1978 Vuelta a España

The 33rd Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 25 April to 14 May 1978. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2,995 km (1,861 mi), and was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault–Elf–Gitane cycling team. Ferdi Van Den Haute won the points classification and Andrés Oliva won the mountains classification.

1978 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	25 April – 14 May
Stages	19 stages + Prologue, including 2 split stages
Distance	2,995 km (1,861 mi)
Winning time	85h 24' 14"
Results
Winner  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (Renault–Gitane)   Second  José Pesarrodona (ESP) (Kas)   Third  Jean-René Bernaudeau (FRA) (Renault–Gitane) Points  Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL) (Marc–Zeepcentrales–Superia) Mountains  Andrés Oliva (ESP) (Teka)   Sprints  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (Renault–Gitane)   Team Kas
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Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1978 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[1][2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	25 April	Gijón – Gijón	8.6 km (5 mi)		Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)
1	26 April	Gijón – Gijón	144 km (89 mi)			Jos Schipper (NED)
2	27 April	Gijón – Cangas de Onís	94 km (58 mi)			Enrique Cima (ESP)
3	28 April	Cangas de Onís – León	187 km (116 mi)			Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)
4	29 April	León – Valladolid	171 km (106 mi)			Patrick Lefevere (BEL)
5	30 April	Valladolid – Ávila	136 km (85 mi)			Willy Teirlinck (BEL)
6	1 May	Torrelaguna – Torrejón de Ardoz	46 km (29 mi)			Fons van Katwijk (NED)
7	2 May	Torrejón de Ardoz – Cuenca	160 km (99 mi)			Domingo Perurena (ESP)
8	3 May	Cuenca – Benicàssim	249 km (155 mi)			Fons van Katwijk (NED)
9	4 May	Benicàssim – Tortosa	156 km (97 mi)			Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)
10	5 May	Tortosa – Calafell	201 km (125 mi)			Willy Teirlinck (BEL)
11a	6 May	Calafell – Barcelona	67 km (42 mi)			Francisco Elorriaga (ESP)
11b	6 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	3.8 km (2 mi)		Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)
12	7 May	Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) – La Tossa de Montbui [ca] (Santa Margarida de Montbui)	205 km (127 mi)			Bernard Hinault (FRA)
13	8 May	Igualada – Jaca	243 km (151 mi)			Salvatore Maccali [it] (ITA)
14	9 May	Jaca – Logroño	219 km (136 mi)			Bernard Hinault (FRA)
15	10 May	Logroño – Miranda de Ebro	131 km (81 mi)			Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande (BEL)
16	11 May	Miranda de Ebro – Bien Aparecida Sanctuary [eu]	208 km (129 mi)			Vicente Belda (ESP)
17	12 May	Ampuero – Bilbao	123 km (76 mi)			Vicente Belda (ESP)
18	13 May	Bilbao – Amurrio	154 km (96 mi)			Bernard Hinault (FRA)
19a	14 May	Amurrio – San Sebastián	84 km (52 mi)			Domingo Perurena (ESP)
19b	14 May	San Sebastián – San Sebastián			Individual time trial	Annulled
	Total		2,995 km (1,861 mi)

Results

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[3]

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Bernard Hinault (FRA)	Renault–Elf–Gitane	85h 24' 14"
2	José Pesarrodona (ESP)	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 3' 02"
3	Jean-René Bernaudeau (FRA)	Renault–Elf–Gitane	+ 3' 47"
4	Eulalio Garcia Pereda (ESP)	Teka	+ 4' 23"
5	Jos Schipper (NED)	Marc–Zeepcentrale	+ 4' 28"
6	Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)	Marc–Zeepcentrale	+ 5' 52"
7	José Nazabal (ESP)	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 6' 12"
8	Enrique Martinez (ESP)	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 6' 53"
9	Gonzalo Aja (ESP)	Novostil–Helios	+ 10' 12"
10	Vicente López Carril (ESP)	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 13' 57"

Final general classification (11–25)
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11	Andrés Oliva (ESP)	Teka
12	Sebastian Pozo Fontivero (ESP)	Kas–Campagnolo
13	Bernardo Alfonsel (ESP)	Teka
14	Manuel Esparza Sanz (ESP)	Teka
15	Gilbert Chaumaz (FRA)	Renault–Elf–Gitane
16	Andrés Gandarias (ESP)	Novostil–Helios
17	José Enrique Cima (ESP)	Kas–Campagnolo
18	José Luis Mayoz (ESP)	Teka
19	Alberto Fernández (ESP)	Novostil–Helios
20	José Martíns Freitas (POR)	Teka
21	Vicente Belda (ESP)	Transmallorca–Gios
22	Domingo Perurena (ESP)	Kas–Campagnolo
23	Felix Perez (ESP)	Teka
24	Francisco Fernandez (ESP)	Teka
25	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)	Renault–Elf–Gitane

Points classification Final points classification (1–9)[3] Rank Name Team Points 1  Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL) Marc–Zeepcentrale 210 2  Willy Teirlinck (BEL) Renault–Elf–Gitane 157 3  Bernard Hinault (FRA) Renault–Elf–Gitane 130 4  Francisco Elorriaga (ESP) Teka 113 5  Fons van Katwijk (NED) Marc–Zeepcentrale 108 6  Eulalio Garcia (ESP) Teka 92 7  Jos Schipper (NED) Marc–Zeepcentrale 70 8  José Enrique Cima (ESP) Kas–Campagnolo 70 9  Daniele Tinchella (ITA) Transmallorca 69

Mountains classification Final mountains classification (1–5)[3] Rank Name Team Points 1  Andrés Oliva (ESP) Teka 112 2  José Enrique Cima (ESP) Kas–Campagnolo 81 3  Bernard Hinault (FRA) Renault–Elf–Gitane 60 4  Andrés Gandarias (ESP) Novostil–Helios 48 5  Jose-Luis Mayoz (ESP) Teka 44

Team classification Final team classification (1–9)[3] Rank Team Time 1 Kas 255h 41' 01" 2 Teka + 5' 52" 3 Renault + 10' 07" 4 Novostil–Helios + 35' 44" 5 Transmallorca + 1h 03' 05" 6 Superia + 1h 11' 16" 7 Italia + 1h 37' 52" 8 Safir + 2h 41' 03" 9 Splendor + 3h 24' 27"

Intermediate sprints classification Final intermediate sprints classification (1–5)[3] Rank Name Team Points 1  Bernard Hinault (FRA) Renault–Elf–Gitane 31 2  Felix Perez (ESP) Teka 11 3  Willy Teirlinck (BEL) Renault–Elf–Gitane 7 4  Andrés Gandarias (ESP) Novostil–Helios 6 5  Domingo Perurena (ESP) Kas–Campagnolo 5