1971 Vuelta a España
The 26th Vuelta a España, a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 16 May 1971. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of, and was won by Ferdinand Bracke of the Peugeot cycling team. Joop Zoetemelk won the mountains classification while Cyrille Guimard won the points classification.
After the final stage, Wim Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.
Teams and riders
Route
Results
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ferdinand Bracke | Peugeot-BP-Michelin | 73h 50' 05" |
| 2 | Wilfried David | Peugeot-BP-Michelin | + 59" |
| 3 | Luis Ocaña | Bic | + 1' 51" |
| 4 | Miguel Maria Lasa | Orbea | + 2' 18" |
| 5 | Manuel Galera Magdelano | Karpy | + 2' 37" |
| 6 | Joop Zoetemelk | Mars-Flandria | + 2' 48" |
| 7 | Agustin Tamames | Werner | + 5' 15" |
| 8 | Antonio Martos Aguilar | Werner | + 5' 45" |
| 9 | Raymond Poulidor | Fagor-Mercier | + 6' 01" |
| 10 | Luis Balague Carreno | Werner | + 6' 17" |
| 11 | Edy Schutz | Mars-Flandria | |
| 12 | Cyrille Guimard | Fagor-Mercier | |
| 13 | Eufronio Enrique Santos | La Casera | |
| 14 | Antonio Menendez | La Casera | |
| 15 | Wim Schepers | Goudsmit | |
| 16 | Domingo Perurena Tellechea | Kas-Kaskol | |
| 17 | Bernard Labourdette | Bic | |
| 18 | Ventura Diaz Arrey | Werner | |
| 19 | Gonzalo Aja Barguin | Karpy | |
| 20 | Rolf Wolfshohl | Fagor-Mercier | |
| 21 | Antonio Gomez Del Moral | Karpy | |
| 22 | Andres Oliva Sanchez | La Casera | |
| 23 | Eduardo Castello Villanova | Karpy | |
| 24 | José Gómez | Werner | |
| 25 | José-Luis Abilleira | La Casera |