1980 Vuelta a España

1980 Vuelta a España 22 April – 11 May 19 stages + Prologue, including 1 split stages 3,225 km 88h 23' 21" Faustino Rupérez ESP Zor - Vereco yellow Pedro Torres ESP Kelme Claude Criquielion BEL Splendor Sean Kelly IRL Splendor green Juan Fernández ESP Zor - Vereco Sean Kelly IRL Splendor Splendor 1979 1981 The 35th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 22 April to 11 May 1980. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of 3225 km mi on, and was won by Faustino Rupérez of the Zor cycling team. Roberto Visentini won the prologue of the race and kept the leader's jersey for the first five days of the race. Sean Kelly finished second in the prologue and won the next two stages but did not get to wear the leader's jersey. On the first mountain stage, Faustino Rupérez came solo to the finish and took the leader's jersey which he kept until the end of the race. Pedro Torres put in an attack on the penultimate stage on the climb to Puerto de la Morcuera. However Rupérez together with Miguel Mari Lasa bridged up to Torres halfway to Alto de Cotos and the leader's jersey was safe. Rupérez won the race ahead of Torres and Claude Criquielion. Criquielion's Splendor teammate Kelly won five stages of the race, the points jersey and finished fourth overall. Marino Lejarreta finished the race fifth overall. Juan Fernández won the Mountains competition.http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/80infor.asp?a=1980&s=infor&t=infor&e=1 1980 General Information La Vuelta.com 2008-01-19http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1980/05/12/pagina-41/1049071/pdf.html PDF Clasificaciones Oficiales es Official Classifications Mundo Deportivo 41 12 May 1980 7 March 2017 Teams and riders List of teams and cyclists in the 1980 Vuelta a España Route +List of stageshttps://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/1980/stages/winners 1980 » 35th Vuelta a Espana Procyclingstats 28 July 2018http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1980.php 35ème Vuelta a España 1980 Memoire du cyclisme fr https://web.archive.org/web/20041025140841/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1980.php 25 October 2004 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 22 April La Manga to La Manga 10 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Roberto Visentini ITA 1 23 April La Manga to Benidorm 155 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL 2 24 April Benidorm to Cullera 170 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL 3 25 April Cullera to Vinaròs 207 km 0 on Giuseppe Martinelli ITA 4 26 April Vinaròs to Sant Quirze del Vallès 214 km 0 on Klaus-Peter Thaler FRG 5 27 April Sant Quirze del Vallès to La Seu d'Urgell 200 km 0 on Faustino Rupérez ESP 6 28 April La Seu d'Urgell to Viella 131 km 0 on Enrique Martínez Heredia ESP 7 29 April Viella to Jaca 216 km 0 on Faustino Rupérez ESP 8 30 April Monastery of Leyre to Logroño 160 km 0 on Eulalio García ESP 9 1 May Logroño to Burgos 138 km 0 on Jos Lammertink NED 10 2 May Burgos to Santander 178 km 0 on Paul Jesson NZL 11 3 May Santander to Gijón 219 km 0 on Jesús López Carril fr ESP 12 4 May Santiago de Compostela to Pontevedra 133 km 0 on Etienne De Wilde BEL 13 5 May Pontevedra to Vigo 195 km 0 on Rolf Haller FRG 14 6 May Vigo to Ourense 156 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL 15 7 May Ourense to Ponferrada 164 km 0 on Francisco Elorriaga ESP 16a 8 May Ponferrada to León 131 km 0 on Dominique Arnaud FRA 16b León to León 22.8 km 0 on 22px Individual time trial Roberto Visentini ITA 17 9 May León to Valladolid 138 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL 18 10 May Valladolid to Los Ángeles de San Rafael 197 km 0 on Manuel Esparza ESP 19 11 May Madrid to Madrid 84 km 0 on Sean Kelly IRL Total 3225 km 0 on Results Final General Classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 ESP Faustino Rupérez Zor-Vereco 88h 23' 21" 2 ESP Pedro Torres Kelme-Gios + 2' 15" 3 BEL Claude Criquielion Splendor-Admiral + 3' 00" 4 IRE Sean Kelly Splendor-Admiral + 3' 31" 5 ESP Marino Lejarreta Teka + 4' 32" 6 BEL Guido Van Calster Splendor-Admiral + 4' 44" 7 BEL Johan De Muynck Splendor-Admiral + 4' 58" 8 ESP Francisco Galdós Kelme-Gios + 5' 00" 9 ESP Miguel María Lasa Zor-Vereco + 5' 25" 10 ESP Vicente Belda Kelme-Gios + 6' 41" 11 ESP Manuel Esparza Sanz Teka 12 ESP Faustino Fernandez Henninger-Aquila Rossa 13 BEL Jos Borguet Splendor-Admiral 14 FRA Bernard Thévenet Teka 15 ITA Roberto Visentini San Giacomo-Benotto 16 ESP Juan Fernández Martín Zor-Vereco 17 ESP Ángel Arroyo Zor-Vereco 18 ESP Pedro Vilardebo Flavia-Gios 19 ESP Francisco Codony Manzaneque-Alan 20 ESP Antonio Gonzalez Colchon C.R. 21 ESP José-Luis Laguia Reynolds-Benotto 22 ESP José Enrique Cima Henninger-Aquila Rossa 23 ESP Ricardo Zuniga Xarrasco Manzaneque-Alan 24 ESP Juan Pujol Pages Kelme-Gios 25 NED Peter Zijerveld HB Alarmsystemen References 30em 1980 Vuelta a España P 10 11 19 Category:1980 in road cycling 1980 Category:1980 in Spanish sport Category:April 1980 sports events in Europe Category:May 1980 sports events in Europe Category:1980 Super Prestige Pernod