Vuelta a España 1979

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The cycle race for the 34th Vuelta a España was held in 23 sections and 3,373.6 kilometers from April 24 to May 13, 1979 . The winner was the Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk , the mountain classification won Felipe Yáñez , the points classification won Alfons De Wolf . The Meta Volantes classification was won by Roger De Cnijf and Team KAS in the team classification .

Stages

stage from to km winner Yellow jersey Maillot amarillo
prolog Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera 6.3 ( EZF ) NetherlandsNetherlands Joop Zoetemelk NetherlandsNetherlands Joop Zoetemelk
1 Jerez de la Frontera Seville 156 IrelandIreland Sean Kelly
2 Seville Cordoba 188 BelgiumBelgium Alfons De Wolf
3 Cordoba Sierra Nevada 190 Spain 1977Spain Felipe Yáñez
4th Granada Puerto Lumbreras 222 BelgiumBelgium Roger De Cnijf
5 Puerto Lumbreras Murcia 139 Spain 1977Spain Juan Argudo
6th Murcia Alcoi 171 FranceFrance Christian Levavasseur FranceFrance Christian Levavasseur
7th Alcoi Sedaví 173 BelgiumBelgium Alfons De Wolf
8A Sedaví Benicàssim 145 IrelandIreland Sean Kelly
8B Benicàssim Benicàssim 11.8 (EZF) NetherlandsNetherlands Joop Zoetemelk
9 Benicàssim Reus 193 BelgiumBelgium Alfons De Wolf
10 Reus Zaragoza 230 BelgiumBelgium Noël Dejonckheere
11 Zaragoza Pamplona 183 BelgiumBelgium Noël Dejonckheere
12 Pamplona Logroño 149 BelgiumBelgium Frans Van Vlierberghe
13 Haro Peña Cabarga 180 Spain 1977Spain Ángel López del Álamo NetherlandsNetherlands Joop Zoetemelk
14th Torrelavega Gijón 178 Spain 1977Spain Bernardo Alfonsel
15th Gijón Leon 156 BelgiumBelgium Lucien Van Impe
16A Leon Valladolid 134 NetherlandsNetherlands Adri van Houwelingen
16B Valladolid Valladolid 22 (EZF) BelgiumBelgium Alfons De Wolf
17th Valladolid Ávila 204 Spain 1977Spain Francisco Albelda
18A Ávila Colmenar Viejo 155 Spain 1977Spain Miguel María Lasa
18B Colmenar Viejo Azuqueca de Henares 104 NetherlandsNetherlands Cees Bal
19th Madrid Madrid 84 BelgiumBelgium Alfons De Wolf

Final results

The winner Joop Zoetemelk
Maillot amarillo winner NetherlandsNetherlands Joop Zoetemelk 94:57:03 h
Second Spain 1977Spain Francisco Galdós + 2:43 min
Third BelgiumBelgium Michel Pollentier + 3:21 min
Fourth Spain 1977Spain Faustino Rupérez + 5:51 min
fifth BelgiumBelgium Lucien Van Impe + 6:30 min
Sixth Spain 1977Spain Pedro Torres Cruces + 6:49 min
seventh Spain 1977Spain Felipe Yáñez + 7:41 min
Eighth FranceFrance Christian Seznec + 8:03 min
Ninth BelgiumBelgium Alfons De Wolf + 10:01 min
Tenth Spain 1977Spain Julián Andiano + 10:52 min
Maillot azul Scoring BelgiumBelgium Alfons De Wolf 249 P.
Second BelgiumBelgium Noël Dejonckheere 173 P.
Third NetherlandsNetherlands Joop Zoetemelk 139 P.
Maillot verde Mountain scoring Spain 1977Spain Felipe Yáñez 96 P.
Second Spain 1977Spain Vicente Belda 65 p.
Third NetherlandsNetherlands Joop Zoetemelk 47 P.
Red jersey Meta flounces rating BelgiumBelgium Roger De Cnijf 63 P.
Team evaluation Spain 1977Spain CHEESE 284: 57: 15 h