1991 Vuelta a España

1991 Vuelta a España 29 April – 19 May 21, including one split stage 3215.5 km 82h 48' 07" Melcior Mauri ESP ONCE yellow Miguel Induráin ESP Banesto Marino Lejarreta ESP ONCE Uwe Raab GER PDM blue Luis Herrera COL Ryalcao Postobón green Oliverio Rincón COL Kelme–CAM light blue Federico Echave ESP CLAS–Cajastur combinada2 Miguel Ángel Iglesias ESP Puertas Mavisa red ONCE 1990 1992 The 46th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 19 May 1991. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3215.5 km mi 0 on,http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1991.php 46ème Vuelta a España 1991 fr Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20040811091135/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1991.php 11 August 2004 and was won by Melcior Mauri of the ONCE cycling team.Vuelta Ciclista a España, Clasificaciones http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1991/05/20/MD19910520-044.pdf El Mundo Deportivo 20 May 1991 44 https://web.archive.org/web/20211003111226/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1991/05/20/MD19910520-044.pdf 3 October 2021 liveVuelta Ciclista a España, Clasificaciones http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1991/05/20/MD19910520-045.pdf El Mundo Deportivo 20 May 1991 45 https://web.archive.org/web/20211003111232/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1991/05/20/MD19910520-045.pdf 3 October 2021 live Race preview and favorites Miguel Induráin, Laudelino Cubino and Anselmo Fuerte were the Spanish favourites for the race. Defending champion Marco Giovannetti was also a favourite together with Steven Rooks, Raúl Alcalá and the Colombians Fabio Parra and Luis ‘Lucho’ Herrera. In the end Melcior Mauri was the revelation of the race and beat the future winner of the Tour de France Miguel Induráin in all the time trials. Indurain was forced to ride an aggressive race in the mountain stages but Mauri was able to defend his lead. Route and stages +Stages and winners1991 » 46th Vuelta a Espana http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=134279&c=4 procyclingstats.com 11 October 2017http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1991.php 46ème Vuelta a España 1991 Memoire du cyclisme French https://web.archive.org/web/20050112035425/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1991.php 12 January 2005http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1991/05/09/MD19910509-030.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 30 9 May 1991 29 August 2018 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 29 April MéridaThe opening stage was competed as a three-man time trial. 8.8 km 0 on 22px Team time trial Melcior Mauri ESP 2a30 April Mérida to Cáceres 134.5 km 0 on Michel Zanoli NED 2b Montijo to Badajoz 40.4 km 0 on 22px Team time trial ONC 1991 ESP 3 1 May Badajoz to Seville 233.2 km 0 on Jesper Skibby DEN 4 2 May Seville to Jaén 292 km 0 on Jesus Cruz Martin ESP 5 3 May Linares to Albacete 227.8 km 0 on Uwe Raab GER 6 4 May Albacete to Valencia 236.5 km 0 on Jean-Paul van Poppel NED 7 5 May Palma de Mallorca 188 km 0 on Jesper Skibby DEN 8 6 May Cala d'Or 47 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Melcior Mauri ESP 9 7 May Sant Cugat del Vallès to Lloret de Mar 140 km 0 on Jean-Paul van Poppel NED 10 8 May Lloret de Mar to Andorra la Vella, Andorra 229 km 0 on Guido Bontempi ITA 11 9 May Andorra la Vella, Andorra to Pla-de-Beret 134.5 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Stage cancelled 12 10 May Bossòst to Cerler 111 km 0 on Ivan Ivanov URS 13 11 May Benasque to Zaragoza 219 km 0 on Jean-Paul van Poppel NED 14 12 May Ezcaray to Valdezcaray 24.1 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Fabio Parra COL 15 13 May Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Santander 219.5 km 0 on Guido Bontempi ITA 16 14 May Santander to Lagos de Covadonga 186.6 km 0 on Luis Herrera COL 17 15 May Cangas de Onís to Alto del Naranco 152 km 0 on Laudelino Cubino ESP 18 16 May León to Valladolid 137.5 km 0 on Antonio Miguel Díaz ESP 19 17 May Valladolid 53.2 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Melcior Mauri ESP 20 18 May Palazuelos de Eresma 212.7 km 0 on Jesús Montoya ESP 21 19 May Collado Villalba to Madrid 169.6 km 0 on Jean-Paul van Poppel NED Race overview The opening stage consisted, on this occasion, of a three-man team time trial. The winning trio consisted of ONCE's Melcior Mauri, Anselmo Fuerte and Herminio Díaz-Zabala. Coupled with ONCE's win in the following day's Team Time Trial, meant the leader's jersey alternated between these three riders for the first week of the race. The team time trial would turn out to have a large impact as Induráin lost almost two minutes to Mauri on this stage. Stage 8, a 47 km mi on individual time trial, was the first decisive stage of the Vuelta. Riders such as Laudelino Cubino and Anselmo Fuerte lost most of their chances that day. Mauri increased his lead by winning the stage, a little less than a minute ahead of Induráin. The Pyrenean stages were awaited with anticipation, to see if ONCE's Catalunyan rider would be capable of withstanding the high mountains. However, the queen stage ending at Pla de Beret had to be suspended due to adverse weather. Russian rider Ivan Ivanov won the 12th stage to the mountaintop ski resort at Cerler, but Mauri held on, losing less than a minute to Induráin. Stage 14 was a mountain time trial finishing at the ski station in Valdezcaray, where Parra and Herrera set the leading times. Mauri once again put in a good performance, gaining more time on Induráin and leading the general classification ahead of his teammate Lejarreta, Echave and Induráin. The third and final week of the race featured two high mountain stages in the Cordillera Cantábrica mountain range: the historic ascensions to the Alto del Naranco and the Covadonga Lakes. Herrera and Cubino took the stages, but Mauri managed to hang on. Mauri lost some time, but not enough to lose his overall lead. At this point he was the leader and there was still one time trial to go. Mauri didn't disappoint, winning the Valladolid time trial ahead of Induráin by over a minute to seal his Vuelta win. He would never again perform at such a high standard. Induráin finished second overall, and Lejarreta third. Results Final General Classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 ESP Melcior Mauri ONCE 82h 48' 07s 2 ESP Miguel Induráin Banesto a 2' 52s 3 ESP Marino Lejarreta ONCE a 3' 11s 4 ESP Federico Echave CLAS–Cajastur a 3' 54s 5 COL Fabio Parra Amaya Seguros a 5' 38s 6 ESP Pello Ruiz Cabestany CLAS–Cajastur a 6' 50s 7 MEX Raúl Alcalá PDM–Concorde a 6' 57s 8 LAT Piotr Ugrumov Seur a 10' 43s 9 NED Steven Rooks Buckler a 12' 09s 10 COL Oliverio Rincón Kelme a 12' 11s 11 ESP Eduardo Chozas ONCE 12 NED Tom Cordes PDM–Ultima–Concorde 13 COL Luis Herrera Ryalco–Postobón 14 ESP Ignacio Gaston Crespo CLAS–Cajastur 15 ESP Laudelino Cubino Gonzalez Amaya 16 ESP Jon Unzaga Bombín Seur 17 GER Udo Bölts Telekom-Mercedes-Merckx 18 ITA Marco Giovannetti Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax 19 URS Ivan Ivanov Seur 20 ESP Fernando Martinez De Guerenu Puertas Mavisa 21 ESP Francisco Javier Mauleón CLAS–Cajastur 22 COL Alvaro Meija Castrillon Ryalco–Postobón 23 ESP Jesus Montoya Alarcon Amaya 24 FRA Fabrice Philipot Banesto 25 COL Gerardo Moncada Ryalco–Postobón Notes "nb" References 30em External links La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French) 1991 Vuelta a España 1 10 11 21 Category:1991 in Spanish road cycling 1991 Category:April 1991 sports events in Europe Category:May 1991 sports events in Europe