raymond Martin FRA Mercier 1979 + 2' 33" 10 Julián Andiano ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 2' 45" Stage 8a 2 May 1979 — Sedaví to Benicàssim, 145 km mi on Stage 8a resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/05/03/MD19790503-024.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 24 3 May 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Sean Kelly IRL Splendor 1979 4h 27' 39" 2 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 3 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 s.t. 4 Christian Levavasseur FRA Mercier 1979 s.t. 5 Eulalio García ESP 1977 Teka 1979 s.t. 6 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 s.t. 7 8 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 s.t. 9 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) s.t. 10 Christian Seznec FRA Mercier 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 8a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Christian Levavasseur FRA Mercier 1979 2 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 + 50" 3 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca + 1' 29" Stage 8b 2 May 1979 — Benicàssim to Benicàssim, 11.3 km mi on (ITT) Stage 8b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 15' 06" 2 Michel Pollentier BEL Splendor 1979 + 24" 3 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 26" 4 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 + 28" 5 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 KAS 1979 + 33" 6 Eulalio García ESP 1977 Teka 1979 + 38" 7 Roger De Cnijf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 41" 8 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 42" 9 Jesús Manzaneque ESP 1977 Hueso (cycling team) Colchón CR ca Hueso (equip ciclista) s.t. 10 Jan van Houwelingen NED Boule d'Or 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 8b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Christian Levavasseur FRA Mercier 1979 39h 59' 56" 2 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 + 2" 3 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca + 1' 39" 4 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 KAS 1979 + 2' 02" 5 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 2' 05" 6 Manuel Esparza ESP 1977 Teka 1979 + 2' 21" 7 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 2' 23" 8 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 + 2' 27" 9 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 2' 30" 10 Michel Pollentier BEL Splendor 1979 + 2' 31" Stage 9 3 May 1979 — Benicàssim to Reus, 193 km mi on Stage 9 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/05/04/MD19790504-026.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 26 4 May 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 5h 15' 07" 2 Noël Dejonckheere BEL Teka 1979 s.t. 3 Herman Beysens BEL Splendor 1979 s.t. 4 Erich Jagsch AUT Splendor 1979 s.t. 5 Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP 1977 KAS 1979 s.t. 6 Adri van Houwelingen NED Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 7 Jean-Louis Gauthier FRA Mercier 1979 s.t. 8 Frits Pirard NED Mercier 1979 s.t. 9 Francisco Elorriaga ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca s.t. 10 Joël Gallopin FRA Mercier 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Christian Levavasseur FRA Mercier 1979 45h 15' 03" 2 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 + 2" 3 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca + 1' 39" 4 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 KAS 1979 + 2' 02" 5 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 2' 05" 6 Manuel Esparza ESP 1977 Teka 1979 + 2' 21" 7 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 2' 23" 8 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 + 2' 27" 9 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 2' 30" 10 Michel Pollentier BEL Splendor 1979 + 2' 31" Stage 10 4 May 1979 — Reus to Zaragoza, 230 km mi on Stage 10 resulthttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/05/05/MD19790505-026.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales Spanish Official Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 26 5 May 1979 10 September 2018 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Noël Dejonckheere BEL Teka 1979 6h 47' 07" 2 Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP 1977 KAS 1979 s.t. 3 René Dillen BEL KAS 1979 s.t. 4 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 5 Frits Pirard NED Mercier 1979 s.t. 6 Daniele Tinchella ITA Teka 1979 s.t. 7 Adri van Houwelingen NED Boule d'Or 1979 s.t. 8 André Mollet FRA Mercier 1979 s.t. 9 Francisco Elorriaga ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca s.t. 10 Enrique Martínez Heredia ESP 1977 KAS 1979 s.t.General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Christian Levavasseur FRA Mercier 1979 52h 02' 10" 2 Joop Zoetemelk NED Mercier 1979 + 2" 3 Felipe Yáñez ESP 1977 Novostil-Helios ca + 1' 39" 4 Francisco Galdós ESP 1977 KAS 1979 + 2' 02" 5 Alfons De Wolf BEL Boule d'Or 1979 + 2' 06" 6 Manuel Esparza ESP 1977 Teka 1979 + 2' 21" 7 Pedro Torres ESP 1977 Transmallorca (cycling team) Transmallorca-Flavia ca Transmallorca (equip ciclista) + 2' 23" 8 Lucien Van Impe BEL KAS 1979 + 2' 27" 9 Miguel María Lasa ESP 1977 ZOR 1979 + 2' 30" 10 Michel Pollentier BEL Splendor 1979 + 2' 31" References 30em 1979 Vuelta a España P 10 11 19 Category:1979 Vuelta a España Category:Vuelta a España stages