1973 Vuelta a España

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The 28th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 26 to May 13, 1973. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,061 km, and was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni cycling team. As Merckx had already won several editions of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia with his win in the Vuelta, he became the third cyclist after Jacques Anquetil and Felice Gimondi to win all three grand tours in his career. Merckx went on to win the 1973 Giro d'Italia and became the first cyclist to win the Vuelta-Giro double. Merckx also won the points classification and José Luis Abilleira won the mountains classification. With Merckx finishing first, Ocaña second and Thévenet third the podium of the 1973 Vuelta contained one previous winner and two future winners of the Tour de France making it one of the best podiums in the history of the race, according to the official race website.[1]

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[edit] Results

[edit] Final General Classification

Rank Rider Team Time
1 Flag of Belgium Eddy Merckx Molteni 84h 40' 50s
2 Flag of Spain Luis Ocaña Bic a 3' 46s
3 Flag of France Bernard Thevenet Peugeot-BP-Michelin a 4' 16s
4 Flag of Spain José Pesarrodona Kas-Kaskol a 5' 54s
5 Flag of Spain Pedro Torres La Casera-Pena Bahamontes a 7' 29s
6 Flag of Portugal Joaquim Agostinho Bic a 8' 15s
7 Flag of Spain Agustin Tamames La Casera-Pena Bahamontes a 9' 15s
8 Flag of Spain Luis Balague La Casera-Pena Bahamontes a 12' 26s
9 Flag of Belgium Roger Swerts Molteni a 13' 27s
10 Flag of Spain Jesus Manzaneque Sanchez La Casera-Pena Bahamontes a 15' 01s
11 Flag of Belgium Herman van Springel Rokado
12 Flag of France José Catieau Bic
13 Flag of Belgium Victor Van Schil Molteni
14 Flag of France Bernard Labourdette Bic
15 Flag of Spain José Luis Abilleira La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
16 Flag of Spain Juan Zurano Jerez La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
17 Flag of Spain Vicente Lopez Kas-Kaskol
18 Flag of Spain Jose Luis Uribezubia Kas-Kaskol
19 Flag of Spain Antonio Martos Aguilar Kas-Kaskol
20 Flag of Spain Ventura Diaz Arrey Monteverde
21 Flag of Portugal Venceslau Fernandes Benifica
22 Flag of Portugal Fernando Ferreira Coelima
23 Flag of Spain German Martin Monteverde
24 Flag of Spain Jose Manuel Blanco Monteverde
25 Flag of Belgium Ward Janssens Molteni

[edit] References

  1. ^ General Information 1973. La Vuelta.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.

[edit] External links

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