1983 Vuelta a España
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| Dates | 19 April – 8 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 19 + Prologue, including 1 split stage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,398 km (2,111 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 94h 28' 26" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 38th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 19 April to 8 May 1983. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,398 km (2,111 mi), 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 km (24 mi) 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] In addition to this the start list for the 1983 Renault team at the Vuelta included Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon, the only time they rode on the same team in a Grand Tour.[citation needed]
This victory proved costly for Hinault however, as due to a recurrent tendinitis issue that had developed in his knee, which he greatly aggravated on the climb to Puerto de Serranillos, Hinault was unable to ride in that year's Tour, where Fignon took over Team Renault.[2][3]
Teams and riders
Route
Results
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Bernard Hinault |
Renault–Elf–Gitane | 94h 28' 26" |
| 2 |  Marino Lejarreta |
Alfa Lum–Olmo | + 1' 12" |
| 3 | Alberto Fernández |
Zor–Gemeaz | + 3' 58" |
| 4 | Álvaro Pino |
Zor–Gemeaz | + 5' 09" |
| 5 |  Hennie Kuiper |
Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin | + 10' 26" |
| 6 | Eduardo Chozas Olmo |
Zor–Gemeaz | + 11' 11" |
| 7 | Laurent Fignon |
Renault–Elf–Gitane | + 11' 27" |
| 8 | Pedro Muñoz Rodríguez |
Zor–Gemeaz | + 12' 25" |
| 9 | Vicente Belda |
Kelme | + 13' 28" |
| 10 | Faustino Rupérez |
Zor–Gemeaz | + 13' 36" |
| 11 | Guillermo de la Peña |
Hueso–Motta | |
| 12 | Julián Gorospe |
Reynolds–Galli | |
| 13 | Alain Vigneron |
Renault–Elf–Gitane | |
| 14 |  Claudio Bortolotto |
Del Tongo–Colnago | |
| 15 | Pedro Delgado |
Reynolds–Galli | |
| 16 | José Antonio Cabrero |
Hueso–Motta | |
| 17 | Faustino Cueli Arce |
Teka | |
| 18 | Leonardo Natale |
Del Tongo–Colnago | |
| 19 |  Lucien Didier |
Renault–Elf–Gitane | |
| 20 | Angel De Las Heras |
Kelme | |
| 21 | Jesús Rodríguez Magro |
Zor–Gemeaz | |
| 22 | Jesús Hernández Úbeda |
Reynolds–Galli | |
| 23 | Roberto Ceruti |
Del Tongo–Colnago | |
| 24 | José Luis Laguía |
Reynolds–Galli | |
| 25 | Martial Gayant |
Renault–Elf–Gitane |
References
- ^ a b "1983 General Information". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
- ^ "Grand Prix des Nations 1984 :Le retour du Blaireau". Velo 101.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
- ^ "Vuelta|83 – Clasificaciones Oficiales" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 9 May 1983. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021.
- ^ "1983 » 38th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "38ème Vuelta a España 1983". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
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