The 1981 Vuelta a España was the 36th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Santander, with a prologue individual time trial on 21 April, and Stage 9 occurred on 30 April with a stage to Murcia. The race finished in Madrid on 10 May.
Prologue 21 April 1981 — Santander to Santander, (ITT)
Prologue result and general classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 15" 4 + 17" 5 + 21" 6 + 22" 7 + 23" 8 + 24" 9 s.t. 10 + 25"
Stage 1 22 April 1981 — Santander to Avilés,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 15" 4 + 17" 5 + 21" 6 s.t. 7 + 23" 8 s.t. 9 + 24" 10 + 25"
Stage 2 23 April 1981 — Avilés to León,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 17" 4 + 22" 5 + 24" 6 s.t. 7 + 25" 8 + 26" 9 + 27" 10 + 30"
Stage 3 24 April 1981 — León to Salamanca,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 17" 4 + 22" 5 + 24" 6 s.t. 7 + 25" 8 + 26" 9 + 28" 10 + 30"
Stage 4 25 April 1981 — Salamanca to Cáceres,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Manzaneque s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 17" 4 + 22" 5 + 24" 6 s.t. 7 + 25" 8 s.t. 9 + 26" 10 + 27"
Stage 5 26 April 1981 — Cáceres to Mérida,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2' 40" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Manzaneque s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 17" 4 + 22" 5 + 24" 6 + 25" 7 s.t. 8 + 26" 9 + 28" 10 + 32"
Stage 6 27 April 1981 — Mérida to Seville,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 17"
Stage 7 28 April 1981 — Écija to Jaén,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Manzaneque s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 17" 4 + 22" 5 + 24" 6 + 25" 7 s.t. 8 + 26" 9 + 28" 10 + 32"
Stage 8a 29 April 1981 — Jaén to Granada,
Stage 8a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Manzaneque 2 + 1' 49" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 8a Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 17"
Stage 8b 29 April 1981 — Granada to Sierra Nevada, (ITT)
Stage 8b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 43" 3 + 53" 4 + 2' 20" 5 + 2' 34" 6 + 3' 03" 7 + 3' 11" 8 + 3' 37" 9 + 3' 55" 10 + 4' 09"General classification after Stage 8b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 48" 3 + 51" 4 + 2' 46" 5 + 3' 02" 6 + 3' 08" 7 + 3' 38" 8 + 3' 48" 9 + 4' 15" 10 + 4' 17"
Stage 9 30 April 1981 — Baza to Murcia,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 43" 3 + 52" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 51" 3 + 1' 31" 4 + 2' 46" 5 + 3' 02" 6 + 3' 08" 7 + 3' 38" 8 + 4' 15" 9 + 4' 41" 10 + 5' 10"
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