1971 Vuelta a España

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.

1971 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	29 April – 16 May
Stages	17
Distance	2,892 km (1,797 mi)
Winning time	73h 50' 05"
Results
Winner  Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) (Peugeot–BP–Michelin)   Second  Wilfried David (BEL) (Peugeot–BP–Michelin)   Third  Luis Ocaña (ESP) (Bic) Points  Cyrille Guimard (FRA) (Fagor–Mercier)   Mountains  Joop Zoetemelk (NED) (Mars–Flandria)   Combination  Cyrille Guimard (FRA) (Fagor–Mercier)   Sprints  Cyrille Guimard (FRA) (Fagor–Mercier)
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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]

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1971 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[3][4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
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 [fr] (BEL)
17b	16 May	Madrid – Madrid	5.3 km (3 mi)		Individual time trial	René Pijnen (NED)
	Total		2,892 km (1,797 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
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