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1976 Vuelta a España

Field	Value
name	1976 Vuelta a España
date	27 April – 16 May
stages	19 stages + Prologue, including 1 split stages
distance	3,340
unit	km
time	93h 19' 10"
first	José Pesarrodona
first_nat	ESP
first_natvar	1945
first_team	Kas - Campagnolo
first_color	yellow
second	Luis Ocaña
second_nat	ESP
second_natvar	1945
second_team	Super Ser
third	José Nazabal
third_nat	ESP
third_natvar	1945
third_team	Kas - Campagnolo
points	Dietrich Thurau
points_nat	FRG
points_team	TI Raleigh
points_color	light blue
mountains	Andrés Oliva
mountains_nat	ESP
mountains_natvar	1945
mountains_team	Kas - Campagnolo
mountains_color	green
sprints	Daniel Verplancke
sprints_nat	BEL
sprints_team	Flandria - Velda
team	Kas - Campagnolo
previous	[1975](1975-vuelta-a-espana)
next	[1977](1977-vuelta-a-espana)

The 31st 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 16 May 1976. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3340 km, and was won by José Pesarrodona of the Kas-Campagnolo cycling team. Andres Oliva won the mountains classification while Dietrich Thurau won the points classification.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1976 Vuelta a España

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	[P](1976-vuelta-a-espana-prologue-to-stage-10-prologue)	[1](1976-vuelta-a-espana-prologue-to-stage-10-stage-1)
27 April	Estepona to Estepona	3.2 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Dietrich Thurau
28 April	Estepona to Estepona	135 km			José De Cauwer
29 April	Estepona to Priego de Córdoba	224 km			Roger Gilson
30 April	Priego de Córdoba to Jaén	177 km			Theo Smit
1 May	Jaén to Baza	166 km			Hennie Kuiper
2 May	Baza to Cartagena	201 km			Theo Smit
3 May	Cartagena to Cartagena	14 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Joaquim Agostinho
4 May	Cartagena to Murcia	136 km			Ferdi Van Den Haute
5 May	Murcia to Almansa	219 km			Georges Pintens
6 May	Almansa to Nules	208 km			Dietrich Thurau
7 May	Castellón to Cambrils	226 km			José Antonio González
8 May	Cambrils to Barcelona	151 km			Antonio Vallori
9 May	Pamplona to Logroño	168 km			Gerben Karstens
10 May	Logroño to Palencia	209 km			{{ill	Dirk Ongenae	fr}}
11 May	Paredes de Nava to Gijón	249 km			Cees Priem
12 May	Gijón to Cangas de Onís	141 km			Vicente López Carril
13 May	Cangas de Onís to Reinosa	156 km			Dietrich Thurau
14 May	Reinosa to Bilbao	183 km			Arthur Van De Vijver
15 May	Galdácano to Santuario de Oro (Zuia)	204 km			Dietrich Thurau
16 May	Murgia (Zuia) to San Sebastián	139 km			{{ill	Dirk Ongenae	fr}}
17 May	San Sebastián to San Sebastián	31.7 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Dietrich Thurau
Total	3340 km

Doping cases

When Belgian cyclist Eric Jacques finished in second place in the eighth stage, he became the new leader. Later, it became known that he tested positive for doping after that stage, and he received a penalty of ten minutes. Previously, Günter Haritz had been penalized for the same offence, and had left the race.

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	ESP José Pesarrodona	Kas-Campagnolo	93h 19' 10"
2	ESP Luis Ocaña	Super Ser Zeus	+ 1' 03"
3	ESP José Nazabal Merendia	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 1' 41"
4	FRG Dietrich Thurau	TI–Raleigh	+ 1' 44"
5	ESP Vicente Lopez	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 1' 50"
6	NED Hennie Kuiper	TI–Raleigh	+ 2' 00"
7	POR Joaquim Agostinho	Teka	+ 3' 16"
8	SUI Joseph Fuchs	Super Ser Zeus	+ 3' 45"
9	ESP Pedro Torres	Super Ser Zeus	+ 4' 43"
10	ESP José Antonio Gonzalez	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 7' 18"
11	BEL Ludo Loos	Ebo
12	ESP Enrique Martinez	Kas-Campagnolo
13	ESP Andres Oliva	Kas-Campagnolo
14	ESP Gonzalo Aja Barguin	Teka
15	POR José Martins Freitas	Kas-Campagnolo
16	BEL Eric Jacques	Ebo
17	ESP Domingo Perurena	Kas-Campagnolo
18	BEL Jean-Pierre Baert	Miko-De Gribaldy
19	ESP José Enrique Cima	Novostil
20	POR Fernardo Mendes Dos	Teka
21	ESP Ventura Diaz	Teka
22	ESP Santiago Lazcano	Super Ser Zeus
23	ESP Julian Andiano	Teka
24	ESP Manuel Esparza	Teka
25	ESP Jesus Manzaneque	Super Ser Zeus

References

"General Information 1976". La Vuelta.com.
(17 May 1976). "XXXI Vuelta Ciclista a España - Clasificaciones Oficiales". [[Mundo Deportivo]].
"31ème Vuelta a España 1976". Memoire du cyclisme.
(12 May 1976). "Eric Jacques teruggezet". De Krant van Toen.
(7 May 1976). "Thurau: etappetriomf, Haritz: dopinggebruik.". Delpher.
(10 May 1976). "Haritz stapt eruit.". Delpher.

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