1995 Vuelta a España

19 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates 2 - 24 September
Stages 21 + Prologue
Distance 3,750 km (2,330 mi)
Winning time 95h 30' 33" (39.246 km/h or 24.386 mph)
Palmares
Winner  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (ONCE)
Second  Abraham Olano (ESP) (Mapei-GB-Latexco)
Third  Johan Bruyneel (BEL) (ONCE)

Points  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (ONCE)
Mountains  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (ONCE)
Sprints  Steffen Wesemann (GER) (Team Telekom)
Team ONCE

The 50th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from September 2 to September 24, 1995. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3750 km, and was won by Laurent Jalabert of the ONCE cycling team. Jalabert won the three classification competitions – the general classification, the points classification and the mountains classification being only the third rider (after Eddy Merckx in the 1968 Giro d'Italia and the 1969 Tour de France, and Tony Rominger in the 1993 Vuelta a España) to win all three classifications in a Grand Tour.

Final classification

RankRiderTeamTime
1
 Laurent Jalabert (FRA) ONCE 95h 30' 33s
2
 Abraham Olano (ESP) Mapei-GB-Latexco 4' 22s
3
 Johan Bruyneel (BEL) ONCE 6' 48s
4
 Melchor Mauri (ESP) ONCE 8' 04s
5
 Richard Virenque (FRA) Festina-Lotus 11' 38s
6
 Roberto Pistore (ITA) Polti-Vaporetto 11' 54s
7
 Daniel García (ESP) Banesto 13' 50s
8
 Daniel Clavero (ESP) Artiach 15' 03s
9
 Michele Bartoli (ITA) Mercatone Uno 19' 14s
10
 Stefano Della Santa (ITA) Mapei-GB 19' 42s

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