| 1977 Vuelta a España | |
| Date: | 26 April – 15 May |
| Stages: | 19 stages + Prologue, including 1 split stages |
| Distance: | 2,785 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 78h 54' 36" |
| First: | Freddy Maertens |
| First Nat: | BEL |
| First Team: | Flandria – Latina |
| First Color: | orange |
| Second: | Miguel María Lasa |
| Second Nat: | ESP |
| Second Natvar: | 1945 |
| Second Team: | Teka |
| Third: | Klaus-Peter Thaler |
| Third Nat: | FRG |
| Third Team: | Teka |
| Points: | Freddy Maertens |
| Points Nat: | BEL |
| Points Team: | Flandria – Latina |
| Points Color: | green |
| Mountains: | Pedro Torres |
| Mountains Nat: | ESP |
| Mountains Natvar: | 1945 |
| Mountains Team: | Teka |
| Sprints: | Freddy Maertens |
| Sprints Nat: | BEL |
| Sprints Team: | Flandria – Latina |
| Sprints Color: | red |
| Team: | Teka |
| Previous: | 1976 |
| Next: | 1978 |
The 32nd Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 April to 15 May 1977. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2785km (1,731miles), and was won by Freddy Maertens of the Flandria cycling team. While Maertens dominated the race he won the General Classification by less than 3:00. The domination was from his record shattering 13 stages wins including the first and the last. He also won the points classification. Pedro Torres won the mountains classification.[1] [2] [3]
See main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1977 Vuelta a España.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 26 April | Dehesa de Campoamor – Dehesa de Campoamor | 8km (05miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 1 | 27 April | Dehesa de Campoamor – La Manga | 115km (71miles) | ||||
| 2 | 28 April | La Manga – Murcia | 161km (100miles) | ||||
| 3 | 29 April | Murcia – Benidorm | 200km (100miles) | ||||
| 4 | 30 April | Benidorm – Benidorm | 8.3km (05.2miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 5 | 1 May | Benidorm – El Saler | 159km (99miles) | ||||
| 6 | 2 May | Valencia – Teruel | 170km (110miles) | ||||
| 7 | 3 May | Teruel – Alcalà de Xivert | 204km (127miles) | ||||
| 8 | 4 May | Alcalà de Xivert – Tortosa | 141km (88miles) | ||||
| 9 | 5 May | Tortosa – Salou | 144km (89miles) | ||||
| 10 | 6 May | Salou – Barcelona | 144km (89miles) | ||||
| 11a | 7 May | Barcelona – Barcelona | 3.8km (02.4miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 11b | 7 May | Barcelona – Barcelona | 45km (28miles) | ||||
| 12 | 8 May | Barcelona – (Santa Margarida de Montbui) | 198km (123miles) | ||||
| 13 | 9 May | Igualada – La Seu d'Urgell | 135km (84miles) | ||||
| 14 | 10 May | La Seu d'Urgell – Monzón | 200km (100miles) | ||||
| 15 | 11 May | Monzón – Formigal | 166km (103miles) | ||||
| 16 | 12 May | Formigal – Cordovilla | 170km (110miles) | ||||
| 17 | 13 May | Cordovilla – Bilbao | 183km (114miles) | ||||
| 18 | 14 May | Bilbao – Urkiola | 126km (78miles) | ||||
| 19 | 15 May | Durango – Miranda de Ebro | 104km (65miles) | ||||
| Total | 2785km (1,731miles) | ||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Intermediate sprints classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Freddy Maertens | Freddy Maertens | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded | |
| 1 | Freddy Maertens | Freddy Maertens | Pedro Torres | Ferdi Van Den Haute | ||
| 2 | Freddy Maertens | Freddy Maertens | ||||
| 3 | Fedor den Hertog | Andrés Oliva | Geert Malfait | |||
| 4 | Michel Pollentier | Pedro Torres | ||||
| 5 | Freddy Maertens | |||||
| 6 | Freddy Maertens | Andrés Oliva | ||||
| 7 | Freddy Maertens | Daniele Tinchella | ||||
| 8 | Freddy Maertens | |||||
| 9 | Freddy Maertens | Pedro Torres | ||||
| 10 | Cees Priem | Andrés Oliva | ||||
| 11a | Freddy Maertens | |||||
| 11b | Freddy Maertens | |||||
| 12 | Giuseppe Perletto | Pedro Torres | ||||
| 13 | Freddy Maertens | |||||
| 14 | Carlos Melero | |||||
| 15 | Pedro Torres | |||||
| 16 | Freddy Maertens | |||||
| 17 | Luis Alberto Ordiales | |||||
| 18 | José Nazabal | |||||
| 19 | Freddy Maertens | Freddy Maertens | ||||
| Final | Freddy Maertens | Freddy Maertens | Pedro Torres | Freddy Maertens | ||
The 1977 Vuelta a España had several classifications. The most important classification was the general classification; this was won by Freddy Maertens.
| 1 | 78h 54' 36" | |||
| 2 | + 2' 51" | |||
| 3 | + 3' 23" | |||
| 4 | + 4' 45" | |||
| 5 | + 5' 14" | |||
| 6 | + 5' 35" | |||
| 7 | + 7' 06" | |||
| 8 | + 9' 32" | |||
| 9 | + 10' 29" | |||
| 10 | + 11' 18" | |||
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| 12 | Novostil–Transmallorca | |||
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| 14 | Ebo–Superia | |||
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Additionally, there were the points classification (also won by Maertens), the mountains classification won by Pedro Torres, and the intermediate sprints classification also won by Maertens. To be eligible for these secondary classifications, a rider had to finish in the top 25 of the general classification; this was relevant for the intermediate sprints classification, where Daniele Tinchella and Benny Schepmans had more points than Maertens, but did not finish in the top 25.
There was also an award for the best Spanish rider in the general classification, won by Miguel María Lasa, and a team classification won by Teka.[7]