Vuelta a Espana 1978

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 2,995 km (1,861 mi), 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.

1978 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	25 April – 14 May
Stages	19 stages + Prologue, including 2 split stages
Distance	2,995 km (1,861 mi)
Winning time	85h 24′ 14″
Results
Winner  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (Renault – Gitane) Second  José Pesarrodona (ESP) (Kas) Third  Jean-René Bernaudeau (FRA) (Renault – Gitane) Points  Ferdi Van den Haute (BEL) (Marc – Zeepcentrales – Superia) Mountains  Andrés Oliva (ESP) (Teka) Sprints  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (Renault – Gitane) Team Kas
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Route

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	25 April	Gijón – Gijón	8.6 km (5 mi)		Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)
1	26 April	Gijón – Gijón	144 km (89 mi)			Jos Schipper (NED)
2	27 April	Gijón – Cangas de Onís	94 km (58 mi)			Enrique Cima (ESP)
3	28 April	Cangas de Onís – León	187 km (116 mi)			Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)
4	29 April	León – Valladolid	171 km (106 mi)			Patrick Lefevere (BEL)
5	30 April	Valladolid – Ávila	136 km (85 mi)			Willy Teirlinck (BEL)
6	1 May	Torrelaguna – Torrejón de Ardoz	46 km (29 mi)			Fons van Katwijk (NED)
7	2 May	Torrejón de Ardoz – Cuenca	160 km (99 mi)			Domingo Perurena (ESP)
8	3 May	Cuenca – Benicàssim	249 km (155 mi)			Fons van Katwijk (NED)
9	4 May	Benicàssim – Tortosa	156 km (97 mi)			Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)
10	5 May	Tortosa – Calafell	201 km (125 mi)			Willy Teirlinck (BEL)
11a	6 May	Calafell – Barcelona	67 km (42 mi)			Francisco Elorriaga (ESP)
11b	6 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	3.8 km (2 mi)		Individual time trial	Bernard Hinault (FRA)
12	7 May	Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) – La Tossa de Montbui [ca] (Santa Margarida de Montbui)	205 km (127 mi)			Bernard Hinault (FRA)
13	8 May	Igualada – Jaca	243 km (151 mi)			Salvatore Maccali [it] (ITA)
14	9 May	Jaca – Logroño	219 km (136 mi)			Bernard Hinault (FRA)
15	10 May	Logroño – Miranda de Ebro	131 km (81 mi)			Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande (BEL)
16	11 May	Miranda de Ebro – Bien Aparecida Sanctuary [eu]	208 km (129 mi)			Vicente Belda (ESP)
17	12 May	Ampuero – Bilbao	123 km (76 mi)			Vicente Belda (ESP)
18	13 May	Bilbao – Amurrio	154 km (96 mi)			Bernard Hinault (FRA)
19a	14 May	Amurrio – San Sebastián	84 km (52 mi)			Domingo Perurena (ESP)
19b	14 May	San Sebastián – San Sebastián			Individual time trial	Annulled
	Total		2,995 km (1,861 mi)

Results

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Bernard Hinault (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	85h 24′ 14″
2	José Pesarrodona (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 3′ 02″
3	Jean-René Bernaudeau (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	+ 3′ 47″
4	Eulalio Garcia Pereda (ESP)	Teka	+ 4′ 23″
5	Jos Schipper (NED)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	+ 4′ 28″
6	Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	+ 5′ 52″
7	José Nazabal (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 6′ 12″
8	Enrique Martinez (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 6′ 53″
9	Gonzalo Aja (ESP)	Novostil-Helios	+ 10′ 12″
10	Vicente López Carril (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	+ 13′ 57″

Points classification[edit] Final points classification (1–9)
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Ferdi Van Den Haute (BEL)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	210
2	Willy Teirlinck (BEL)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	157
3	Bernard Hinault (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	130
4	Francisco Elorriaga (ESP)	Teka	113
5	Fons van Katwijk (NED)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	108
6	Eulalio Garcia (ESP)	Teka	92
7	Jos Schipper (NED)	Marc-Zeepcentrale	70
8	José Enrique Cima (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	70
9	Daniele Tinchella (ITA)	Transmallorca	69

Mountains classification[edit]

Final mountains classification (1–5)

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Andrés Oliva (ESP)	Teka	112
2	José Enrique Cima (ESP)	Kas-Campagnolo	81
3	Bernard Hinault (FRA)	Renault-Elf-Gitane	60
4	Andres Gandarias (ESP)	Novostil-Helios	48
5	Jose-Luis Mayoz (ESP)	Teka	44

Team classification[edit] 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[edit] Final intermediate sprints classification (1–5) Rank Name Team Points 1  Bernard Hinault (FRA) Renault-Elf-Gitane 31 2  Felix Perez (ESP) Teka 11 3  Willy Teirlinck (BEL) Renault-Elf-Gitane 7 4  Andres Gandarias (ESP) Novostil-Helios 6 5  Domingo Perurena (ESP) Kas-Campagnolo 5