1978 Vuelta a España explained

The 33rd Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 25 April to 14 May 1978. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 2995km (1,861miles), and was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault–Elf–Gitane cycling team. Ferdi Van Den Haute won the points classification and Andrés Oliva won the mountains classification.

Teams and riders

See main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1978 Vuelta a España.

Route

List of stages^{[1] [2]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	25 April	Gijón – Gijón	8.6km (05.3miles)		Individual time trial
1	26 April	Gijón – Gijón	144km (89miles)
2	27 April	Gijón – Cangas de Onís	94km (58miles)
3	28 April	Cangas de Onís – León	187km (116miles)
4	29 April	León – Valladolid	171km (106miles)
5	30 April	Valladolid – Ávila	136km (85miles)
6	1 May	Torrelaguna – Torrejón de Ardoz	46km (29miles)
7	2 May	Torrejón de Ardoz – Cuenca	160km (100miles)
8	3 May	Cuenca – Benicàssim	249km (155miles)
9	4 May	Benicàssim – Tortosa	156km (97miles)
10	5 May	Tortosa – Calafell	201km (125miles)
11a	6 May	Calafell – Barcelona	67km (42miles)
11b	6 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	3.8km (02.4miles)		Individual time trial
12	7 May	Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) – (Santa Margarida de Montbui)	205km (127miles)
13	8 May	Igualada – Jaca	243km (151miles)
14	9 May	Jaca – Logroño	219km (136miles)
15	10 May	Logroño – Miranda de Ebro	131km (81miles)
16	11 May	Miranda de Ebro –	208km (129miles)
17	12 May	Ampuero – Bilbao	123km (76miles)
18	13 May	Bilbao – Amurrio	154km (96miles)
19a	14 May	Amurrio – San Sebastián	84km (52miles)
19b	14 May	San Sebastián – San Sebastián			Individual time trial	Annulled
	Total		2995km (1,861miles)

Results

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[3]

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1			85h 24' 14"
2			+ 3' 02"
3			+ 3' 47"
4		Teka	+ 4' 23"
5		Marc–Zeepcentrale	+ 4' 28"
6		Marc–Zeepcentrale	+ 5' 52"
7			+ 6' 12"
8			+ 6' 53"
9		Novostil–Helios	+ 10' 12"
10			+ 13' 57"

Final general classification (11–25)
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11		Teka
12
13		Teka
14		Teka
15
16		Novostil–Helios
17
18		Teka
19		Novostil–Helios
20		Teka
21		Transmallorca–Gios
22
23		Teka
24		Teka
25

Points classification

Final points classification (1–9)

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1		Marc–Zeepcentrale	210
2			157
3			130
4		Teka	113
5		Marc–Zeepcentrale	108
6		Teka	92
7		Marc–Zeepcentrale	70
8			70
9		Transmallorca	69

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–5)

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1		Teka	112
2			81
3			60
4		Novostil–Helios	48
5		Teka	44

Team classification

Final team classification (1–9)!Rank!Team!Time

1	Kas	255h 41' 01"
2	Teka	+ 5' 52"
3	Renault	+ 10' 07"
4	Novostil–Helios	+ 35' 44"
5	Transmallorca	+ 1h 03' 05"
6	Superia	+ 1h 11' 16"
7	Italia	+ 1h 37' 52"
8	Safir	+ 2h 41' 03"
9	Splendor	+ 3h 24' 27"

Intermediate sprints classification

Final intermediate sprints classification (1–5)

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1			31
2		Teka	11
3			7
4		Novostil–Helios	6
5			5

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1978 » 33rd Vuelta a Espana. Procyclingstats. 29 July 2018.
2. Web site: 33ème Vuelta a España 1978. Memoire du cyclisme. fr. https://web.archive.org/web/20041025143507/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde1978.php. 25 October 2004.
3. News: Clasificaciones oficiales. es. El Mundo Deportivo. 15 May 1978. 27 December 2013.