The 26th Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance

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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

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of the

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Joop Zoetemelk Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in T ...

won the mountains classification while

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won the points classification. After the final stage,

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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

References

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