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 edit
Route edit
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| P | 29 April | Almería – Almería | 4.2 km (3 mi) | 
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Individual time trial |  René Pijnen (NED)
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| 1 | 30 April | Almería – Águilas | 126 km (78 mi) | Ger Harings (NED)
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| 2 | 1 May | Águilas – Calp | 245 km (152 mi) |  Eddy Peelman (BEL)
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| 3 | 2 May | Calp – La Pobla de Farnals | 164 km (102 mi) |  Cyrille Guimard (FRA)
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| 4 | 3 May | La Pobla de Farnals – Benicàssim | 175 km (109 mi) | Hubert Hutsebaut (BEL)
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| 5 | 4 May | Benicàssim – Salou | 172 km (107 mi) | René Pijnen (NED)
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| 6 | 5 May | Salou – Barcelona | 149 km (93 mi) | Eddy Peelman (BEL)
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| 7 | 6 May | Barcelona – Manresa | 179 km (111 mi) | Walter Godefroot (BEL)
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| 8 | 7 May | Balaguer – Jaca | 211 km (131 mi) | Walter Godefroot (BEL)
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| 9 | 8 May | Jaca – Pamplona | 175 km (109 mi) |  Agustín Tamames (ESP)
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| 10 | 9 May | Pamplona – San Sebastián | 120 km (75 mi) | Gerard Vianen (NED)
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| 11a | 10 May | San Sebastián – Bilbao | 140 km (87 mi) | Gerben Karstens (NED)
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| 11b | 10 May | Bilbao – Bilbao | 2.65 km (2 mi) |
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Individual time trial | José Antonio González (ESP)
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| 12 | 11 May | Bilbao – Vitoria | 185 km (115 mi) | Luis Ocaña (ESP)
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| 13 | 12 May | Vitoria – Torrelavega | 208 km (129 mi) | Eddy Peelman (BEL)
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| 14 | 13 May | Torrelavega – Burgos | 192 km (119 mi) | Wilfried David (BEL)
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| 15 | 14 May | Burgos – Segovia | 188 km (117 mi) | Cyrille Guimard (FRA)
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| 16 | 15 May | Segovia – Ávila | 114 km (71 mi) | Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
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| 17a | 16 May | Ávila – Madrid | 138 km (86 mi) | Willy Scheers (BEL)
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| 17b | 16 May | Madrid – Madrid | 5.3 km (3 mi) |
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Individual time trial | René Pijnen (NED)
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| Total | 2,892 km (1,797 mi) | |||||
Results edit
Final General Classification edit
| 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 |
References edit
- ^ "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.