1976 Vuelta a España


The 31st Vuelta a España, a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 16 May 1976. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of, and was won by José Pesarrodona of the Kas-Campagnolo cycling team. Andres Oliva won the mountains classification while Dietrich Thurau won the points classification.

Teams and riders

Route

Doping cases

When Belgian cyclist Eric Jacques finished in second place in the eighth stage, he became the new leader. Later, it became known that he tested positive for doping after that stage, and he received a penalty of ten minutes.
Previously, Günter Haritz had been penalized for the same offence, and had left the race.

Results

Final General Classification

RankRiderTeamTime
1 José PesarrodonaKas-Campagnolo 93h 19' 10"
2 Luis OcañaSuper Ser Zeus + 1' 03"
3 José Nazabal MerendiaKas-Campagnolo + 1' 41"
4 Dietrich ThurauTI–Raleigh + 1' 44"
5 Vicente LopezKas-Campagnolo + 1' 50"
6 Hennie KuiperTI–Raleigh + 2' 00"
7 Joaquim AgostinhoTeka + 3' 16"
8 Joseph FuchsSuper Ser Zeus + 3' 45"
9 Pedro TorresSuper Ser Zeus + 4' 43"
10 José Antonio GonzalezKas-Campagnolo + 7' 18"
11 Ludo LoosEbo
12 Enrique MartinezKas-Campagnolo
13 Andes OlivaKas-Campagnolo
14 Gonzalo Aja BarguinTeka
15 José Martins FretasKas-Campagnolo
16 Eric JacquesEbo
17 Domingo PerurenaKas-Campagnolo
18 Jean-Pierre BaertMiko-De Gribaldy
19 José Enrique CimaNovostil
20 Fernardo Mendes DosTeka
21 Ventura DiazTeka
22 Santiago LazcanoSuper Ser Zeus
23 Julian AndianoTeka
24 Manuel EsparzaTeka
25 Jesus ManzanequeSuper Ser Zeus