1979 Vuelta a España
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The 34th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 24 to May 13, 1979. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,373 km, and was won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Miko-Mercier cycling team. Alfons De Wolf won the points classification and Felipe Yanez won the mountains classification.
[edit] Results
[edit] Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Joop Zoetemelk |
Miko-Mercier | 94h 57' 03s |
| 2 |  Francisco Galdos |
Kas-Campagnolo | a 2' 43s |
| 3 | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Michel Pollentier |
Splendor-Euro Soap | a 3' 21s |
| 4 | [[Faustino Rupérez |
Moliner-Vereco | a 5' 51s |
| 5 | Lucien Van Impe |
Kas-Campagnolo | a 6' 30s |
| 6 | Pedro Torres |
Transmallorca-Flavia | a 6' 49s |
| 7 | Felipe Yanez |
Novostil-Helios | a 7' 41s |
| 8 |  Christian Seznec |
Miko-Mercier | a 8' 03s |
| 9 | Fons De Wolf |
Boule d'Or-Lano | a 10' 01s |
| 10 | Julian Andiano |
Moliner-Vereco | a 10' 52s |
| 11 | Miguel Maria Lasa |
Moliner-Vereco | |
| 12 | Vincente Lopez |
Teka | |
| 13 | Raymond Martin |
Miko-Mercier | |
| 14 | Alberto Fernandez |
Moliner-Vereco | |
| 15 | Herman Beyssens |
Splendor-Euro Soap | |
| 16 | Manuel Esparza Sanz |
Teka | |
| 17 | Vincente Belda |
Transmallorca-Flavia | |
| 18 | José Pesarrodona |
Teka | |
| 19 | Angel Arroyo |
Moliner-Vereco | |
| 20 | Juan Pujol Pages |
Transmallorca-Flavia | |
| 21 | Ismael Lejarreta |
Novostil-Helios | |
| 22 | Carlos Melero |
Moliner-Vereco | |
| 23 | Bernardo Alfonsel |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 24 | Jesus Suarez |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 25 | Gonzalo Aja Barguin |
Novostil-Helios |
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