1971 Vuelta a España
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The 26th 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 16 May 1971. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,892 km (1,797 mi), and was won by Ferdinand Bracke of the Peugeot cycling team.[1] Joop Zoetemelk won the mountains classification while Cyrille Guimard won the points classification.
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Dates | 29 April – 16 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 2,892 km (1,797 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 73h 50' 05" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the final stage, Wim Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.[2]
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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P | 29 April | Almería – Almería | 4.2 km (3 mi) | Individual time trial | René Pijnen (NED) | |
1 | 30 April | Almería – Águilas | 126 km (78 mi) | Ger Harings (NED) | ||
2 | 1 May | Águilas – Calp | 245 km (152 mi) | Eddy Peelman (BEL) | ||
3 | 2 May | Calp – La Pobla de Farnals | 164 km (102 mi) | Cyrille Guimard (FRA) | ||
4 | 3 May | La Pobla de Farnals – Benicàssim | 175 km (109 mi) | Hubert Hutsebaut (BEL) | ||
5 | 4 May | Benicàssim – Salou | 172 km (107 mi) | René Pijnen (NED) | ||
6 | 5 May | Salou – Barcelona | 149 km (93 mi) | Eddy Peelman (BEL) | ||
7 | 6 May | Barcelona – Manresa | 179 km (111 mi) | Walter Godefroot (BEL) | ||
8 | 7 May | Balaguer – Jaca | 211 km (131 mi) | Walter Godefroot (BEL) | ||
9 | 8 May | Jaca – Pamplona | 175 km (109 mi) | Agustín Tamames (ESP) | ||
10 | 9 May | Pamplona – San Sebastián | 120 km (75 mi) | Gerard Vianen (NED) | ||
11a | 10 May | San Sebastián – Bilbao | 140 km (87 mi) | Gerben Karstens (NED) | ||
11b | 10 May | Bilbao – Bilbao | 2.65 km (2 mi) | Individual time trial | José Antonio González (ESP) | |
12 | 11 May | Bilbao – Vitoria | 185 km (115 mi) | Luis Ocaña (ESP) | ||
13 | 12 May | Vitoria – Torrelavega | 208 km (129 mi) | Eddy Peelman (BEL) | ||
14 | 13 May | Torrelavega – Burgos | 192 km (119 mi) | Wilfried David (BEL) | ||
15 | 14 May | Burgos – Segovia | 188 km (117 mi) | Cyrille Guimard (FRA) | ||
16 | 15 May | Segovia – Ávila | 114 km (71 mi) | Joop Zoetemelk (NED) | ||
17a | 16 May | Ávila – Madrid | 138 km (86 mi) | Willy Scheers (BEL) | ||
17b | 16 May | Madrid – Madrid | 5.3 km (3 mi) | Individual time trial | René Pijnen (NED) | |
Total | 2,892 km (1,797 mi) |
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Ferdinand Bracke | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | 73h 50' 05" |
2 | Wilfried David | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | + 59" |
3 | Luis Ocaña | Bic | + 1' 51" |
4 | Miguel María Lasa | Orbea | + 2' 18" |
5 | Manuel Galera Magdelano | Karpy | + 2' 37" |
6 | Joop Zoetemelk | Mars–Flandria | + 2' 48" |
7 | Agustín Tamames | Werner | + 5' 15" |
8 | Antonio Martos Aguilar | Werner | + 5' 45" |
9 | Raymond Poulidor | Fagor–Mercier | + 6' 01" |
10 | Luis Balagué Carreño | Werner | + 6' 17" |
11 | Edy Schütz | Mars–Flandria | |
12 | Cyrille Guimard | Fagor–Mercier | |
13 | Eufronio Enrique Santos | La Casera | |
14 | Antonio Menéndez | La Casera | |
15 | Wim Schepers | Goudsmit | |
16 | Domingo Perurena Tellechea | Kas–Kaskol | |
17 | Bernard Labourdette | Bic | |
18 | Ventura Díaz Arrey | Werner | |
19 | Gonzalo Aja Barguin | Karpy | |
20 | Rolf Wolfshohl | Fagor–Mercier | |
21 | Antonio Gómez del Moral | Karpy | |
22 | Andrés Oliva Sánchez | La Casera | |
23 | Eduardo Castelló Villanova | Karpy | |
24 | José Gómez | Werner | |
25 | José Luis Abilleira | La Casera |
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