1994 Vuelta a España

1994 Vuelta a España 25 April - 15 May 20 + Prologue 3531.6 km 92h 07' 48" Tony Rominger SUI MAP 1994 yellow Mikel Zarrabeitia ESP GCE 1994 Pedro Delgado ESP GCE 1994 Laurent Jalabert FRA ONC 1994 rosa Luc Leblanc FRA FES 1994 white Mauro Radaelli ITA BRE 1994 red GCE 1994 1993 1995 The 1994 Vuelta a España was the 49th Edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta started on April 25 with a short 9 km 1 on prologue around the Spanish city of Valladolid.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1994/05/16/pagina-44/1284417/pdf.html Esta carrera es la mas importante es 16 May 1994 44 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 PDF This race is the most important The race came to a close on May 15 with a flat stage that stretched from Palazuelos de Eresma to the Spanish capital of Madrid. Seventeen teams entered the race, which was won by Tony Rominger of the MAP 1994 team.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1994/05/16/pagina-45/1284418/pdf.html La Vuelta - 94 es 16 May 1994 45 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 PDF The Vuelta - 94 Second and third respectively were the Spanish riders Mikel Zarrabeitia and Pedro Delgado. Tony Rominger became the first rider to win the Vuelta a España three consecutive times. Amongst the race's other classifications, Laurent Jalabert of the ONC 1994 team won the points classification, FES 1994 rider Luc Leblanc won the mountains classification, Mauro Radaelli of the Brescialat team won the intermediate sprints classification, and Amore & Vita rider Alessio Di Basco won the special sprints classification. GCE 1994 finished as the winners of the team classification, which ranked each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. Race preview and favorites Tony Rominger, winner of the past two editions, was once again the favorite. Alex Zülle the previous year's runner up and Pedro Delgado, twice winner of the Vuelta, were expected to be his main rivals. Teams A total of 17 teams were invited to participate in the 1994 Vuelta a España.http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1994/04/26/pagina-45/1291510/pdf.html La Vuelta - 94 es 26 April 1994 45 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 PDF The Vuelta - 94http://historia.lavuelta.com/es/anio.asp?a=1994 Año 1994 es Unipublic 27 May 2012 PDF Year 1994 https://web.archive.org/web/20110827043707/http://historia.lavuelta.com/es/anio.asp?a=1994 27 August 2011 dead Each team sent a squad of ten riders, so the Vuelta began with a peloton of 170 cyclists. Out of the 170 riders that started this edition of the Vuelta a España, a total of 121 riders made it to the finish in Madrid. The 17 teams that took part in the race were: 22em Amore & Vita Artiach-Royal Fruco GCE 1994 Brescialat Cavas Castellblanch EUS 1994 FES 1994 Jolly-Cage KEL 1994 MAP 1994 UNO 1994 COG 1994 ONC 1994 Recer-Boavista Santa Clara-Samara Sicasal-Acral TVM 1994 Route and stages The 1994 Vuelta a España began with a brief 9 km 0 on individual time trial that circuited the city of Valladolid. The official race route contained three individual time trial events with distances that ranged from 9 km 0 on to 53 km 0 on in length. There were a total of eight stages that held many high mountains, while there was only one hilly stage that contained climbs of lesser degree. The nine remaining stages were primarily flat. Of the stages that contained mountains, six contained summit finishes: stage 6 to Sierra Nevada, stage 10 to Andorra-Arcalís, stage 11 to Cerler, stage 14 to Sierra de la Demanda, stage 16 to Lakes of Covadonga, and stage 17 to Monte Naranco. StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner125 AprilValladolid 9 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trialTony Rominger SUI226 AprilValladolid to Salamanca 178.4 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageLaurent Jalabert FRA327 AprilSalamanca to Cáceres 239 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageLaurent Jalabert FRA428 AprilAlmendralejo to Córdoba 235.6 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageEndrio Leoni ITA529 AprilCórdoba to Granada 166.9 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageLaurent Jalabert FRA630 AprilGranada to Sierra Nevada 151.7 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Tony Rominger SUI71 MayBaza to Alicante 256.5 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageSimone Biasci ITA82 MayBenidorm to Benidorm 39.5 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trialTony Rominger SUI93 MayBenidorm to Valencia 166 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageJean-Paul van Poppel NED104 MayIgualada to Andorra-Arcalís (Andorra) 205 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Ángel Camargo COL115 MayAndorra la Vella (Andorra) to Cerler 195.3 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Tony Rominger SUI126 MayBenasque to Zaragoza 226.7 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageLaurent Jalabert FRA137 MayZaragoza to Pamplona 201.6 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageLaurent Jalabert FRA148 MayPamplona to Sierra de la Demanda 174 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Tony Rominger SUI159 MaySanto Domingo de la Calzada to Santander 209.3 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Hilly stageAlessio Di Basco ITA1610 MaySantander to Lakes of Covadonga 147.7 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Laurent Jalabert FRA1711 MayCangas de Onís to Monte Naranco 150.4 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Bart Voskamp NED1812 MayÁvila to Ávila 189 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Giuseppe Calcaterra ITA1913 MayÁvila to Palazuelos de Eresma 171 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Stage with mountain(s)Marino Alonso ESP2014 MaySegovia to Palazuelos de Eresma 53 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trialTony Rominger SUI2115 MayPalazuelos de Eresma to Madrid 165.7 km 0 on 22px|link=|alt=Plain stageLaurent Jalabert FRA Total 3531 km 0 on Race overview Rominger showed from the very start that he was unlikely to be easily beaten, as he won the prologue by a large margin. On the sixth stage, ending at the top of the 2700m climb of the Sierra Nevada, Rominger took advantage of an attack by youngster Mikel Zarrabeitia to leave all other riders behind and win the stage. After only one mountain stage Rominger was now the leader by over two minutes over his rivals. In the second week, Rominger put his overall win beyond doubt, gaining another two minutes on his rivals at the Benidorm individual time trial and taking two more stage wins, albeit without much time gain, on the mountaintop finishes at Cerler and the Alto de la Cruz de la Demanda. Even though the overall winner was set in stone, there was a spirited fight for second and third places between ONCE leader Zülle and Banesto riders Delgado and Zarrabeitia. This fight was mostly decided when Zülle cracked on the Lagos de Covadonga climb and lost several minutes. This very stage marked the beginning of Laurent Jalabert's transformation from sprinter into GC contender as he took the stage win. In Segovia, on the outskirts of Madrid, Marino Alonso took the only stage win by a Spanish rider in this edition of the Vuelta. It was also in Segovia that the penultima stage was held, a 53 km individual time trial. Zülle set the fastest intermediate times and looked set to win the stage and finish on the podium, but bad luck struck, and after four consecutive mechanical issues he lost any chance of doing so. Rominger took his 6th stage win. The final stage, ending in Madrid, resulted in Jalabert's seventh stage win, a record that also netted him the points classification. Also a record was Rominger's third Vuelta win. He also held the leader's jersey from start to finish (which only three riders had achieved before) and won six stages. The Banesto duo of Zarrabeitia and Delgado accompanied him on the podium. It was the last time that the race was held in late spring as from 1995 onwards the race was held in September. Classification leadership +Classification leadership by stagehttp://historia.lavuelta.com/es/anio.asp?a=1994 Web Oficial de la Vuelta a España - información etapas 2013-01-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20110827043707/http://historia.lavuelta.com/es/anio.asp?a=1994 2011-08-27 dead Stage Winner General classification25px Points classification25px Mountains classification25px Team classification P Tony Rominger Tony Rominger Tony Rominger not awarded GCE 1994 1 Laurent Jalabert 2 Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert José Manuel Uría 3 Endrio Leoni Ignacio García Camacho 4 Laurent Jalabert Luc Leblanc 5 Tony Rominger MAP 1994 6 Simone Biasci 7 Tony Rominger Tony Rominger 8 Jean-Paul van Poppel Luc Leblanc GCE 1994 9 Ángel Camargo Tony Rominger 10 Tony Rominger Tony Rominger MAP 1994 11 Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert 12 Laurent Jalabert 13 Tony Rominger 14 Alessio Di Basco GCE 1994 15 Laurent Jalabert 16 Bart Voskamp 17 Giuseppe Calcaterra Luc Leblanc 18 Marino Alonso 19 Tony Rominger Tony Rominger 20 Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert Final Tony Rominger Laurent Jalabert Luc Leblanc GCE 1994 Final standings Legend Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMHnKrDrdmU Vuelta a España 1994; Etapa 10 Igualada - Ordino Arcalisu 4-May 205 Km; Ángel Yesid Camargo YouTube 20px|alt=Yellow jersey Denotes the winner of the General classification 20px|alt=Granate jersey Denotes the winner of the Points classification 20px|alt=White jersey Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification 20px|alt=Red jersey Denotes the winner of the Intermediate sprints classification 20px|alt=Orangejersey Denotes the winner of the Special sprints classification General classification RiderTeamTime 1 Tony Rominger SUI 20px|alt=A yellow jersey MAP 1994 92h 07' 48" 2 Mikel Zarrabeitia ESP GCE 1994 + 7' 28" 3 Pedro Delgado ESP GCE 1994 + 9' 27" 4 Alex Zülle SUI ONC 1994 + 10' 54" 5 Oliverio Rincón COL ONC 1994 + 13' 09" 6 Luc Leblanc FRA 20px|alt=A white jersey FES 1994 + 15' 27" 7 Vicente Aparicio ESP GCE 1994 + 15' 48" 8 Luis Pérez ESP Cavas Castellblanch + 16' 46" 9 Fernando Escartín ESP MAP 1994 + 16' 54" 10 Alberto Camargo COL Artiach-Royal Fruco + 20' 35" Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Laurent Jalabert FRA 20px|alt=A granate jersey ONC 1994 243 2 Tony Rominger SUI 20px|alt=A yellow jersey MAP 1994 227 3 Alex Zülle SUI ONC 1994 121 4 Mikel Zarrabeitia ESP GCE 1994 117 5 Pedro Delgado ESP GCE 1994 89 6 Juan Carlos González Salvador ESP CAR 1994 83 7 Oliverio Rincón COL ONC 1994 78 8 Jean-Paul van Poppel NED FES 1994 77 9 Roberto Pagnin ITA COG 1994 67 10 Paulo-Antonio Fanelli ITA CAR 1994 64 Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Luc Leblanc FRA 20px|alt=A white jersey FES 1994 158 2 Michele Coppolillo ITA COG 1994 148 3 Tony Rominger SUI 20px|alt=A yellow jersey MAP 1994 136 4 Oliverio Rincón COL ONC 1994 99 5 Mikel Zarrabeitia ESP GCE 1994 76 Team classification TeamTime 1 GCE 1994 276h 42' 43" 2 MAP 1994 + 10' 01" 3 ONC 1994 + 18' 15" 4 Cavas Castellblanch + 40' 55" 5 FES 1994 + 43' 32" 6 Artiach-Royal Fruco + 48' 18" 7 KEL 1994 + 54' 52" 8 EUS 1994 + 1h 40' 24" 9 UNO 1994 + 1h 51' 54" 10 Recer-Boavista + 2h 30' 44" Intermediate sprints classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Mauro Radaelli ITA 20px|alt=A red jersey Brescialat 44 2 Orlando Rodrigues POR Artiach-Royal Fruco 29 3 Roberto Pagnin ITA COG 1994 22 4 Fabio Roscioli ITA Brescialat 8 5 Julio Cesar Cadena COL KEL 1994 7 Special sprints classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Alessio Di Basco ITA 20px|alt=An orange jersey Amore & Vita 39 2 Giuseppe Calcaterra ITA Amore & Vita 18 3 Fabio Roscioli ITA Brescialat 11 4 Michele Coppolillo ITA COG 1994 11 5 Roberto Pagnin ITA COG 1994 6 References 30em External links La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French) 1994 Vuelta a España 1 11 12 21 Category:1994 in Spanish road cycling 1994 Category:April 1994 sports events in Europe Category:May 1994 sports events in Europe