1972 Vuelta a España

1972 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates		27 April – 14 May
Stages		17
Distance		3,079.3 km (1,913 mi)
Winning time		82h 34' 14" (37.38 km/h or 23.23 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	José Manuel Fuente (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Second	Miguel Maria Lasa (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Third	Agustin Tamames (ESP)	(Werner)
	Points	Domingo Perurena (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Mountains	José Manuel Fuente (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Combination	José Manuel Fuente (ESP)	(Kas-Kaskol)
	Sprints	Ventura Díaz (ESP)	(Werner)

The 27th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 27 to May 14, 1972. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,079.3 km, and was won by José Manuel Fuente of the Kas-Kaskol cycling team.^[1] Fuente also won the mountains classification while Domingo Perurena won the points classification.

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	José Manuel Fuente	Kas-Kaskol	82h 34' 14s
2	Miguel Maria Lasa	Kas-Kaskol	a 6' 34s
3	Agustin Tamames	Werner	a 7' 00s
4	Gonzalo Aja Barguin	Karpy	a 8' 07s
5	José Antonio Gonzalez	Kas-Kaskol	a 8' 08s
6	Domingo Perurena Tellechea	Kas-Kaskol	a 8' 23s
7	Jesus Manzaneque	Kas-Kaskol	a 8' 27s
8	José Pesarrodona	Kas-Kaskol	a 8' 38s
9	Désiré Letort	Bic	a 8' 42s
10	Bernard Labourdette	Bic	a 8' 54s
11	Andres Oliva Sanchez	La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
12	Vicente López Carril	Kas-Kaskol
13	Eduardo Castilla	Karpy
14	Ventura Diaz Arrey	Werner
15	José Manuel Blanco	Werner
16	José Luis Uribezubia	Werner
17	Juan Zurano Jerez	La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
18	Francisco Galdos 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 Menendez	Karpy

References

1. "General Information 1972". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 2008-03-22.

External links

• La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)