Vuelta a España 1973
The cycle race for the 28th Vuelta a España was held in 22 sections and 3,060.8 kilometers from April 26 to May 13, 1973 . The winner was Eddy Merckx from Belgium , the mountain classification was won by José Luis Abilleira . The points classification , the Meta Volantes classification and the combined classification were also won by Eddy Merckx and the La Casera team won the team classification .
Stages
Final results
winner | Eddy Merckx | 84:40:50 h |
Second | Luis Ocaña Pernía | + 3:46 min |
Third | Bernard Thévenet | + 4:16 min |
Fourth | José Pesarrodona | + 5:54 min |
fifth | Pedro Torres Cruces | + 7:29 min |
Sixth | Joaquim Agostinho | + 8:15 min |
seventh | Agustín Tamames | + 9:15 min |
Eighth | Luis Balagué | + 12:26 min |
Ninth | Roger Swerts | + 13:27 min |
Tenth | Jesús Manzaneque | + 15:01 min |
Scoring | Eddy Merckx | 215 p. |
Second | Roger Swerts | 162 P. |
Third | Peter Nassen | 154 P. |
Mountain scoring | José Luis Abilleira | 97 P. |
Second | Eddy Merckx | 83 P. |
Third | Luis Balagué | 60 p. |
Meta flounces rating | Eddy Merckx | 26 p. |
Combination scoring | Eddy Merckx | |
Team evaluation | La Casera | 254: 01: 59 h |
Web links
- Vuelta a España 1973 in the ProCyclingStats.com database