1977 Vuelta a España

1977 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	26 April – 15 May
Stages	19 stages + Prologue, including 1 split stages
Distance	2,785 km (1,731 mi)
Winning time	78h 54' 36"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Sprints
	Team
	← 1976 1978 →

Last updated January 26, 2024

The 32nd Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 April to 15 May 1977. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2,785 km (1,731 mi), and was won by Freddy Maertens of the Flandria cycling team. While Maertens dominated the race he won the General Classification by less than 3:00. The domination was from his record shattering 13 stages wins including the first and the last. He also won the points classification. Pedro Torres won the mountains classification.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages^[4]^[5]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
P	26 April	Dehesa de Campoamor – Dehesa de Campoamor	8 km (5 mi)	Individual time trial	Freddy Maertens (BEL)
1	27 April	Dehesa de Campoamor – La Manga	115 km (71 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
2	28 April	La Manga – Murcia	161 km (100 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
3	29 April	Murcia – Benidorm	200 km (124 mi)		Fedor den Hertog (NED)
4	30 April	Benidorm – Benidorm	8.3 km (5 mi)	Individual time trial	Michel Pollentier (BEL)
5	1 May	Benidorm – El Saler	159 km (99 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
6	2 May	Valencia – Teruel	170 km (106 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
7	3 May	Teruel – Alcalà de Xivert	204 km (127 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
8	4 May	Alcalà de Xivert – Tortosa	141 km (88 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
9	5 May	Tortosa – Salou	144 km (89 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
10	6 May	Salou – Barcelona	144 km (89 mi)		Cees Priem (NED)
11a	7 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	3.8 km (2 mi)	Individual time trial	Freddy Maertens (BEL)
11b	7 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	45 km (28 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
12	8 May	Barcelona – La Tossa de Montbui [ ca ] (Santa Margarida de Montbui)	198 km (123 mi)		Giuseppe Perletto (ITA)
13	9 May	Igualada – La Seu d'Urgell	135 km (84 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
14	10 May	La Seu d'Urgell – Monzón	200 km (124 mi)		Carlos Melero (ESP)
15	11 May	Monzón – Formigal	166 km (103 mi)		Pedro Torres (ESP)
16	12 May	Formigal – Cordovilla	170 km (106 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
17	13 May	Cordovilla – Bilbao	183 km (114 mi)		Luis Alberto Ordiales (ESP)
18	14 May	Bilbao – Urkiola	126 km (78 mi)		José Nazabal (ESP)
19	15 May	Durango – Miranda de Ebro	104 km (65 mi)		Freddy Maertens (BEL)
	Total		2,785 km (1,731 mi)

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage^[6]
Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Intermediate sprints classification
P	Freddy Maertens	Freddy Maertens	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
1	Freddy Maertens		Freddy Maertens	Pedro Torres	Ferdi Van Den Haute
2	Freddy Maertens			Pedro Torres	Freddy Maertens
3	Fedor den Hertog			Andrés Oliva	Geert Malfait
4	Michel Pollentier			Pedro Torres
5	Freddy Maertens			Pedro Torres
6	Freddy Maertens			Andrés Oliva
7	Freddy Maertens				Daniele Tinchella
8	Freddy Maertens
9	Freddy Maertens			Pedro Torres
10	Cees Priem			Andrés Oliva
11a	Freddy Maertens
11b	Freddy Maertens
12	Giuseppe Perletto			Pedro Torres
13	Freddy Maertens
14	Carlos Melero
15	Pedro Torres
16	Freddy Maertens
17	Luis Alberto Ordiales
18	José Nazabal
19	Freddy Maertens				Freddy Maertens
Final		Freddy Maertens	Freddy Maertens	Pedro Torres	Freddy Maertens

Results

The 1977 Vuelta a España had several classifications. The most important classification was the general classification; this was won by Freddy Maertens.

Final general classification^[1]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Freddy Maertens	Flandria–Velda–Latina Assicurazioni	78h 54' 36"
2	Miguel María Lasa	Teka	+ 2' 51"
3	Klaus-Peter Thaler	Teka	+ 3' 23"
4	Domingo Perurena	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 4' 45"
5	José Viejo	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 5' 14"
6	Michel Pollentier	Flandria–Velda–Latina Assicurazioni	+ 5' 35"
7	Gary Clively	Magniflex–Torpado	+ 7' 06"
8	José Pesarrodona	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 9' 32"
9	Pedro Torres	Teka	+ 10' 29"
10	José Antonio González	Kas–Campagnolo	+ 11' 18"
11	Agustín Tamames	Teka
12	José Manuel García	Novostil–Transmallorca
13	Fernando Mendes	Teka
14	Ludo Loos	Ebo–Superia
15	Joaquim Agostinho	Teka
16	Ismael Lejarreta	Kas–Campagnolo
17	Andrés Oliva	Kas–Campagnolo
18	Rafael Ladrón	Kas–Campagnolo
19	Eulalio García	Kas–Campagnolo
20	Carlos Ocaña	Kas–Campagnolo
21	José Nazabal	Kas–Campagnolo
22	Luis Ocaña	Frisol–Thirion–Gazelle
23	Carlos Melero	Teka
24	Javier Elorriaga	Teka
25	Giuseppe Perletto	Magniflex–Torpado

Additionally, there were the points classification (also won by Maertens), the mountains classification won by Pedro Torres, and the intermediate sprints classification also won by Maertens. To be eligible for these secondary classifications, a rider had to finish in the top 25 of the general classification; this was relevant for the intermediate sprints classification, where Daniele Tinchella and Benny Schepmans had more points than Maertens, but did not finish in the top 25.

There was also an award for the best Spanish rider in the general classification, won by Miguel María Lasa, and a team classification won by Teka.^[7]

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References

1 2 "Clasificaciones Oficiales" [Official Classifications](PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1977. p. 37. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
↑ "Mañana comienza la Vuelta-77" [The Vuelta-77 begins tomorrow](PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 April 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
↑ "Mañana comienza la Vuelta-77" [The Vuelta-77 begins tomorrow](PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 April 1977. p. 27. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
↑ "1977 » 32nd Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
↑ "32ème Vuelta a España 1977". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
↑ van den Akker, Pieter. "Informatie over de Vuelta a España van 1977". TourdeFranceStatistieken.nl.
↑ "Clasificaciones oficiales". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1977.

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[EMD-160577-37-1] 1 2 "Clasificaciones Oficiales" [Official Classifications](PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1977. p. 37. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[2] "Mañana comienza la Vuelta-77" [The Vuelta-77 begins tomorrow](PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 April 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[3] "Mañana comienza la Vuelta-77" [The Vuelta-77 begins tomorrow](PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 April 1977. p. 27. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[4] "1977 » 32nd Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[Mdc-VdE1977-5] "32ème Vuelta a España 1977". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.

[6] van den Akker, Pieter. "Informatie over de Vuelta a España van 1977". TourdeFranceStatistieken.nl.

[7] "Clasificaciones oficiales". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 May 1977.

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