Vuelta a España 1985
The 40th Vuelta a España was held in 20 sections and 3474 kilometers from April 23 to May 12, 1985 . Overall winner was the Spaniard Pedro Delgado , the mountain classification won José Luis Laguía , the points classification won Sean Kelly . Ronny Van Holen won the Meta Volantes classification , Jesús Suárez Cuevas in the Sprint Especiales classification , Fabio Parra in the junior classification and the ZOR-BH in the team classification .
At the start of the penultimate stage, the eventual winner Delgado was still six minutes behind the Scottish climber Robert Millar . Delgado attacked together with the strong rouleur José Recio . Millar's Peugeot team hesitated to pursue it and the captain de la route Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle declined the offer of help from Italian teams. Recio won the stage and Delgado took the overall lead.
Stages
Final results
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95:58:00 h |
| Second |
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+ 0:36 min |
| Third |
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+ 0:46 min |
| Fourth |
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+ 1:51 min |
| fifth |
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+ 3:40 min |
| Sixth |
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+ 6:08 min |
| seventh |
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+ 6:36 min |
| Eighth |
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+ 7:41 min |
| Ninth |
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+ 7:52 min |
| Tenth |
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+ 8:56 min |
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223 P. |
| Second |
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132 P. |
| Third |
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100 p. |
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85 p. |
| Second |
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69 P. |
| Third |
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64 P. |
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43 P. |
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96:01:40 h |
| Team evaluation |
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287: 57: 06 h |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbie Sykes: Geschacher on Wheels . In: Procycling , German edition . February, 2017, p. 80 ff. (82) .
Web links
- Vuelta a España 1985 in the database of Radsportseiten.net