1978 Vuelta a España

1978 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	25 April – 14 May
Stages	19 stages + Prologue, including 2 split stages
Distance	2,995 km (1,861 mi)
Winning time	85h 24' 14"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Sprints
	Team
	← 1977 1979 →

The 33rd Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 25 April to 14 May 1978. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2,995 km (1,861 mi), and was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault-Elf-Gitane cycling team. Ferdi Van Den Haute won the points classification and Andrés Oliva won the mountains classification.

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages^[1]^[2]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
P	25 April	Gijón – Gijón	8.6 km (5 mi)	Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)
1	26 April	Gijón – Gijón	144 km (89 mi)		Jos Schipper (NED)
2	27 April	Gijón – Cangas de Onís	94 km (58 mi)		Enrique Cima (ESP)
3	28 April	Cangas de Onís – León	187 km (116 mi)		Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)
4	29 April	León – Valladolid	171 km (106 mi)		Patrick Lefevere (BEL)
5	30 April	Valladolid – Ávila	136 km (85 mi)		Willy Teirlinck (BEL)
6	1 May	Torrelaguna – Torrejón de Ardoz	46 km (29 mi)		Fons van Katwijk (NED)
7	2 May	Torrejón de Ardoz – Cuenca	160 km (99 mi)		Domingo Perurena (ESP)
8	3 May	Cuenca – Benicàssim	249 km (155 mi)		Fons van Katwijk (NED)
9	4 May	Benicàssim – Tortosa	156 km (97 mi)		Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)
10	5 May	Tortosa – Calafell	201 km (125 mi)		Willy Teirlinck (BEL)
11a	6 May	Calafell – Barcelona	67 km (42 mi)		Francisco Elorriaga (ESP)
11b	6 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	3.8 km (2 mi)	Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)
12	7 May	Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) – La Tossa de Montbui [ca] (Santa Margarida de Montbui)	205 km (127 mi)		Bernard Hinault (FRA)
13	8 May	Igualada – Jaca	243 km (151 mi)		Salvatore Maccali [it] (ITA)
14	9 May	Jaca – Logroño	219 km (136 mi)		Bernard Hinault (FRA)
15	10 May	Logroño – Miranda de Ebro	131 km (81 mi)		Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande (BEL)
16	11 May	Miranda de Ebro – Bien Aparecida Sanctuary [eu]	208 km (129 mi)		Vicente Belda (ESP)
17	12 May	Ampuero – Bilbao	123 km (76 mi)		Vicente Belda (ESP)
18	13 May	Bilbao – Amurrio	154 km (96 mi)		Bernard Hinault (FRA)
19a	14 May	Amurrio – San Sebastián	84 km (52 mi)		Domingo Perurena (ESP)
19b	14 May	San Sebastián – San Sebastián		Individual time trial	Annulled
	Total		2,995 km (1,861 mi)

Results

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[3]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Bernard Hinault (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	85h 24' 14"
2	José Pesarrodona (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 3' 02"
3	Jean-René Bernaudeau (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	+ 3' 47"
4	Eulalio Garcia Pereda (ESP)	Teka	+ 4' 23"
5	Jos Schipper (NED)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	+ 4' 28"
6	Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	+ 5' 52"
7	José Nazabal (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 6' 12"
8	Enrique Martinez (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 6' 53"
9	Gonzalo Aja (ESP)	Novostil-Helios	+ 10' 12"
10	Vicente López Carril (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 13' 57"

Final general classification (11–25)
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11	Andrés Oliva (ESP)	Teka
12	Sebastian Pozo Fontivero (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo
13	Bernardo Alfonsel (ESP)	Teka
14	Manuel Esparza Sanz (ESP)	Teka
15	Gilbert Chaumaz (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane
16	Andres Gandarias (ESP)	Novostil-Helios
17	José Enrique Cima (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo
18	José Luis Mayoz (ESP)	Teka
19	Alberto Fernandez (ESP)	Novostil-Helios
20	Jose Martins Freitas (POR)	Teka
21	Vicente Belda (ESP)	Transmallorca-Gios
22	Domingo Perurena (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo
23	Felix Perez (ESP)	Teka
24	Francisco Fernandez (ESP)	Teka
25	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)	Renault-Elf-Gitane

Points classification

Final points classification (1–9)^[3]
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	210
2	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	157
3	Bernard Hinault (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	130
4	Francisco Elorriaga (ESP)	Teka	113
5	Fons van Katwijk (NED)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	108
6	Eulalio Garcia (ESP)	Teka	92
7	Jos Schipper (NED)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	70
8	José Enrique Cima (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	70
9	Daniele Tinchella (ITA)	Transmallorca	69

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–5)^[3]
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Andrés Oliva (ESP)	Teka	112
2	José Enrique Cima (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	81
3	Bernard Hinault (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	60
4	Andres Gandarias (ESP)	Novostil-Helios	48
5	Jose-Luis Mayoz (ESP)	Teka	44

Team classification

Final team classification (1–9)^[3]
Rank	Team	Time
1	Kas	255h 41' 01"
2	Teka	+ 5' 52"
3	Renault	+ 10' 07"
4	Novostil-Helios	+ 35' 44"
5	Transmallorca	+ 1h 03' 05"
6	Superia	+ 1h 11' 16"
7	Italia	+ 1h 37' 52"
8	Safir	+ 2h 41' 03"
9	Splendor	+ 3h 24' 27"

Intermediate sprints classification

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–5)^[3]
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Bernard Hinault (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	31
2	Felix Perez (ESP)	Teka	11
3	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	7
4	Andres Gandarias (ESP)	Novostil-Helios	6
5	Domingo Perurena (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	5

References

^ "1978 » 33rd Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ "33ème Vuelta a España 1978". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Clasificaciones oficiales" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 15 May 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2013.

[1] "1978 » 33rd Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[Mdc-VdE1978-2] "33ème Vuelta a España 1978". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

[elm-3] "Clasificaciones oficiales" (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 15 May 1978. Retrieved 27 December 2013.

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