1982 1982 Vuelta a España The 37th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 20 to May 9, 1982. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3456 km, and was won by Marino Lejarreta of the Teka cycling team.The Reynolds team controlled the race after team... << Vuelta a España 1983 >> 1984 1984 Vuelta a España The 39th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 17 to May 6, 1984. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,593 km, and was won by Éric Caritoux of the Skil-Sem cycling team...
Classifications	19 stages, 3398 km
General	Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault is a former French cyclist known for five victories in the Tour de France. He is one of only five cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and the only cyclist to have won each more than once. He won the Tour de France in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985... 94:28:26 h
Points	Marino Lejarreta Marino Lejarreta Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of the Clásica de San Sebastián , which is now considered a one-day classic... 188 p.
Mountains	José Luis Laguía José Luis Laguía José Luis Laguía Martínez is a retired Spanish cyclist. A climber, he won a record five mountains classifications at the Vuelta a España during his career.-References:* at Cycling Archives**... 123 p.
Teams	Zor 283:05:31 h

The 38th Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...

(Tour of Spain

Spain

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), a long-distance bicycle

Bicycle racing

Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...

 stage

Stage (bicycle race)

In sports, a stage, or leg, or heat, is a unit of a race which has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a...

 race and one of the 3 grand tours

Grand Tour (cycling)

In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...

, was held from April 19 to May 8, 1983. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3398 km, and was won by Bernard Hinault

Bernard Hinault

Bernard Hinault is a former French cyclist known for five victories in the Tour de France. He is one of only five cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and the only cyclist to have won each more than once. He won the Tour de France in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985...

 of the Renault-Elf-Gitane

Renault-Elf-Gitane

Renault-Elf-Gitane was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1978 to 1985 and which cycled on and promoted Gitane racing bikes.-History:...

 cycling team

Cycling team

A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...

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The foreign favourites for the race included Bernard Hinault

Bernard Hinault

Bernard Hinault is a former French cyclist known for five victories in the Tour de France. He is one of only five cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and the only cyclist to have won each more than once. He won the Tour de France in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985...

 who had won the Vuelta once before in 1978

1978 Vuelta a España

The 33rd Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 25 to May 14, 1978. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2,995 km, and was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault-Elf-Gitane cycling team...

 and World Champion Giuseppe Saronni

Giuseppe Saronni

Giuseppe Saronni , also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist.-Biography:Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races...

. The Spanish favourites for the race included the de facto defending champion Marino Lejarreta

Marino Lejarreta

Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of the Clásica de San Sebastián , which is now considered a one-day classic...

, Julián Gorospe

Julián Gorospe

Julián Gorospe Artabe is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He was also the directeur sportif of Euskaltel-Euskadi between 1998 and 2006.- Palmarès :19771981...

 and Alberto Fernández

Alberto Fernández (cyclist)

Alberto Fernández Blanco was a Spanish road racing cyclist. His son Alberto Fernández Sainz is also a road racing cyclist....

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Hinault took the leadership of the race after the fifth stage only to lose it the following day to Lejarreta. Lejarreta then won the stage 8 38 kilometre mountain time trial and increased his lead over Hinault. On the stage from Zaragoza to Soria that was won by Saronni, Lejarreta had a fall and lost the jersey to Gorospe. Fernández took the leadership the following day. Lejarreta came back and won the stage 13 to Lagos de Covadonga. However Fernández kept the leader’s jersey. On the following stage Álvaro Pino

Alvaro Pino

Álvaro Pino Couñago is a former professional road racing cyclist from Spain who raced between 1981 through 1991 and is most famous for winning the overall title at the 1986 Vuelta a España over favorites Robert Millar from Great Britain, Laurent Fignon from France and Sean Kelly from Ireland...

 took the jersey and wore it for two days. Hinault won the individual time trial but did not win by enough time to take the jersey which passed again to Gorospe. Two days later Hinault’s pace on the climb to Puerto de Serranillos was too hot for his opponents and he won the stage in Ávila and took back the leader’s jersey to win his second Vuelta and his eighth grand tour with Lejarreta second and Fernández in third. Due to the great battle that was waged in the race between Hinault and the Spanish riders the race as being described as the most spectacular edition of the race. However due to the nature of the battle which Hinault fought to win, he sustained a tendinitis injury that had previously affected his 1980 season and would be unable to ride the Tour de France

Tour de France

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

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Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault is a former French cyclist known for five victories in the Tour de France. He is one of only five cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and the only cyclist to have won each more than once. He won the Tour de France in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985...	Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1978 to 1985 and which cycled on and promoted Gitane racing bikes.-History:...	94h 28' 26s
2	Marino Lejarreta Marino Lejarreta Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of the Clásica de San Sebastián , which is now considered a one-day classic...	Alfa Lum-Olmo	a 1' 12s
3	Alberto Fernández Alberto Fernández (cyclist) Alberto Fernández Blanco was a Spanish road racing cyclist. His son Alberto Fernández Sainz is also a road racing cyclist....	Zor-Gemeaz	a 3' 58s
4	Alvaro Pino Alvaro Pino Álvaro Pino Couñago is a former professional road racing cyclist from Spain who raced between 1981 through 1991 and is most famous for winning the overall title at the 1986 Vuelta a España over favorites Robert Millar from Great Britain, Laurent Fignon from France and Sean Kelly from Ireland...	Zor-Gemeaz	a 5' 09s
5	Hennie Kuiper Hennie Kuiper Hennie Kuiper is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race champion in 1975, as well as winning four of the five “Monument” classics...	Jacky Aernoudt-Rossin	a 10' 26s
6	Eduardo Chozas Olmo	Zor-Gemeaz	a 11' 11s
7	Laurent Fignon Laurent Fignon Laurent Patrick Fignon was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won the Tour de France in 1983 and in 1984. He missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by 8 seconds, the closest margin ever to decide the tour. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1989, after having been the runner-up in 1984,...	Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1978 to 1985 and which cycled on and promoted Gitane racing bikes.-History:...	a 11' 27s
8	Pedro Munoz Rodriguez	Zor-Gemeaz	a 12' 25s
9	Vicente Belda Vicente Belda -External links:...	Kelme	a 13' 28s
10	Faustino Rupérez Faustino Ruperez Faustino Rupérez Rincón is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1979 and 1985...	Zor-Gemeaz	a 13' 36s
11	Guillermo De La Pena	Hueso-Motta
12	Julián Gorospe Julián Gorospe Julián Gorospe Artabe is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He was also the directeur sportif of Euskaltel-Euskadi between 1998 and 2006.- Palmarès :19771981...	Reynolds-Galli
13	Alain Vigneron	Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1978 to 1985 and which cycled on and promoted Gitane racing bikes.-History:...
14	Claudio Bortolotto	Del Tongo-Colnago
15	Pedro Delgado Pedro Delgado Pedro Delgado Robledo , also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, as well as the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989....	Reynolds-Galli
16	José Antonio Cabrero	Hueso-Motta
17	Faustino Cueli Arce	Teka
18	Leonardo Natale	Del Tongo-Colnago
19	Lucien Didier	Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1978 to 1985 and which cycled on and promoted Gitane racing bikes.-History:...
20	Angel De Las Heras	Kelme
21	Jesus Rodriguez Magro	Zor-Gemeaz
22	Jesus Hernandez Ubeda	Reynolds-Galli
23	Roberto Ceruti	Del Tongo-Colnago
24	José Luis Laguía José Luis Laguía José Luis Laguía Martínez is a retired Spanish cyclist. A climber, he won a record five mountains classifications at the Vuelta a España during his career.-References:* at Cycling Archives**...	Reynolds-Galli
25	Martial Gayant	Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane Renault-Elf-Gitane was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1978 to 1985 and which cycled on and promoted Gitane racing bikes.-History:...

External links

• La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)