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.
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| 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″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 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) |
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| 2 | 28 April | La Manga – Murcia | 161 km (100 mi) | Freddy Maertens (BEL) |
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| 3 | 29 April | Murcia – Benidorm | 200 km (124 mi) |  Fedor den Hertog (NED) |
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| 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) |
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| 6 | 2 May | Valencia – Teruel | 170 km (106 mi) | Freddy Maertens (BEL) |
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| 7 | 3 May | Teruel – Alcalà de Xivert | 204 km (127 mi) | Freddy Maertens (BEL) |
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| 8 | 4 May | Alcalà de Xivert – Tortosa | 141 km (88 mi) | Freddy Maertens (BEL) |
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| 9 | 5 May | Tortosa – Salou | 144 km (89 mi) | Freddy Maertens (BEL) |
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| 10 | 6 May | Salou – Barcelona | 144 km (89 mi) | Cees Priem (NED) |
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| 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) |
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| 12 | 8 May | Barcelona – La Tossa de Montbui (Santa Margarida de Montbui) | 198 km (123 mi) |  Giuseppe Perletto (ITA) |
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| 13 | 9 May | Igualada – La Seu d’Urgell | 135 km (84 mi) | Freddy Maertens (BEL) |
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| 14 | 10 May | La Seu d’Urgell – Monzón | 200 km (124 mi) |  Carlos Melero (ESP) |
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| 15 | 11 May | Monzón – Formigal | 166 km (103 mi) | Pedro Torres (ESP) |
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| 16 | 12 May | Formigal – Cordovilla | 170 km (106 mi) | Freddy Maertens (BEL) |
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| 17 | 13 May | Cordovilla – Bilbao | 183 km (114 mi) | Luis Alberto Ordiales (ESP) |
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| 18 | 14 May | Bilbao – Urkiola | 126 km (78 mi) | José Nazabal (ESP) |
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| 19 | 15 May | Durango – Miranda de Ebro | 104 km (65 mi) | Freddy Maertens (BEL) |
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| Total | 2,785 km (1,731 mi) | |||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification
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Points classification
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Mountains classification
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Intermediate sprints classification |
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| 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 | Freddy Maertens | |||
| 3 | Fedor den Hertog | Andres Oliva | Geert Malfait | ||
| 4 | Michel Pollentier | Pedro Torres | |||
| 5 | Freddy Maertens | ||||
| 6 | Freddy Maertens | Andres Oliva | |||
| 7 | Freddy Maertens | Daniele Tinchella | |||
| 8 | Freddy Maertens | ||||
| 9 | Freddy Maertens | Pedro Torres | |||
| 10 | Cees Priem | Andres 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 | |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Freddy Maertens |
Flandria-Velda | 78h 54′ 36″ |
| 2 | Miguel Maria 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 | + 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 | Agustin 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 Ladron |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 19 | Eulalio García |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 20 | Carlos Ocaña |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 21 | José Nazabal |
Kas-Campagnolo | |
| 22 | Luis Ocaña |
Frisol-Gazelle | |
| 23 | Carlos Melero |
Teka | |
| 24 | Javier Elorriaga |
Teka | |
| 25 | Giuseppe Perletto |
Magniflex-Torpado |
