1980 Vuelta a España


The 35th Vuelta a España, a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 22 April to 11 May 1980. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of, and was won by Faustino Rupérez of the Zor cycling team.
Roberto Visentini won the prologue of the race and kept the leader's jersey for the first five days of the race. Sean Kelly finished second in the prologue and won the next two stages but did not get to wear the leader's jersey. On the first mountain stage, Faustino Rupérez came solo to the finish and took the leader's jersey which he kept until the end of the race. Pedro Torres put in an attack on the penultimate stage on the climb to Puerto de la Morcuera. However Rupérez together with Miguel Mari Lasa bridged up to Torres half way to Alto de Cotos and the leader's jersey was safe. Rupérez won the race ahead of Torres and Claude Criquielion. Criquielion's Splendor teammate Kelly won five stages of the race, the points jersey and finished fourth overall. Marino Lejarreta finished the race fifth overall. Juan Fernández won the Mountains competition.

Teams and riders

Route

Results

Final General Classification

RankRiderTeamTime
1 Faustino RupérezZor-Vereco 88h 23' 21"
2 Pedro TorresKelme-Gios + 2' 15"
3 Claude CriquielionSplendor-Admiral + 3' 00"
4 Sean KellySplendor-Admiral + 3' 31"
5 Marino LejarretaTeka + 4' 32"
6 Guido Van CalsterSplendor-Admiral + 4' 44"
7 Johan De MuynckSplendor-Admiral + 4' 58"
8 Francisco GaldósKelme-Gios + 5' 00"
9 Miguel María LasaZor-Vereco + 5' 25"
10 Vicente BeldaKelme-Gios + 6' 41"
11 Manuel Esparza SanzTeka
12 Faustino FernandezHenninger-Aquila Rossa
13 Jos BorguetSplendor-Admiral
14 Bernard ThévenetTeka
15 Roberto VisentiniSan Giacomo-Benotto
16 Juan Fernández MartínZor-Vereco
17 Ángel ArroyoZor-Vereco
18 Pedro VilardeboFlavia-Gios
19 Francisco CodonyManzaneque-Alan
20 Antonio GonzalezColchon C.R.
21 José-Luis LaguiaReynolds-Benotto
22 José Enrique CimaHenninger-Aquila Rossa
23 Ricardo Zuniga XarrascoManzaneque-Alan
24 Juan Pujol PagesKelme-Gios
25 Peter ZijerveldHB Alarmsystemen