1979 Vuelta a España


The 34th Vuelta a España, a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 24 April to 13 May 1979. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of, and was won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Miko-Mercier cycling team. Zoetemelk won two of the three ITT's and Fons De Wolf won the other. De Wolf also won the points classification as well as five stages, but Zoetemelk won the race with a comfortable lead ahead of Spanish climbing specialist Francisco Galdós and Michel Pollentier. Felipe Yanez won the mountains classification.

Teams and riders

Route

Results

Final General Classification

RankRiderTeamTime
1 Joop ZoetemelkMiko-Mercier 94h 57' 03"
2 Francisco GaldósKas-Campagnolo + 2' 43"
3 Michel PollentierSplendor-Euro Soap + 3' 21"
4 Faustino RupérezMoliner-Vereco + 5' 51"
5 Lucien Van ImpeKas-Campagnolo + 6' 30"
6 Pedro TorresTransmallorca-Flavia + 6' 49"
7 Felipe YáñezNovostil-Helios + 7' 41"
8 Christian SeznecMiko-Mercier + 8' 03"
9 Fons De WolfBoule d'Or-Lano + 10' 01"
10 Julián AndianoMoliner-Vereco + 10' 52"
11 Miguel María LasaMoliner-Vereco
12 Vicente López CarrilTeka
13 Raymond MartinMiko-Mercier
14 Alberto FernándezMoliner-Vereco
15 Herman BeysensSplendor-Euro Soap
16 Manuel Esparza SanzTeka
17 Vicente BeldaTransmallorca-Flavia
18 José PesarrodonaTeka
19 Ángel ArroyoMoliner-Vereco
20 Juan Pujol PagesTransmallorca-Flavia
21 Ismael LejarretaNovostil-Helios
22 Carlos MeleroMoliner-Vereco
23 Bernardo AlfonselKas-Campagnolo
24 Jesus SuarezKas-Campagnolo
25 Gonzalo Aja BarguinNovostil-Helios