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.
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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]
Teams and riders
Route
| 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) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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) | |||||
Results
Final General Classification
| 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 Maria Lasa | Orbea | + 2' 18" |
| 5 | Manuel Galera Magdelano | Karpy | + 2' 37" |
| 6 | Joop Zoetemelk | Mars-Flandria | + 2' 48" |
| 7 | Agustin Tamames | Werner | + 5' 15" |
| 8 | Antonio Martos Aguilar | Werner | + 5' 45" |
| 9 | Raymond Poulidor | Fagor-Mercier | + 6' 01" |
| 10 | Luis Balague Carreno | Werner | + 6' 17" |
| 11 |  Edy Schutz | Mars-Flandria | |
| 12 | Cyrille Guimard | Fagor-Mercier | |
| 13 | Eufronio Enrique Santos | La Casera | |
| 14 | Antonio Menendez | La Casera | |
| 15 | Wim Schepers | Goudsmit | |
| 16 | Domingo Perurena Tellechea | Kas-Kaskol | |
| 17 | Bernard Labourdette | Bic | |
| 18 | Ventura Diaz Arrey | Werner | |
| 19 | Gonzalo Aja Barguin | Karpy | |
| 20 |  Rolf Wolfshohl | Fagor-Mercier | |
| 21 | Antonio Gomez Del Moral | Karpy | |
| 22 | Andres Oliva Sanchez | La Casera | |
| 23 | Eduardo Castello Villanova | Karpy | |
| 24 | José Gómez | Werner | |
| 25 | José Luis Abilleira | La Casera |
References
- "General Information 1971". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- "Clasificaciones Oficiales" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 May 1971.
- "1971 » 26th Vuelta a España". Procyclingstats. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- "26ème Vuelta a España 1971". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
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