1972 Vuelta a España

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Cycling race

1972 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	27 April – 14 May
Stages	17
Distance	3,079.3 km (1,913 mi)
Winning time	82h 34' 14"
Results
Winner  José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)   Second  Miguel María Lasa (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)   Third  Agustín Tamames (ESP) (Werner) Points  Domingo Perurena (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)   Mountains  José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol) Combination  José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)   Sprints  Ventura Díaz (ESP) (Werner)
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The 27th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 14 May 1972. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,079.3 km (1,913.4 mi), and was won by José Manuel Fuente of the Kas–Kaskol cycling team.^[1] Fuente also won the mountains classification while Domingo Perurena won the points classification.^[2]

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1972 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[3][4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	27 April	Fuengirola to Fuengirola	6 km (4 mi)		Individual time trial	René Pijnen (NED)
1	28 April	Fuengirola to Cabra	167 km (104 mi)			Miguel María Lasa (ESP)
2	29 April	Cabra to Granada	206 km (128 mi)			Gerard Vianen (NED)
3	30 April	Granada to Almería	181 km (112 mi)			Domingo Perurena (ESP)
4	1 May	Almería to Dehesa de Campoamor	251 km (156 mi)			Ger Harings (NED)
5	2 May	Dehesa de Campoamor to Gandia	183 km (114 mi)			Pieter Nassen (BEL)
6a	3 May	Gandia to El Saler	120 km (75 mi)			Roger Kindt (BEL)
6b		El Saler to El Saler	6.5 km (4 mi)		Team time trial	Kas–Kaskol
7	4 May	Valencia to Vinaròs	181 km (112 mi)			Jos van der Vleuten (NED)
8	5 May	Vinaròs to Tarragona	189 km (117 mi)			Cees Koeken (NED)
9a	6 May	Tarragona to Barcelona	118 km (73 mi)			Ger Harings (NED)
9b		Barcelona to Barcelona	10 km (6 mi)		Individual time trial	Jesús Manzaneque (ESP)
10	7 May	Barcelona to Banyoles	192 km (119 mi)			Domingo Perurena (ESP)
11	8 May	Manresa to Zaragoza	259 km (161 mi)			Luis Balagué (ESP)
12	9 May	Zaragoza to Formigal	169 km (105 mi)			José Manuel Fuente (ESP)
13	10 May	Sangüesa to Arrate (es)	201 km (125 mi)			Agustín Tamames (ESP)
14	11 May	Eibar to Bilbao	145 km (90 mi)			Miguel María Lasa (ESP)
15	12 May	Bilbao to Torrelavega	148 km (92 mi)			Gerard Vianen (NED)
16	13 May	Torrelavega to Vitoria	219 km (136 mi)			Agustín Tamames (ESP)
17a	14 May	Vitoria to San Sebastián	138 km (86 mi)			Jesús Aranzabal (ESP)
17b		San Sebastián to San Sebastián	20 km (12 mi)		Individual time trial	José Antonio González (ESP)
	Total		3,079.3 km (1,913 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	José Manuel Fuente	Kas–Kaskol	82h 34' 14"
2	Miguel María Lasa	Kas–Kaskol	+ 6' 34"
3	Agustín Tamames	Werner	+ 7' 00"
4	Gonzalo Aja Barguin	Karpy	+ 8' 07"
5	José Antonio Gonzalez	Kas–Kaskol	+ 8' 08s
6	Domingo Perurena Tellechea	Kas–Kaskol	+ 8' 23"
7	Jesús Manzaneque	Kas–Kaskol	+ 8' 27"
8	José Pesarrodona	Kas–Kaskol	+ 8' 38"
9	Désiré Letort	Bic	+ 8' 42"
10	Bernard Labourdette	Bic	+ 8' 54"
11	Andrés Oliva Sánchez	La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
12	Vicente López Carril	Kas–Kaskol
13	Eduardo Castelló	Karpy
14	Ventura Díaz Arrey	Werner
15	José Manuel Blanco	Werner
16	José Luis Uribezubia	Werner
17	Juan Zurano Jérez	La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
18	Francisco Galdós Gauna	Kas–Kaskol
19	Santiago Lazcano Labaca	Kas–Kaskol
20	Eufronio Enrique Santos	La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
21	Juan-Manuel Valls	Karpy
22	José Luis Abilleira	La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
23	Leif Mortensen	Bic
24	Silvano Schiavon	GBC-Sony
25	Antonio Menéndez	Karpy

References

1. ^ "General Information 1972". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
2. ^ "27 Vuelta Ciclista a España – Clasificaciones Oficiales" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 15 May 1972. p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2022.
3. ^ "1972 » 27th Vuelta a España". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
4. ^ "27ème Vuelta a España 1972". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.