1983 Vuelta a España
1983 Vuelta a España
| Race details |
| Dates |
19 April – 8 May |
| Stages |
19 + Prologue, including 1 split stage |
| Distance |
3,398 km (2,111 mi) |
| Winning time |
94h 28' 26" |
| Palmares |
 |
Winner |
 Bernard Hinault (FRA) |
(Renault-Elf-Gitane) |
|
Second |
 Marino Lejarreta (ESP) |
(Alfa Lum-Olmo) |
|
Third |
Alberto Fernández (ESP) |
(Zor-Gemeaz) |
|
 |
Points |
Marino Lejarreta (ESP) |
(AAlfa Lum-Olmo) |
 |
Mountains |
José Luis Laguía (ESP) |
(Reynolds-Galli) |
|
Sprints |
Sabino Angoitia (ESP) |
(Hueso) |
|
Team |
Zor-Gemeaz |
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. The great battle waged between Hinault and the Spanish riders has led to the 1983 race being described as its most spectacular edition.[1] However, due to tendinitis that had developed in his knee which was greatly aggravated by the climb to Puerto de Serranillos, Hinault was unable to ride in that year's Tour de France.[2]
Results
Final General Classification
References
External links
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Claudio Bortolotto 
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