1980 Vuelta a España | |
Date: | 22 April – 11 May |
Stages: | 19 stages + Prologue, including 1 split stages |
Distance: | 3,225 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 88h 23' 21" |
First: | Faustino Rupérez |
First Nat: | ESP |
First Team: | Zor - Vereco |
First Color: | yellow |
Second: | Pedro Torres |
Second Nat: | ESP |
Second Team: | Kelme |
Third: | Claude Criquielion |
Third Nat: | BEL |
Third Team: | Splendor |
Points: | Sean Kelly |
Points Nat: | IRL |
Points Team: | Splendor |
Points Color: | green |
Mountains: | Juan Fernández |
Mountains Nat: | ESP |
Mountains Team: | Zor - Vereco |
Sprints: | Sean Kelly |
Sprints Nat: | IRL |
Sprints Team: | Splendor |
Team: | Splendor |
Previous: | 1979 |
Next: | 1981 |
The 35th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 22 April to 11 May 1980. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of 3225km (2,004miles), and was won by Faustino Rupérez of the Zor cycling team.
Roberto Visentini won the prologue of the race and kept the leader's jersey for the first five days of the race. Sean Kelly finished second in the prologue and won the next two stages but did not get to wear the leader's jersey. On the first mountain stage, Faustino Rupérez came solo to the finish and took the leader's jersey which he kept until the end of the race. Pedro Torres put in an attack on the penultimate stage on the climb to Puerto de la Morcuera. However Rupérez together with Miguel Mari Lasa bridged up to Torres halfway to Alto de Cotos and the leader's jersey was safe. Rupérez won the race ahead of Torres and Claude Criquielion. Criquielion's Splendor teammate Kelly won five stages of the race, the points jersey and finished fourth overall. Marino Lejarreta finished the race fifth overall. Juan Fernández won the Mountains competition.[1] [2]
See main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1980 Vuelta a España.
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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P | 22 April | La Manga – La Manga | 10km (10miles) | Individual time trial | |||
1 | 23 April | La Manga – Benidorm | 155km (96miles) | ||||
2 | 24 April | Benidorm – Cullera | 170km (110miles) | ||||
3 | 25 April | Cullera – Vinaròs | 207km (129miles) | ||||
4 | 26 April | Vinaròs – Sant Quirze del Vallès | 214km (133miles) | ||||
5 | 27 April | Sant Quirze del Vallès – La Seu d'Urgell | 200km (100miles) | ||||
6 | 28 April | La Seu d'Urgell – Viella | 131km (81miles) | ||||
7 | 29 April | Viella – Jaca | 216km (134miles) | ||||
8 | 30 April | Monastery of Leyre – Logroño | 160km (100miles) | ||||
9 | 1 May | Logroño – Burgos | 138km (86miles) | ||||
10 | 2 May | Burgos – Santander | 178km (111miles) | ||||
11 | 3 May | Santander – Gijón | 219km (136miles) | ||||
12 | 4 May | Santiago de Compostela – Pontevedra | 133km (83miles) | ||||
13 | 5 May | Pontevedra – Vigo | 195km (121miles) | ||||
14 | 6 May | Vigo – Ourense | 156km (97miles) | ||||
15 | 7 May | Ourense – Ponferrada | 164km (102miles) | ||||
16a | 8 May | Ponferrada – León | 131km (81miles) | ||||
16b | 8 May | León – León | 22.8km (14.2miles) | Individual time trial | |||
17 | 9 May | León – Valladolid | 138km (86miles) | ||||
18 | 10 May | Valladolid – | 197km (122miles) | ||||
19 | 11 May | Madrid – Madrid | 84km (52miles) | ||||
Total | 3225km (2,004miles) |
Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |
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1 | Zor-Vereco | 88h 23' 21" | ||
2 | + 2' 15" | |||
3 | Splendor-Admiral | + 3' 00" | ||
4 | Splendor-Admiral | + 3' 31" | ||
5 | Teka | + 4' 32" | ||
6 | Splendor-Admiral | + 4' 44" | ||
7 | Splendor-Admiral | + 4' 58" | ||
8 | + 5' 00" | |||
9 | Zor-Vereco | + 5' 25" | ||
10 | + 6' 41" | |||
11 | Teka | |||
12 | Henninger-Aquila Rossa | |||
13 | Splendor-Admiral | |||
14 | Teka | |||
15 | San Giacomo-Benotto | |||
16 | Zor-Vereco | |||
17 | Zor-Vereco | |||
18 | Flavia-Gios | |||
19 | Manzaneque-Alan | |||
20 | Colchon C.R. | |||
21 | ||||
22 | Henninger-Aquila Rossa | |||
23 | Manzaneque-Alan | |||
24 | ||||
25 | HB Alarmsystemen |