1981 Vuelta a España

1981 Vuelta a España 21 April – 10 May 19 3446 km 98h 04' 49" Giovanni Battaglin ITA CAR 1981 yellow Pedro Muñoz Machín Rodríguez ESP Zor–Helios Vicente Belda ESP KEL 1981 Francisco Javier Cedena ESP Colchon C.R. light blue José Luis Laguía ESP MOV 1981 black Hugues Grondin FRA Manzaneque red Zor 1980 1982 The 36th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 21 April to 10 May 1981. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3446 km mi on, and was won by Giovanni Battaglin of the CAR 1981 cycling team. Regis Clere won the prologue of the race and kept the leader's jersey until the mountain time trial where on the very long climb to Sierra Nevada, Giovanni Battaglin won the stage and took over the leader's jersey. The only threat to Battaglin's lead was Pedro Muñoz.http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/81infor.asp?a=1981&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 1981 General Information La Vuelta.com 2008-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20110611183752/http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/81infor.asp?a=1981&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 2011-06-11 dead The entire Teka team withdrew from the race withdrawing potential favourites Marino Lejarreta and Alberto Fernández.http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/82infor.asp?a=1982&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 1982 General Information La Vuelta.com 2008-01-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080921104459/http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/82infor.asp?a=1982&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 2008-09-21 Battaglin and his Inoxpran team withstood the challenge from the Spanish and brought Battaglin to his first grand tour victory.http://www.bellatisport.com/shop/brand/1/Battaglin.html Battaglin flies among the nest of eagles Bellati sport.com 2008-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20080112193639/http://www.bellatisport.com/shop/brand/1/Battaglin.html 12 January 2008 live Three days later after Battaglin's triumph in Spain, he began the 1981 Giro d'Italia which he would win becoming the second rider after Eddy Merckx to win the Vuelta-Giro double. Teams and riders List of teams and cyclists in the 1981 Vuelta a España Route +List of stageshttps://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/1981/stages/winners 1981 » 36th Vuelta a Espana Procyclingstats 28 July 2018http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1981.php 36ème Vuelta a España 1981 Memoire du cyclisme fr https://web.archive.org/web/20041025142842/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1981.php 25 October 2004 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 21 April Santander to Santander 6.3 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Régis Clère FRA 1 22 April Santander to Avilés 221 km 0 on Guido Bontempi ITA 2 23 April Avilés to León 159 km 0 on Alfredo Chinetti ITA 3 24 April León to Salamanca 195 km 0 on Guido Bontempi ITA 4 25 April Salamanca to Cáceres 206 km 0 on Celestino Prieto ESP 5 26 April Cáceres to Mérida 152 km 0 on Heddie Nieuwdorp NED 6 27 April Mérida to Seville 199 km 0 on Jos Lammertink NED 7 28 April Écija to Jaén 181 km 0 on Juan Fernández ESP 8a 29 April Jaén to Granada 100 km 0 on José María Yurrebaso ESP 8b Granada to Sierra Nevada 30.5 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Giovanni Battaglin ITA 9 30 April Baza to Murcia 204 km 0 on Imanol Murga ESP 10 1 May Murcia to Almussafes 223 km 0 on Kim Andersen DEN 11 2 May Almussafes to Peñíscola 193 km 0 on Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP 12 3 May Peñíscola to Esparreguera 217 km 0 on Frédéric Vichot FRA 13 4 May Esparreguera to Rasos de Peguera 187 km 0 on Vicente Belda ESP 14 5 May Gironella to Balaguer 197 km 0 on José Luis López Cerrón fr ESP 15a 6 May Balaguer to Alfajarín 146 km 0 on Pedro Muñoz Machín ESP 15b Zaragoza to Zaragoza 11.3 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Régis Clère FRA 16 7 May Calatayud to Torrejón de Ardoz 209 km 0 on Álvaro Pino ESP 17 8 May Torrejón de Ardoz to Segovia 150 km 0 on Miguel María Lasa ESP 18 9 May Segovia to Los Ángeles de San Rafael 175 km 0 on Ángel Arroyo ESP 19 10 May Madrid to Madrid 84 km 0 on Francisco Javier Cedena ESP Total 3446 km 0 on Final standings General classification + Final general classification (1–10)http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1981/05/11/MD19810511-028.pdf ClasificacioManzanequenes oficiales 11 May 1981 El Mundo Deportivo es 7 August 2011 RankRiderTeamTime1 Giovanni Battaglin ITA CAR 1981 98h 04' 49"2 Pedro Muñoz Machín Rodríguez ESP Zor–Helios + 2' 09"3 Vicente Belda ESP Kelme–Gios + 2' 29"4Jørgen Marcussen DEN CAR 1981 + 3' 33"5Antonio Coll ESP Colchon C.R. + 4' 26"6Ángel Arroyo ESP Zor–Helios + 4' 30"7José Luis Laguía ESP Reynolds–Galli + 6' 05"8Faustino Rupérez ESP Zor–Helios + 7' 09"9Régis Clère FRA Miko–Mercier + 7' 23"10Miguel María Lasa ESP Zor–Helios + 10' 54" Final general classification (11–25)11Eduardo Chozas ESP Zor–Helios + 12' 48"12Luciano Loro ITA CAR 1981 + 13' 49"13José Antonio Cabrero ESP Zor–Helios + 16' 17"14Alfonso Dal Pian ITA CAR 1981 + 17' 17"15Peter Zijerveld NED HB Alarmsystemen + 19' 55"16Angel De Las Heras ESP Hueso-Manzaneque + 22' 32"17Enrique Martínez Heredia ESP Colchon C.R. + 26' 16"18Juan Pujol Pages ESP Colchon C.R. + 27' 36"19Francisco Javier Cedena ESP Colchon C.R. + 29' 46"20Guillermo De La Pena ESP Zor–Helios + 30' 36"21Frédéric Vichot FRA Miko–Mercier + 31' 54"22Álvaro Pino ESP Colchon C.R. + 33' 24"23José Luis López Cerrón fr ESP Zor–Helios + 36' 30"24Amilcare Sgalbazzi ITA CAR 1981 + 37' 49"25Anastasio Greciano ESP Reynolds–Galli + 44' 44" Team classification +Final team classification Rank Team Time 1 Zor Helios 294h 09' 15" 2 Inoxpran + 17' 14" 3 Colchon CR + 43' 04" 4 Kelme + 1h 05' 01" 5 Miko Mercier + 1h 19' 31" 6 Reynolds + 1h 48' 41" 7 H.B. + 2h 06' 31" 8 Manzaneque + 2h 30' 41" Points classification +Final points classification Rank Rider Team Points1Francisco Javier Cedena ESP Colchon 2112Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP Kelme 1373Miguel María Lasa ESP Zor 134 Mountains classification +Final mountains classification Rank Rider Team Points1José Luis Laguía ESP Reynolds 1442Vicente Belda ESP Kelme 983José Luis López Cerrón fr ESP Zor 694Giovanni Battaglin ITA Inoxpran 605Pedro Muñoz Machín Rodríguez ESP Zor 57 Sprints classification +Final sprints classification Rank Rider Team Points1Hugues Grondin FRA Manzaneque 212Miguel Acha ESP Reynolds 123Jesús Suárez Cueva ESP Kelme 10 References General http://historia.lavuelta.com/es/anio.asp?a=1981 Información etapas LaVuelta.com es 15 July 2011 Specific 30em 1981 Vuelta a España P 9 10 19 Category:1981 in road cycling 1981 Category:1981 in Spanish sport Category:April 1981 sports events in Europe Category:May 1981 sports events in Europe Category:1981 Super Prestige Pernod