The 27th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 14 May 1972. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of , and was won by José Manuel Fuente of the Kas–Kaskol cycling team. Fuente also won the mountains classification while Domingo Perurena won the points classification.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 27 April Fuengirola to Fuengirola Individual time trial 1 28 April Fuengirola to Cabra 2 29 April Cabra to Granada 3 30 April Granada to Almería 4 1 May Almería to Dehesa de Campoamor 5 2 May Dehesa de Campoamor to Gandia 6a 3 May Gandia to El Saler 6b El Saler to El Saler Team time trial 7 4 May Valencia to Vinaròs 8 5 May Vinaròs to Tarragona 9a 6 May Tarragona to Barcelona 9b Barcelona to Barcelona Individual time trial 10 7 May Barcelona to Banyoles 11 8 May Manresa to Zaragoza 12 9 May Zaragoza to Formigal 13 10 May Sangüesa to 14 11 May Eibar to Bilbao 15 12 May Bilbao to Torrelavega 16 13 May Torrelavega to Vitoria 17a 14 May Vitoria to San Sebastián 17b San Sebastián to San Sebastián Individual time trial Total
Results Final General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime 1 José Manuel Fuente Kas–Kaskol 82h 34' 14" 2 Miguel María Lasa Kas–Kaskol + 6' 34" 3 Agustín Tamames Werner + 7' 00" 4 Gonzalo Aja Barguin Karpy + 8' 07" 5 José Antonio Gonzalez Kas–Kaskol + 8' 08s 6 Domingo Perurena Tellechea Kas–Kaskol + 8' 23" 7 Jesús Manzaneque Kas–Kaskol + 8' 27" 8 José Pesarrodona Kas–Kaskol + 8' 38" 9 Désiré Letort Bic + 8' 42" 10 Bernard Labourdette Bic + 8' 54" 11 Andrés Oliva Sánchez La Casera-Pena Bahamontes 12 Vicente López Carril Kas–Kaskol 13 Eduardo Castelló Karpy 14 Ventura Díaz Arrey Werner 15 José Manuel Blanco Werner 16 José Luis Uribezubia Werner 17 Juan Zurano Jérez La Casera-Pena Bahamontes 18 Francisco Galdós Gauna Kas–Kaskol 19 Santiago Lazcano Labaca Kas–Kaskol 20 Eufronio Enrique Santos La Casera-Pena Bahamontes 21 Juan-Manuel Valls Karpy 22 José Luis Abilleira La Casera-Pena Bahamontes 23 Leif Mortensen Bic 24 Silvano Schiavon GBC-Sony 25 Antonio Menéndez Karpy
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