1979 Vuelta a España

1979 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates		24 April – 13 May
Stages		19 stages + Prologue, including 3 split stages
Distance
Winning time		94h 57' 03"
Palmares
	Winner	Joop Zoetemelk (NED)	(Miko - Mercier)
	Second	Francisco Galdós (ESP)	(Kas)
	Third	Michel Pollentier (BEL)	(Splendor)
Jersey awarded to the points classification winner	Points	Fons De Wolf (BEL)	(Boule D'Or - Lano)
	Mountains	Felipe Yáñez (ESP)	(Novostil - Helios)
	Sprints	Roger De Cnijf (BEL)	(Boule D'Or - Lano)
	Team	Kas

The 34th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 24 to May 13, 1979. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,373 km, and was won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Miko-Mercier cycling team. Alfons De Wolf won the points classification and Felipe Yanez won the mountains classification.

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Joop Zoetemelk	Miko-Mercier	94h 57' 03s
2	Francisco Galdos	Kas-Campagnolo	a 2' 43s
3	Michel Pollentier	Splendor-Euro Soap	a 3' 21s
4	Faustino Rupérez	Moliner-Vereco	a 5' 51s
5	Lucien Van Impe	Kas-Campagnolo	a 6' 30s
6	Pedro Torres	Transmallorca-Flavia	a 6' 49s
7	Felipe Yanez	Novostil-Helios	a 7' 41s
8	Christian Seznec	Miko-Mercier	a 8' 03s
9	Fons De Wolf	Boule d'Or-Lano	a 10' 01s
10	Julian Andiano	Moliner-Vereco	a 10' 52s
11	Miguel Maria Lasa	Moliner-Vereco
12	Vincente Lopez	Teka
13	Raymond Martin	Miko-Mercier
14	Alberto Fernandez	Moliner-Vereco
15	Herman Beysens	Splendor-Euro Soap
16	Manuel Esparza Sanz	Teka
17	Vincente Belda	Transmallorca-Flavia
18	José Pesarrodona	Teka
19	Ángel Arroyo	Moliner-Vereco
20	Juan Pujol Pages	Transmallorca-Flavia
21	Ismael Lejarreta	Novostil-Helios
22	Carlos Melero	Moliner-Vereco
23	Bernardo Alfonsel	Kas-Campagnolo
24	Jesus Suarez	Kas-Campagnolo
25	Gonzalo Aja Barguin	Novostil-Helios

External links

• La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)