1989 1989 Vuelta a España The 44th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 24 to May 15, 1989. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3656 km, and was won by Pedro Delgado of the Reynolds cycling team.Pedro Delgado had won the previous Tour de France... << Vuelta a España 1990 >> 1991 1991 Vuelta a España The 46th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 29 to May 19, 1991. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of 3215 km, and was won by Melchor Mauri of the ONCE cycling team.Miguel Induráin, Laudelino Cubino and Anselmo Fuerte...
Classifications	21 stages, 3711 km
General	Marco Giovannetti Marco Giovannetti Marco Giovannetti is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist who won the Vuelta a España in 1990. He has also won stages at the Tour de Suisse and the Giro d'Italia.... 94:36:40h
Points	Uwe Raab 173 p.
Mountains	José Martín Farfán José Martín Farfán José Martín Farfán Pulido is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1988 to 1995. He was nicknamed Farfantastico during his career.-Career:198819891990... 123 p.
Teams	Team ONCE 283:48:32h

The 45th 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 24 to May 15, 1990. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3711 km, and was won by Marco Giovannetti

Marco Giovannetti

Marco Giovannetti is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist who won the Vuelta a España in 1990. He has also won stages at the Tour de Suisse and the Giro d'Italia....

 of the Seur 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...

.

Defending champion 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....

 was the principal favourite for the win of the race. Delgado was joined by a strong Banesto team that included Miguel Induráin

Miguel Indurain

Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He won five consecutive Tour de Frances from 1991 and 1995, the first to do so, and the fourth athlete to win five times. He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of only seven people in history to achieve the Giro Tour...

 and Julian Gorospe. The other Spanish favourites included 1986 winner

1986 Vuelta a España

The 41st Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 22 to May 13, 1986. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3,666 km, and was won by Álvaro Pino of the Zor cycling team....

  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...

 as well as Anselmo Fuerte and 1982 winner

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...

 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...

. Of the potential foreign winners were the strong Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

ns which included Fabio Parra

Fabio Parra

Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in Colombia, winning the Novatos classification for new riders or riders riding their first edition of the race, and finishing 14th in the 1979 Vuelta a Colombia and then the General...

 and Lucho Herrera.

Pello Ruiz Cabestany

Pello Ruiz Cabestany

Pello Ruiz Cabestany is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.- Palmarès :198019841985...

 won the prologue and took the first leader’s jersey. The following day a breakaway got away and Viktor Klimov took the jersey. On the sixth stage a break won the day and took an advantage of over four minutes. Gorospe took the leader’s jersey. However on the tenth stage, Gorospe had a bad day and lost the jersey to Marco Giovannetti

Marco Giovannetti

Marco Giovannetti is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist who won the Vuelta a España in 1990. He has also won stages at the Tour de Suisse and the Giro d'Italia....

 who had been second on the general classification and had been in the break that gained the time on the favourites. Delgado tried to close the gap to Giovannetti over the remainder of the race but could not. Giovannetti won his first and only grand tour ahead of Delgado and Anselmo Fuerte.

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Marco Giovannetti Marco Giovannetti Marco Giovannetti is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist who won the Vuelta a España in 1990. He has also won stages at the Tour de Suisse and the Giro d'Italia....	Seur	94h 36' 40s
2	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....	Banesto	a 1' 28s
3	Anselmo Fuerte	ONCE	a 1' 48s
4	Pello Ruiz Cabestany Pello Ruiz Cabestany Pello Ruiz Cabestany is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist.- Palmarès :198019841985...	ONCE	a 2' 16s
5	Fabio Parra Fabio Parra Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in Colombia, winning the Novatos classification for new riders or riders riding their first edition of the race, and finishing 14th in the 1979 Vuelta a Colombia and then the General...	Kelme-Ibexpress	a 3' 07s
6	Federico Echave Federico Echave Federico Echave Musatadi is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the prestigious stage up to Alpe d'Huez in 1987 Tour de France.- Major results :1982 - Teka1983 - Teka1984 - Teka1985 - Teka...	CLAS-Cajastur	a 3' 52s
7	Miguel Induráin Miguel Indurain Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He won five consecutive Tour de Frances from 1991 and 1995, the first to do so, and the fourth athlete to win five times. He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of only seven people in history to achieve the Giro Tour...	Banesto	a 6' 22s
8	Ivan Ivanov	Alfa Lum	a 6' 48s
9	Uwe Ampler Uwe Ampler Uwe Ampler is a retired track and road cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Jan Schur, Mario Kummer, and Maik Landsmann. His father, Klaus Ampler, was...	PDM-Concorde PDM (cycling team) PDM-Concorde also PDM-Ultima was a Dutch professional cycling team from 1986 until the end of 1992. Gin-MG was co-sponsor in Spanish races and Cidona was co-sponsor in the 1991 Nissan Classic. The team was sponsored by Philips Dupont Magnetics, a joint venture between the electronics company,...	a 7' 15s
10	Denis Roux	Toshiba La Vie Claire La Vie Claire was a professional road bicycle racing team named after its chief sponsor La vie Claire, a chain of health food stores.-History:The La Vie Claire team was created in 1984 by Bernard Tapie and directed by Paul Koechli...	a 7' 56s
11	José Martín Farfán José Martín Farfán José Martín Farfán Pulido is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1988 to 1995. He was nicknamed Farfantastico during his career.-Career:198819891990...	Kelme-Ibexpress
12	Luis Herrera Luis Herrera Luis Alberto "Lucho" Herrera Herrera known as "el jardinerito" is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist...	Café de Colombia Café de Colombia Café de Colombia was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing Cycling team active from 1985 to 1990. The team was sponsored by the Colombian coffee growers Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia....
13	Carlos Jaramillo Carlos Jaramillo Carlos María Jaramillo Mesa is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1985 to 1996. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics...	Postóbon Postóbon (cycling team) Postobón was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing cycling team active from 1986 to 1996. The team was sponsored by the Colombian beverage manufacturers Postobón...
14	Ignacio Gaston Crespo	Clas-Cajastur
15	José Francisco Rodríguez	Pony Malta-Avianca
16	Tony Rominger Tony Rominger Tony Rominger is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist who won the Vuelta a España in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and the Giro d'Italia in 1995.He began cycling late, allegedly spurred by competition with his brother...	Chateaux d'Ax
17	Alvaro Mejia	Postóbon Postóbon (cycling team) Postobón was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing cycling team active from 1986 to 1996. The team was sponsored by the Colombian beverage manufacturers Postobón...
18	Jesus Montoya Alarcon	BH-Amaya
19	Álvaro Sierra Álvaro Sierra Álvaro Sierra Peña is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199019911993 19941995...	Café de Colombia Café de Colombia Café de Colombia was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing Cycling team active from 1985 to 1990. The team was sponsored by the Colombian coffee growers Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia....
20	Jon Unzaga Bombin	Seur
21	Julian Gorospe Artabe	Banesto
22	Luis Camargo	Café de Colombia Café de Colombia Café de Colombia was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing Cycling team active from 1985 to 1990. The team was sponsored by the Colombian coffee growers Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia....
23	José Luis Laguia	Lotus-Festina Festina cycling team Festina is a former professional cycling team that was active in the professional peloton from 1989 to 2001. The team was sponsored by the watch manufacturers Festina Lotus AV.-Beginnings:...
24	Pablo Wilches	Pony Malta-Avianca
25	Gerardo Moncada Gerardo Moncada Gerardo Moncada Guiza is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1986 to 1994.-Career:198119891990...	Postóbon Postóbon (cycling team) Postobón was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing cycling team active from 1986 to 1996. The team was sponsored by the Colombian beverage manufacturers Postobón...

External links

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