Vuelta a España 1982

The 37th Vuelta a España was held in 22 sections and 3456 kilometers from April 20 to May 9, 1982 .

The overall winner was the Spaniard Marino Lejarreta , after the supposed winner, Ángel Arroyo , tested positive for methylphenidate (Ritalin) after the end of the Vuelta a España and was given a ten-minute penalty. As a result of this time penalty, Arroyo slipped to 13th place.

The mountain classification was won by José Luis Laguía , the points classification was won by Stefan Mutter . Benny Schepmans won the Meta Volantes classification , Marc Van Geel in the Sprint Especiales classification and Team Kelme in the team classification .

Stages

stage	from	to	km	winner	Maillot amarillo
prolog	Santiago de Compostela	Santiago de Compostela	6.7 ( EZF )	Marc Gomez	Marc Gomez
1A	Santiago de Compostela	A Coruña	97	Eddy Planckaert
1B	A Coruña	Lugo	97	Eddy Planckaert
2	Lugo	Gijón	240	Eddy Planckaert
3	Gijón	Santander	208	Eddy Planckaert
4th	Santander	Reinosa	196	Antonio Coll	Claude Criquielion
5	Reinosa	Logroño	230	Angel Camarillo
6th	Logroño	Zaragoza	190	José Luis Laguía
7th	Zaragoza	Sabiñánigo	146	Enrique Martínez-Heredia
8th	Sabiñánigo	Lleida	216	Jesús Hernández Úbeda
9	Artesa de Segre	Puigcerdà	182	José Luis Laguía
10	Puigcerdà	Sant Quirze del Vallès	181	Sven-Åke Nilsson	Ángel Arroyo
11	Sant Quirze del Vallès	Barcelona	143	José Luis Laguía
12	Salou	Nules	200	Eddy Planckaert
13	Nules	Antella	195	José Recio
14th	Antella	Albacete	153	Dominique Arnaud
15A	Albacete	Tomelloso	119	Eddy Vanhaerens
15B	Tomelloso	Campo de Criptana	35 (EZF)	Ángel Arroyo
16	Campo de Criptana	San Fernando de Henares	176	Willy Sprangers
17th	San Fernando de Henares	Navacerrada	178	Marino Lejarreta	Marino Lejarreta
18th	Palazuelos de Eresma	Palazuelos de Eresma	184	Juan Fernández Martín
19th	Madrid	Madrid	84	Eddy Vanhaerens

Final results

winner	Marino Lejarreta	95:47:23 h
Second	Michel Pollentier	+ 0:18 min
Third	Sven-Åke Nilsson	+ 1:17 min
Fourth	Faustino Rupérez	+ 2:14 min
fifth	José Luis Laguía	+ 2:37 min
Sixth	Pierre Raymond Villemiane	+ 2:43 min
seventh	Stefan's mother	+ 4:18 min
Eighth	Jaime Vilamajó	+ 4:19 min
Ninth	Marc Durant	+ 5:10 min
Tenth	Álvaro Pino	+ 5:53 min
Scoring	Stefan's mother	172 P.
Second	José Luis Laguía	133 P.
Third	Eddy Vanhaerens	128 P.
Mountain scoring	José Luis Laguía	90 p.
Second	Juan Fernández Martín	60 p.
Third	José Recio	53 P.
Meta flounces rating	Benny Schepmans	34 P.
Sprints Especiales classification	Marc Van Geel
Team evaluation	Kelme	287: 14: 05 h

Individual evidence

1. ↑ El País: Confirmado el "doping" de Arroyo, Lejarreta probable ganador de la Vuelta. In: elpais.com. May 13, 1982, accessed June 1, 2020 (Spanish).