The 31st Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
), a long-distance
bicycle stage
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race and one of the three
grand tours
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in ...
, was held from 27 April to 16 May 1976. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of , and was won by
José Pesarrodona of the
Kas-Campagnolo cycling team. Andres Oliva won the mountains classification while
Dietrich Thurau
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won the points classification.
Teams and riders
Route
Doping cases
When Belgian cyclist
Eric Jacques finished in second place in the eighth stage, he became the new leader. Later, it became known that he tested positive for doping after that stage, and he received a penalty of ten minutes.
Previously,
Günter Haritz
Günter Haritz (born 16 October 1948) is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, and Udo ...
had been penalized for the same offence, and had left the race.
Results
Final General Classification
References
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