1972 Vuelta a España

1972 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	27 April – 14 May
Stages	17
Distance	3,079.3 km (1,913 mi)
Winning time	82h 34' 14"
Results
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The 27th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 14 May 1972. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,079.3 km (1,913.4 mi), and was won by José Manuel Fuente of the Kas-Kaskol cycling team.^[1] Fuente also won the mountains classification while Domingo Perurena won the points classification.^[2]

Teams and riders[]

Route[]

List of stages^[3]^[4]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
P	27 April	Fuengirola – Fuengirola	6 km (4 mi)	Individual time trial	René Pijnen (NED)
1	28 April	Fuengirola – Cabra	167 km (104 mi)		Miguel María Lasa (ESP)
2	29 April	Cabra – Granada	206 km (128 mi)		Gerard Vianen (NED)
3	30 April	Granada – Almería	181 km (112 mi)		Domingo Perurena (ESP)
4	1 May	Almería – Dehesa de Campoamor	251 km (156 mi)		Ger Harings (NED)
5	2 May	Dehesa de Campoamor – Gandia	183 km (114 mi)		Pieter Nassen (BEL)
6a	3 May	Gandia – El Saler	120 km (75 mi)		Roger Kindt (BEL)
6b	3 May	El Saler – El Saler	6.5 km (4 mi)	Team time trial	Kas–Kaskol
7	4 May	Valencia – Vinaròs	181 km (112 mi)		Jos van der Vleuten (NED)
8	5 May	Vinaròs – Tarragona	189 km (117 mi)		Cees Koeken (NED)
9a	6 May	Tarragona – Barcelona	118 km (73 mi)		Ger Harings (NED)
9b	6 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	10 km (6 mi)	Individual time trial	Jesús Manzaneque (ESP)
10	7 May	Barcelona – Banyoles	192 km (119 mi)		Domingo Perurena (ESP)
11	8 May	Manresa – Zaragoza	259 km (161 mi)		Luis Balague (ESP)
12	9 May	Zaragoza – Formigal	169 km (105 mi)		José Manuel Fuente (ESP)
13	10 May	Sangüesa – [es]	201 km (125 mi)		Agustín Tamames (ESP)
14	11 May	Eibar – Bilbao	145 km (90 mi)		Miguel María Lasa (ESP)
15	12 May	Bilbao – Torrelavega	148 km (92 mi)		Gerard Vianen (NED)
16	13 May	Torrelavega – Vitoria	219 km (136 mi)		Agustín Tamames (ESP)
17a	14 May	Vitoria – San Sebastián	138 km (86 mi)		Jesús Aranzabal (ESP)
17b	14 May	San Sebastián – San Sebastián	20 km (12 mi)	Individual time trial	José Antonio González (ESP)
	Total		3,079.3 km (1,913 mi)

Results[]

Final General Classification[]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	José Manuel Fuente	Kas-Kaskol	82h 34' 14"
2	Miguel María Lasa	Kas-Kaskol	+ 6' 34"
3	Agustin Tamames	Werner	+ 7' 00"
4	Gonzalo Aja Barguin	Karpy	+ 8' 07"
5	José Antonio Gonzalez	Kas-Kaskol	+ 8' 08s
6	Domingo Perurena Tellechea	Kas-Kaskol	+ 8' 23"
7	Jesús Manzaneque	Kas-Kaskol	+ 8' 27"
8	José Pesarrodona	Kas-Kaskol	+ 8' 38"
9	Désiré Letort	Bic	+ 8' 42"
10	Bernard Labourdette	Bic	+ 8' 54"
11	Andres Oliva Sanchez	La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
12	Vicente López Carril	Kas-Kaskol
13	Eduardo Castelló	Karpy
14	Ventura Diaz Arrey	Werner
15		Werner
16	José Luis Uribezubia	Werner
17	Juan Zurano Jerez	La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
18	Francisco Galdos Gauna	Kas-Kaskol
19	Santiago Lazcano Labaca	Kas-Kaskol
20		La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
21		Karpy
22	José-Luis Abilleira	La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
23	Leif Mortensen	Bic
24	Silvano Schiavon	GBC-Sony
25	Antonio Menendez	Karpy

References[]

^ "General Information 1972". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
^ http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/05/15/MD19720515-033.pdf
^ "1972 » 27th Vuelta a España". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "27ème Vuelta a España 1972". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

[1] "General Information 1972". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.

[2] ttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1972/05/15/MD19720515-033.pdf

[3] "1972 » 27th Vuelta a España". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[Mdc-VdE1972-4] "27ème Vuelta a España 1972". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

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