1985 Vuelta a España

1985 Vuelta a España 23 April – 12 May 19 + prologue 3474 km 95h 58' 00" Pedro Delgado ESP Orbea yellow Robert Millar GBR Peugeot–Shell–Michelin Francisco Rodríguez COL Zor Sean Kelly IRL Skil–Sem–Reydel blue José Luis Laguía ESP Reynolds green Fabio Parra COL Café de Colombia white dots on red Robert Millar GBR Peugeot–Shell–Michelin polkadot Ronny Van Holen BEL Safir pink Zor–Gemeaz 1984 1986 The 40th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from 23 April to 12 May 1985.http://cyclingarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=6334 https://web.archive.org/web/20160410080129/http://cyclingarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=6334 usurped April 10, 2016 Vuelta a España 1985 Cycling Archives 22 July 2018http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1985/04/23/pagina-28/1121957/pdf.html#&mode=fullScreen Etapas y kilometraje es Stages and mileage El Mundo Deportivo 28 23 April 1985 22 July 2018 It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,474 km. The race was won by Pedro Delgado of the Orbea cycling team.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/13/MD19850513-043.pdf Clasificaciones Oficiales es 13 May 1985 43 El Mundo Deportivo 27 May 2012 Classifications https://web.archive.org/web/20180910061035/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/05/13/MD19850513-043.pdf 10 September 2018 live Teams and riders List of teams and cyclists in the 1985 Vuelta a España Pre-race favourites The Spanish favourites for the general classification of the race were Pedro Delgado, Faustino Rupérez and Pello Ruiz Cabestany and the potential foreign favourites included Robert Millar – now known as Philippa York, Sean Kelly, Éric Caritoux, Peter Winnen and Gianbattista Baronchelli. Route +List of stageshttps://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/1985/stages/winners 1985 » 40th Vuelta a Espana Procyclingstats 27 July 2018http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1985.php 40ème Vuelta a España 1985 Memoire du cyclisme fr https://web.archive.org/web/20041025142531/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1985.php 25 October 2004https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/vuelta/vuelta1985.html 1985 Vuelta a España BikeRaceInfo 27 July 2018 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 23 April Valladolid to Valladolid 5.6 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Bert Oosterbosch NED 1 24 April Valladolid to Zamora 177 km 0 on Eddy Planckaert BEL 2 25 April Zamora to Orense 262 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL 3 26 April Ourense to Santiago de Compostela 197 km 0 on Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA 4 27 April Santiago de Compostela to Lugo 162 km 0 on Eddy Planckaert BEL 5 28 April Lugo to Oviedo 238 km 0 on Federico Echave ESP 6 29 April Oviedo to Lakes of Covadonga 145 km 0 on Pedro Delgado ESP 7 30 April Cangas de Onís to Alto Campoo 190 km 0 on Antonio Agudelo COL 8 1 May Aguilar de Campoo to Logroño 224 km 0 on Ángel Camarillo ESP 9 2 May Logroño to Balneario de Panticosa 253 km 0 on Alfons De Wolf BEL 10 3 May Sabiñánigo to Tremp 209 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL 11 4 May Tremp to Andorra 124 km 0 on Francisco Rodríguez COL 12 5 May Andorra to Pal (Andorra) 16 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Francisco Rodríguez COL 13 6 May Andorra to Sant Quirze del Vallès 193 km 0 on Ángel Sarrapio ESP 14 7 May Valencia to Benidorm 201 km 0 on José Recio ESP 15 8 May Benidorm to Albacete 208 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL 16 9 May Albacete to Alcalá de Henares 252 km 0 on Isidro Juárez ESP 17 10 May Alcalá de Henares to Alcalá de Henares 43 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Pello Ruiz Cabestany ESP 18 11 May Alcalá de Henares to Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) 200 km 0 on José Recio ESP 19 12 May Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) to Salamanca 175 km 0 on Vladimir Malakhov URS Total 3474 km 0 on Race overview In 1985 the Vuelta a España was still held in its April – May slot as the first of the three grand tours of the season. A young Miguel Induráin took the lead on stage 2. Pedro Delgado won stage 6 to the Lagos de Covadonga and took over the race leader's jersey. Delgado lost the lead the following day to Pello Ruiz Cabestany. Robert Millar – now known as Philippa York – then took the lead after the tenth stage, a stage won by Kelly. Millar held the lead going into what has become one of the most infamous days in the history of the event, the penultimate day of the race, stage 18. Millar started the day 10 seconds ahead of Colombian Francisco 'Pacho' Rodríguez, with Spain's Pello Ruiz Cabestany 65 seconds further behind in third. With the following day's last stage of the race little more than ceremonial, Millar said to the press, "I just have to stick to Pacho Rodríguez's wheel and it's done." A mountainous stage with three major climbs, Rodriguez tried but was unable to make a successful attack on Millar on the first climb of the day, the Morcuera. At the foot of the second climb, the Cotos, Millar punctured meaning once the puncture had been fixed Millar had to chase to get back to Rodrigues and Cabestany. By the time the riders reached the third climb, Los Leones, Millar had not only reached the main GC favorites, but was also taking their congratulations indicating their submission that the race over as a contest.http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/5/11/2162334/VueltaAEspana1985 Dirty Deals Done Dirt Cheap 11 May 2011 Millar, however, was unaware that Delgado, in the mountains around his Segovia hometown that he knew like the back of his hand, had launched an attack. None of the riders in Millar's group made him aware of the attack by Delgado – an elite specialist climber like Millar, and in this case with the knowledge of the roads allowing him to descend aggressively. Delgado had support in his break from a second rider, José Recio. Delgado had started the day in sixth place and 6 minutes behind Millar. Working with Recio, Delgado was now nearly 7 minutes ahead of Millar on the road. Millar had none of his teammates in this group with the other contenders and was isolated. Recio won the stage and Delgado took overall lead of the race.http://vuelta.cyclingfever.com/stage.html?id=1751&etappe_id=5187 2023-11-30 Stage 18 > Alcala de Henares - DYC With the race now referred to as "The stolen Vuelta", because of the collusion among the Spanish-speaking riders, Millar finished second overall.http://www.rapha.cc/vuelta-a-espaa-1985 Vuelta a España 1985 | Rapha 2012-08-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20121031120626/http://www.rapha.cc/vuelta-a-espaa-1985 2012-10-31 dead Peugeot directeur sportif, Roland Berland, said, "It's rotten, the whole peloton was against us. It seems a Spaniard had to win at all costs." L'Équipes Philip Bouvet stated, Millar was "the victim of a formidable Spanish coalition". Millar said afterwards, "I'll never return to Spain."http://it.zinio.com/page/?issue=416188796&pg=37&categoryId=cat1960028 Cycling Weekly | See Inside Page 37 | September 15, 2011 | Zinio Digital Magazines & Books 2012-08-19 https://archive.today/20130209232040/http://it.zinio.com/page/?issue=416188796&pg=37&categoryId=cat1960028 2013-02-09 dead In the television documentary on York, "The High Life", Millar criticised Berland for his handling of the situation on the road when Delgado attacked. Berland had been unable to negotiate support from other non-Spanish-speaking teams during the stage to give Millar the required support to chase down Delgado's lead.http://www.ileach.co.uk/post/bob/vuelta.html The stolen Vuelta 2008-01-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071031144641/http://www.ileach.co.uk/post/bob/vuelta.html 2007-10-31 http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=4289 National pride Pezcycling 2008-01-14Rendell Matt Kings of the Mountains Aurum Press 2002 1-85410-837-9http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0038/print.shtml Robert Millar reclusive star BBC.co.uk 2008-01-14http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/85infor.asp?a=1985&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 1985 Vuelta general information la vuelta.com 2008-01-14 In 1985 and 1986, a national team of the communist Soviet Union participated in the Vuelta. At the time, it was unusual for Soviet riders to participate in professional races. 1985 also saw the Vuelta participation of a U.S. professional team for the first time; the team was sponsored by Rank-Xerox and managed by Robin Morton, the first woman to manage a men's professional cycling team. General classification (final) RankRiderTeamTime1ESP Pedro DelgadoOrbea 95h 58' 00"2GBR Robert MillarPeugeot–Shell–Michelin + 36"3COL Francisco RodríguezZor + 46"4ESP Pello Ruiz CabestanyOrbea + 1' 51"5COL Fabio ParraCafé de Colombia + 3' 40"6FRA Éric CaritouxSkil–Sem–Reydel + 6' 08"7GER Raimund DietzenTeka + 6' 36"8ESP Álvaro PinoZor + 7' 41"9IRE Sean KellySkil–Sem–Reydel + 7' 52"10ESP José Luis NavarroZor + 8' 56"11ESP Julián Gorospe Reynolds 12ESP Celestino Prieto RodriguezReynolds13NED Gerard VeldscholtenPanasonic 14FRA Pascal SimonPeugeot–Shell–Michelin 15FRA Pierre BazzoFagor16ESP Juan Tomás Martínez GutierrezHueso–Motta 17ESP Antonio Coll PontanillaTeka 18ESP Vicente BeldaKelme–Merckx 19ESP Faustino Rupérez RincónZor 20URS Ivan Ivanov Soviet National Team 21ESP Ignacio Gaston CrespoReynolds 22ESP Ángel de las HerasHueso–Motta23COL Martín RamírezCafé de Colombia 24FRA Dominique GardeSkil–Sem–Reydel 25FRA Gilles MasSkil–Sem–Reydel References 1985 Vuelta a España P 9 10 19 Category:1985 in Spanish road cycling 1985 Category:April 1985 sports events in Europe Category:1985 Super Prestige Pernod International Category:May 1985 sports events in Europe