1987 Vuelta a España

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Classifications	22 etapas, 3921 km
General	Luis Herrera 105:34:25 h
Points	Alfonso Gutiérrez 147 p.
Mountains	Luis Herrera 174 p.
Teams	Ryalcao Postobón 316:51:36 h

The 42nd Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 23 to May 15, 1987. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,921 km, and was won by Luis Herrera of the Café de Colombia cycling team. It was the first win of a Grand Tour by a Colombian and also the first of a South American. With the 1986 Vuelta Champion, Álvaro Pino was absent due to health problems, the principal favourites for the overall classification were Laurent Fignon, Pedro Delgado and Seán Kelly. Jean Luc Vandenbroucke won the prologue and wore the first leader's jersey. Kelly who was in form after winning Paris-Nice for the sixth time won the first stage and took the jersey. The sixth stage saw the beginning of the fight for the overall classification. Luis Herrera in the company of Ángel Arroyo and Vicente Belda attacked several times on the final ascent of the stage. However Kelly was still able to ride into the leader's jersey again. On the following stage to Cerler which was won by the Spaniard Laudelino Cubino, Herrera put time into Kelly and Dietzen finished ahead of Kelly and took the leader's jersey. Herrera took the jersey after the 11th stage that finished on the Lagos de Covadonga. However Kelly retook the leader's jersey in the stage 18 time trial and with four stages to go it looked as if he was going to win his first grand tour. However Kelly was forced to withdraw from the race the following day due to a saddle boil.^[1] Fignon won the following stage and moved up to third place overall ahead of Delgado. Herrera took back the jersey which he kept to the end to win the race. It was the first win of a Grand Tour by a Colombian and also the first of a South American.^[2]

[edit] General classification (final)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Luis Herrera	Café de Colombia	105h34'25"
2	Raimund Dietzen	Teka	1'04"
3	Laurent Fignon	Système U-Gitane	3'13"
4	Pedro Delgado	PDM-Concorde	3'52"
5	Óscar de Jesús Vargas	Ryalcao Postobon	4'03"
6	Vicente Belda	Kelme	4'40"
7	Anselmo Fuerte	BH-Sport	4'59"
8	Yvon Madiot	Système U-Gitane	5'25"
9	Henry Cárdenas	Café de Colombia	7'08"
10	Omar Hernández	Ryalcao Postobon	7'33"
11	Angel Arroyo Lanchas	Reynolds
12	Ignacio Gaston Crespo	Kas
13	Pedro-Saul Morales Gonzalez	Ryalco Postobon
14	Juan Tomas Martinez	Zahor Chocolates
15	Pascal Poisson	Système U-Gitane
16	José Patrocinio Jimenenz Bautista	Café de Colombia
17	Federico Echave Musatadi	BH-Sport
18	Martin Ramirez Ramirez	Café de Colombia
19	Enrique Aja Cagigas	Teka-Mavic
20	Argemiro Bohorguez Ortega	[Café de Colombia]]
21	Nestor Mora Zarate	Ryalco-Postobon
22	Martin Earley	Kas
23	Carlos Hernandez Bailo	Teka-Mavic
24	Pablo Wilches	Ryalco-Postobon
25	Jesus Blanco Villar	Teka-Mavic

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