1973 Vuelta a España, Prologue to Stage 9b

Cycling race stages The 1973 Vuelta a España was the 28th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Calp, with a prologue individual time trial on 26 April, and Stage 9b occurred on 5 May with a stage to Barcelona. The race finished in San Sebastián on 13 May. Prologue 26 April 1973 - Calp to Calp, 5 km 1 on (ITT)http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1973.php 28ème Vuelta a España 1973 Memoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20040104081339/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1973.php 4 January 2004 Prologue result and general classification after Prologuehttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/04/27/MD19730427-021.pdf Clasificacion oficial de la etapa preliminar Spanish Official classification of the preliminary stage El Mundo Deportivo 21 27 April 1973 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1973 7' 26" 2 Joaquim Agostinho POR Bic 1973 + 3" 3 José Antonio González ESP KAS 1973 + 4" 4 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 + 6" 5 Ferdinand Bracke BEL Peugeot 1973 s.t. 6 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 + 8" 7 Francisco Elorriaga ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 8 Jesús Manzaneque ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 José Pesarrodona ESP KAS 1973 + 11" 10 Vicente López Carril ESP KAS 1973 s.t. Stage 1 27 April 1973 - Calp to Murcia, 187 km 1 on Stage 1 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/04/28/MD19730428-021.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 28 April 1973 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Pieter Nassen BEL Rokado 1973 4h 36' 02" 2 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 10" 3 Eddy Peelman BEL Rokado 1973 + 16" 4 Eric Leman BEL Peugeot 1973 + 20" 5 José Casas García ESP Monteverde s.t. 6 Andrés Oliva ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 Jaime Huélamo ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 8 José Viejo ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 Segundo Goicoechea es ESP Monteverde s.t. 10 Jos Huysmans BEL Molteni 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1973 4h 43' 48" 2 Francisco Elorriaga ESP KAS 1973 + 3" 3 Joaquim Agostinho POR Bic 1973 s.t. 4 José Antonio González ESP KAS 1973 + 4" 5 Ferdinand Bracke BEL Peugeot 1973 + 6" 6 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 s.t. 7 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 8" 8 Jesús Manzaneque ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 s.t. 10 Vicente López Carril ESP KAS 1973 + 11" Stage 2 28 April 1973 - Murcia to Albacete, 156 km 1 on Stage 2 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/04/29/MD19730429-023.pdf Segunda etapa Spanish Second stage El Mundo Deportivo 23 29 April 1973 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 4h 35' 50" 2 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 11" 3 Eddy Peelman BEL Rokado 1973 + 17" 4 Pieter Nassen BEL Rokado 1973 + 21" 5 Francisco Elorriaga ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 6 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 8 Eddy Merckx BEL 20px|Yellow jersey Molteni 1973 s.t. 9 Nemesio Jiménez ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 10 Herman Van Springel BEL Rokado 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gerben Karstens NED 20px|Yellow jersey Rokado 1973 9h 19' 46" 2 Francisco Elorriaga ESP KAS 1973 + 11" 3 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 13" 4 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 15" 5 José Antonio González ESP KAS 1973 + 17" 6 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 + 19" 7 Jesús Manzaneque ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 21" 8 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 s.t. 9 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 + 26" 10 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 28" Stage 3 29 April 1973 - Albacete to Alcázar de San Juan, 146 km on Stage 3 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/04/30/MD19730430-031.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 31 30 April 1973 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Pieter Nassen BEL Rokado 1973 3h 52' 06" 2 Jean-Jacques Fussien FRA Bic 1973 + 10" 3 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 16" 4 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 20" 5 Roger Rosiers BEL Bic 1973 s.t. 6 Andrés Oliva ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 Jesús Manzaneque ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Segundo Goicoechea es ESP Monteverde s.t. 9 José Gómez ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 10 José Viejo ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gerben Karstens NED 20px|Yellow jersey Rokado 1973 13h 12' 07" 2 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 16" 3 Francisco Elorriaga ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 4 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 18" 5 Pieter Nassen BEL Rokado 1973 + 22" 6 José Antonio González ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 7 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 + 24" 8 Jesús Manzaneque ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 28" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 s.t. 10 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 + 31" Stage 4 30 April 1973 - Alcázar de San Juan to Cuenca, 169 km on Stage 4 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/02/MD19730502-021.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 2 May 1973 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jos Deschoenmaecker BEL Molteni 1973 4h 06' 02" 2 José Pesarrodona ESP KAS 1973 + 13" 3 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 2' 30" 4 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 2' 36" 5 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 2' 38" 6 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 s.t. 7 Herman Van Springel BEL Rokado 1973 + 2' 42" 8 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 + 2' 44" 9 Joaquim Agostinho POR Bic 1973 + 2' 48" 10 Juan Santiago Zurano Jerez ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. Stage 5 1 May 1973 - Cuenca to Teruel, 191 km on Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 4h 57' 40" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 10" 3 Pieter Nassen BEL Rokado 1973 + 16" 4 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot 1973 + 20" 5 Jean-Jacques Fussien FRA Bic 1973 s.t. 6 Jesús Manzaneque ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 8 Nemesio Jiménez ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 9 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 10 Francisco Elorriaga ESP KAS 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 José Pesarrodona ESP 20px|Yellow jersey KAS 1973 22h 17' 32" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 15" 3 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 1' 22" 4 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 24" 5 Jos Deschoenmaecker BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 36" 6 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 + 1' 39" 7 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 + 1' 47" 8 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 48" 9 José Antonio González ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 50" 10 Herman Van Springel BEL Rokado 1973 + 1' 58" Stage 6a 2 May 1973 - Teruel to La Pobla de Farnals, 150 km on Stage 6a resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/03/MD19730503-021.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 3 May 1973 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 3h 35' 49" 2 Bernard Labourdette FRA Bic 1973 + 11" 3 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 18" 4 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 22" 5 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 6 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot 1973 s.t. 7 Victor Van Schil BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 8 Francisco Elorriaga ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 9 Frans Mintjens BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 10 José Luis Abilleira ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. Stage 6b 2 May 1973 - La Pobla de Farnals, 5 km on (TTT) Stage 6b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Molteni 1973 26' 32" 2 KAS 1973 + 50" 3 Bic 1973 + 56" 4 La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 30" 5 Rokado 1973 + 1' 44" 6 Monteverde + 1' 56" 7 Peugeot 1973 + 2' 16" 8 Coelima–Benfica + 2' 18"General classification after Stage 6b Rank Rider Team Time 1 José Pesarrodona ESP 20px|Yellow jersey KAS 1973 25h 53' 35" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 03" 3 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 1' 24" 4 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 26" 5 Jos Deschoenmaecker BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 34" 6 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 + 1' 41" 7 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 48" 8 José Antonio González ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 50" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 + 1' 55" 10 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 56" Stage 7 3 May 1973 - La Pobla de Farnals to Castellón de la Plana, 165 km on Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/03/MD19730503-027.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 27 3 May 1973 22 August 2025 Stage 7 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/04/MD19730504-021.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 4 May 1973 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 4h 31' 02" 2 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 + 10" 3 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot 1973 + 16" 4 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 20" 5 Paul Collaer BEL Rokado 1973 s.t. 6 Andrés Oliva ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 7 Juan Santiago Zurano Jerez ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Jaime Huélamo ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 9 Francisco Elorriaga ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 10 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 José Pesarrodona ESP 20px|Yellow jersey KAS 1973 30h 24' 57" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 51" 3 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 1' 06" 4 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 24" 5 Jos Deschoenmaecker BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 34" 6 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 38" 7 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 + 1' 41" 8 José Antonio González ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 50" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 + 1' 55" 10 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 56" Stage 8 4 May 1973 - Castellón de la Plana to Calafell, 245 km on Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/04/MD19730504-027.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 27 4 May 1973 22 August 2025 Stage 8 resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/05/MD19730505-023.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 23 5 May 1973 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eddy Peelman BEL Rokado 1973 7h 05' 24" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 10" 3 Eric Leman BEL Peugeot 1973 + 16" 4 Frans Mintjens BEL Molteni 1973 + 20" 5 José Gómez ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 6 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 s.t. 7 Victor Van Schil BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 8 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 9 Andrés Oliva ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 10 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 s.t.General classification after Stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 José Pesarrodona ESP 20px|Yellow jersey KAS 1973 37h 30' 41" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 29" 3 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 1' 06" 4 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 19" 5 Jos Deschoenmaecker BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 34" 6 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 38" 7 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 + 1' 41" 8 José Antonio González ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 50" 9 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 + 1' 55" 10 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 56" Stage 9a 5 May 1973 - Calafell to Barcelona, 80 km on Route:https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/05/MD19730505-029.pdf La etapa de hoy Spanish Today's stage El Mundo Deportivo 29 5 May 1973 22 August 2025 Stage 9a resulthttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1973/05/06/MD19730506-021.pdf Clasificaciones oficiales Spanish Official classifications El Mundo Deportivo 21 6 May 1973 22 August 2025 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Juan Manuel Santisteban ESP Monteverde 1h 52' 34" 2 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 41" 3 Victor Van Schil BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 44" 4 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 1' 53" 5 Pieter Nassen BEL Rokado 1973 s.t. 6 Jaime Huélamo ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 7 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 8 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot 1973 s.t. 9 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 10 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 s.t. Stage 9b 5 May 1973 - Barcelona to Barcelona, 37.9 km on (ITT) Stage 9b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jacques Esclassan FRA Peugeot 1973 53' 11" 2 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 5" 3 Pieter Nassen BEL Rokado 1973 + 8" 4 Jesús Manzaneque ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 10" 5 Victor Van Schil BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 6 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 s.t. 7 José Viejo ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes s.t. 8 Joaquim Agostinho POR Bic 1973 s.t. 9 Francisco Elorriaga ESP KAS 1973 s.t. 10 Fernando Mendes POR Coelima–Benfica s.t.General classification after Stage 9b Rank Rider Team Time 1 José Pesarrodona ESP 20px|Yellow jersey KAS 1973 40h 18' 19" 2 Eddy Merckx BEL Molteni 1973 + 29" 3 Gerben Karstens NED Rokado 1973 + 1' 01" 4 Domingo Perurena ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 19" 5 Jos Deschoenmaecker BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 34" 6 Roger Swerts BEL Molteni 1973 + 1' 38" 7 Luis Ocaña ESP Bic 1973 + 1' 41" 8 Pedro Torres ESP La Casera–Peña Bahamontes + 1' 44" 9 José Antonio González ESP KAS 1973 + 1' 50" 10 Bernard Thévenet FRA Peugeot 1973 + 1' 55" References 30em 1973 Vuelta a España P 9b 10 17b Category:1973 Vuelta a España Category:Vuelta a España stages