1983 Vuelta a España

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Classifications	19 stages, 3398 km
General	Bernard Hinault 94:28:26 h
Points	Marino Lejarreta 188 p.
Mountains	José Luis Laguía 123 p.
Teams	Zor 283:05:31 h

The 38th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 19 to May 8, 1983. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3398 km, and was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault-Elf-Gitane cycling team. The foreign favourites for the race included Bernard Hinault who had won the Vuelta once before in 1978 and World Champion Giuseppe Saronni. The Spanish favourites for the race included the de facto defending champion Marino Lejarreta, Julián Gorospe and Alberto Fernández.

Hinault took the leadership of the race after the fifth stage only to lose it the following day to Lejarreta. Lejarreta then won the stage 8 38 kilometre mountain time trial and increased his lead over Hinault. On the stage from Zaragoza to Soria that was won by Saronni, Lejarreta had a fall and lost the jersey to Gorospe. Fernández took the leadership the following day. Lejarreta came back and won the stage 13 to Lagos de Covadonga. However Fernández kept the leader’s jersey. On the following stage Álvaro Pino took the jersey and wore it for two days. Hinault won the individual time trial but did not win by enough time to take the jersey which passed again to Gorospe. Two days later Hinault’s pace on the climb to Puerto de Serranillos was too hot for his opponents and he won the stage in Ávila and took back the leader’s jersey^[1] to win his second Vuelta and his eighth grand tour with Lejarreta second and Fernández in third. Due to the great battle that was waged in the race between Hinault and the Spanish riders the race as being described as the most spectacular edition of the race. ^[1] However due to the nature of the battle which Hinault fought to win, he sustained a tendinitis injury that had previously affected his 1980 season and would be unable to ride the Tour de France. ^[2]

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Final General Classification 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Bernard Hinault	Renault-Elf-Gitane	94h 28' 26s
2	Marino Lejarreta	Alfa Lum-Olmo	a 1' 12s
3	Alberto Fernández	Zor-Gemeaz	a 3' 58s
4	Alvaro Pino	Zor-Gemeaz	a 5' 09s
5	Hennie Kuiper	Jacky Aernoudt-Rossin	a 10' 26s
6	Eduardo Chozas Olmo	Zor-Gemeaz	a 11' 11s
7	Laurent Fignon	Renault-Elf-Gitane	a 11' 27s
8	Pedro Munoz Rodriguez	Zor-Gemeaz	a 12' 25s
9	Vicente Belda	Kelme	a 13' 28s
10	Faustino Ruperez	Zor-Gemeaz	a 13' 36s
11	Guillermo De La Pena	Hueso-Motta
12	Julian Gorospe Artabe	Reynolds-Galli
13	Alain Vigneron	Renault-Elf-Gitane
14	Claudio Bortolotto	Del Tongo-Colnago
15	Pedro Delgado	Reynolds-Galli
16	José Antonio Cabrero	Hueso-Motta
17	Faustino Cueli Arce	Teka
18	Leonardo Natale	Del Tongo-Colnago
19	Lucien Didier	Renault-Elf-Gitane
20	Angel De Las Heras	Kelme
21	Jesus Rodriguez Magro	Zor-Gemeaz
22	Jesus Hernandez Ubeda	Reynolds-Galli
23	Roberto Ceruti	Del Tongo-Colnago
24	José Luis Laguia	Reynolds-Galli
25	Martial Gayant	Renault-Elf-Gitane

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

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