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1996 Vuelta a España

51st edition of the cycling Grand Tour

Field	Value
name	1996 Vuelta a España
date	7–29 September
stages	22
distance	3898
unit	km
time	97h 31' 46"
first	Alex Zülle
first_nat	SUI
first_team
first_color	yellow
second	Laurent Dufaux
second_nat	SUI
second_team
third	Tony Rominger
third_nat	SUI
third_team
points	Laurent Jalabert
points_nat	FRA
points_team
points_color	rosa
mountains	Tony Rominger
mountains_nat	SUI
mountains_team
mountains_color	white
sprints	Jürgen Werner
sprints_nat	GER
sprints_team
sprints_color	orange
team
previous	[1995](1995-vuelta-a-espana)
next	[1997](1997-vuelta-a-espana)

The 51st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three Grand Tours, was held from 7 September to 29 September 1996. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3898 km, and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team. This was the only time in cycling history that riders from Switzerland swept the Podium in a Grand Tour.

Five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain started his home tour for the first time since finishing second in 1991, having just recently been dislodged at the Tour by Bjarne Riis. He was initially reluctant to start, but convinced by his team to do so after a strong performance during the time trial at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. However, Indurain would eventually abandon the race, which would prove to be the last of his career, on stage 13 while lying in third place overall, having been dropped by the rest of the race favourites on the first-category climb of the Fito pass.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1996 Vuelta a España

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	[1](1996-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-1)
7 September	Valencia to Valencia	162 km			Biagio Conte
8 September	Valencia to Cuenca	210 km			Nicola Minali
9 September	Cuenca to Albacete	167.2 km			Laurent Jalabert
10 September	Albacete to Murcia	166.5 km			Tom Steels
11 September	Murcia to Almería	208.4 km			Jeroen Blijlevens
12 September	Almería to Málaga	196.5 km			Fabio Baldato
13 September	Málaga to Marbella	171.1 km			Fabio Baldato
14 September	Marbella to Jerez de la Frontera	220.7 km			Nicola Minali
15 September	Jerez de la Frontera to Córdoba	203.5 km			Nicola Minali
16 September			Rest day
17 September	El Tiemblo to Ávila	46.5 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Tony Rominger
18 September	Ávila to Salamanca	188 km			Marco Antonio Di Renzo
19 September	Benavente to Alto del Naranco	188 km			Daniele Nardello
20 September	Oviedo to Lakes of Covadonga	159 km			Laurent Jalabert
21 September	Cangas de Onís to Cabarceno Natural Park	202.6 km			Biagio Conte
22 September	to Alto Cruz de la Demanda (Ezcaray)	220 km			Alex Zülle
23 September	Logroño to Sabiñánigo	220.9 km			Nicola Minali
24 September	Sabiñánigo to Cerler	165.7 km			Oliverio Rincón
25 September	Benasque to Zaragoza	219.5 km			Dimitri Konyshev
26 September	Getafe to Ávila	217.1 km			Laurent Dufaux
27 September	Ávila to Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC)	209.5 km			Gianni Bugno
28 September	Segovia to Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC)	43 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	22px]]	Individual time trial	Tony Rominger
29 September	Madrid to Madrid	157.6 km			Tom Steels
Total	3898 km

General classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	SUI Alex Zülle	ONCE	97h 31' 46s
2	SUI Laurent Dufaux	Festina	+ 6' 23s
3	SUI Tony Rominger		+ 8' 29s
4	ITA Roberto Pistore		+ 10' 13s
5	ITA Stefano Faustini	AKI - Gipièmme	+ 11' 21s
6	AUT Georg Totschnig	Team Polti	+ 11' 33s
7	ITA Davide Rebellin	Team Polti	+ 13' 16s
8	ITA Andrea Peron	Motorola	+ 14' 46s
9	USA Bobby Julich	Motorola	+ 15' 10s
10	ESP Fernando Escartín	Kelme-Artiach	+ 18' 35s
11	ESP Marcos Serrano	Kelme-Artiach	+ 19' 19s
12	ESP José María Jiménez	Banesto	+ 20' 19s
13	ITA Mauro Gianetti	Team Polti	+ 21' 15s
14	ESP Daniel Clavero	MX Onda	+ 21' 49s
15	ITA Daniele Nardello		+ 22' 37s
16	RUS Vladislav Bobrik		+ 26' 00s
17	BEL Axel Merckx	Motorola	+ 27' 34s
18	ESP Francisco Javier Mauleón		+ 27' 38s
19	FRA Laurent Jalabert	ONCE	+ 27' 44s
20	DEN Peter Meinert Nielsen		+ 29' 56s
21	FRA Pascal Chanteur	Casino
22	SUI Fabian Jeker	Festina-Lotus
23	GER Kai Hundertmarck
24	ESP Ángel Casero	Banesto
25	ITA Massimo Apollonio

References

"Vuelta a Espana".
(24 August 2014). "Vuelta a Espana iconic stages: Indurain quits the Vuelta and racing".
(30 September 1996). "Ciclismo La Vuelta 96 - Look Clasificaciones". [[El Mundo Deportivo]].
(30 September 1996). "Ciclismo La Vuelta 96 - Puedo ganar el Tour". [[El Mundo Deportivo]].
"1996 » 51st Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats.
"51ème Vuelta a España 1996". Memoire du cyclisme.

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