The 31st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 16 May 1976. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,340 km (2,080 mi), and was won by José Pesarrodona of the Kas-Campagnolo cycling team. Andres Oliva won the mountains classification while Dietrich Thurau won the points classification.
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| Dates | 27 April – 16 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 19 stages + Prologue, including 1 split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,340 km (2,075 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 93h 19′ 10″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| P | 27 April | Estepona – Estepona | 3.2 km (2 mi) |  |
Individual time trial |  Dietrich Thurau (FRG) |
| 1 | 28 April | Estepona – Estepona | 135 km (84 mi) |  José De Cauwer (BEL) |
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| 2 | 29 April | Estepona – Priego de Córdoba | 224 km (139 mi) |  Roger Gilson (LUX) |
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| 3 | 30 April | Priego de Córdoba – Jaén | 177 km (110 mi) |  Theo Smit (NED) |
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| 4 | 1 May | Jaén – Baza | 166 km (103 mi)| | Hennie Kuiper (NED) |
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| 5 | 2 May | Baza – Cartagena | 201 km (125 mi) | Theo Smit (NED) |
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| 6 | 3 May | Cartagena – Cartagena | 14 km (9 mi) | |
Individual time trial |  Joaquim Agostinho (POR) |
| 7 | 4 May | Cartagena – Murcia | 136 km (85 mi) | Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL) |
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| 8 | 5 May | Murcia – Almansa | 219 km (136 mi) | Georges Pintens (BEL) |
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| 9 | 6 May | Almansa – Nules | 208 km (129 mi) | Dietrich Thurau (FRG) |
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| 10 | 7 May | Castellón – Cambrils | 226 km (140 mi) |  José Antonio González (ESP) |
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| 11 | 8 May | Cambrils – Barcelona | 151 km (94 mi)| | Antonio Vallori (ESP) |
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| 12 | 9 May | Pamplona – Logroño | 168 km (104 mi) | Gerben Karstens (NED) |
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| 13 | 10 May | Logroño – Palencia | 209 km (130 mi) | Dirk Ongenae (BEL) |
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| 14 | 11 May | Paredes de Nava – Gijón | 249 km (155 mi) | Cees Priem (NED) |
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| 15 | 12 May | Gijón – Cangas de Onís | 141 km (88 mi) | Vicente López Carril (ESP) |
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| 16 | 13 May | Cangas de Onís – Reinosa | 156 km (97 mi) | Dietrich Thurau (FRG) |
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| 17 | 14 May | Reinosa – Bilbao | 183 km (114 mi) | Arthur Van De Vijver (BEL) |
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| 18 | 15 May | Galdácano – Santuario de Oro (Zuia) | 204 km (127 mi) | Dietrich Thurau (FRG) |
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| 19a | 16 May | Murgia (Zuia) – San Sebastián | 139 km (86 mi) | Dirk Ongenae (BEL) |
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| 19b | 17 May | San Sebastián – San Sebastián | 31.7 km (20 mi) | |
Individual time trial | Dietrich Thurau (FRG) |
| Total | 3,340 km (2,075 mi) | |||||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | José Pesarrodona |
Kas-Campagnolo | 93h 19′ 10″ |
| 2 | Luis Ocaña |
Super Ser Zeus | + 1′ 03″ |
| 3 | José Nazabal Merendia |
Kas-Campagnolo | + 1′ 41″ |
| 4 | Dietrich Thurau |
TI–Raleigh | + 1′ 44″ |
| 5 | Vicente Lopez |
Kas-Campagnolo | + 1′ 50″ |
| 6 | Hennie Kuiper |
TI–Raleigh | + 2′ 00″ |
| 7 | Joaquim Agostinho |
Teka | + 3′ 16″ |
| 8 |  Joseph Fuchs |
Super Ser Zeus | + 3′ 45″ |
| 9 | Pedro Torres |
Super Ser Zeus | + 4′ 43″ |
| 10 | José Antonio Gonzalez |
Kas-Campagnolo | + 7′ 18″ |
| 11 | Ludo Loos |
Ebo | |
| 12 | Enrique Martinez |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 13 | Andres Oliva |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 14 | Gonzalo Aja Barguin |
Teka | |
| 15 | José Martins Freitas |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 16 | Eric Jacques |
Ebo | |
| 17 | Domingo Perurena |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Baert |
Miko-De Gribaldy | |
| 19 | José Enrique Cima |
Novostil | |
| 20 | Fernardo Mendes Dos |
Teka | |
| 21 | Ventura Diaz |
Teka | |
| 22 | Santiago Lazcano |
Super Ser Zeus | |
| 23 | Julian Andiano |
Teka | |
| 24 | Manuel Esparza |
Teka | |
| 25 | Jesus Manzaneque |
Super Ser Zeus |
