The 32nd Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 April to 15 May 1977. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of , and was won by Freddy Maertens of the Flandria cycling team. While Maertens dominated the race he won the General Classification by less than 3:00. The domination was from his record shattering 13 stages wins including the first and the last. He also won the points classification. Pedro Torres won the mountains classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 26 April Dehesa de Campoamor to Dehesa de Campoamor Individual time trial 1 27 April Dehesa de Campoamor to La Manga 2 28 April La Manga to Murcia 3 29 April Murcia to Benidorm 4 30 April Benidorm to Benidorm Individual time trial 5 1 May Benidorm to El Saler 6 2 May Valencia to Teruel 7 3 May Teruel to Alcalà de Xivert 8 4 May Alcalà de Xivert to Tortosa 9 5 May Tortosa to Salou 10 6 May Salou to Barcelona 11a 7 May Barcelona to Barcelona Individual time trial 11b Barcelona to Barcelona 12 8 May Barcelona to (Santa Margarida de Montbui) 13 9 May Igualada to La Seu d'Urgell 14 10 May La Seu d'Urgell to Monzón 15 11 May Monzón to Formigal 16 12 May Formigal to Cordovilla 17 13 May Cordovilla to Bilbao 18 14 May Bilbao to Urkiola 19 15 May Durango to Miranda de Ebro Total
Classification leadership +Classification leadership by stage Stage WinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationIntermediate sprints classification P Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens not awarded not awarded not awarded 1 Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens Pedro Torres Ferdi Van Den Haute 2 Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens 3 Fedor den Hertog Andrés Oliva Geert Malfait 4 Michel Pollentier Pedro Torres 5 Freddy Maertens 6 Freddy Maertens Andrés Oliva 7 Freddy Maertens Daniele Tinchella 8 Freddy Maertens 9 Freddy Maertens Pedro Torres 10 Cees Priem Andrés Oliva 11a Freddy Maertens 11b Freddy Maertens 12 Giuseppe Perletto Pedro Torres 13 Freddy Maertens 14 Carlos Melero 15 Pedro Torres 16 Freddy Maertens 17 Luis Alberto Ordiales 18 José Nazabal 19 Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens Final Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens Pedro Torres Freddy Maertens
Results The 1977 Vuelta a España had several classifications. The most important classification was the general classification; this was won by Freddy Maertens.
+Final general classificationRankRiderTeamTime 1 Freddy Maertens 78h 54' 36" 2 Miguel María Lasa + 2' 51" 3 Klaus-Peter Thaler + 3' 23" 4 Domingo Perurena + 4' 45" 5 José Viejo + 5' 14" 6 Michel Pollentier + 5' 35" 7 Gary Clively + 7' 06" 8 José Pesarrodona + 9' 32" 9 Pedro Torres + 10' 29" 10 José Antonio González + 11' 18" 11 Agustín Tamames 12 José Manuel García Novostil–Transmallorca 13 Fernando Mendes 14 Ludo Loos Ebo–Superia 15 Joaquim Agostinho 16 Ismael Lejarreta 17 Andrés Oliva 18 Rafael Ladrón 19 Eulalio García 20 Carlos Ocaña 21 José Nazabal 22 Luis Ocaña 23 Carlos Melero 24 Javier Elorriaga 25 Giuseppe Perletto
Additionally, there were the points classification (also won by Maertens), the mountains classification won by Pedro Torres, and the intermediate sprints classification also won by Maertens. To be eligible for these secondary classifications, a rider had to finish in the top 25 of the general classification; this was relevant for the intermediate sprints classification, where Daniele Tinchella and Benny Schepmans had more points than Maertens, but did not finish in the top 25.
There was also an award for the best Spanish rider in the general classification, won by Miguel María Lasa, and a team classification won by Teka.
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