Vuelta a Espana 1989

The 44th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 24 to May 15, 1989. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,656 km (2,272 mi), and was won by Pedro Delgado of the Reynolds cycling team. The route was released on January 21, 1989.

Pedro Delgado had won the previous Tour de France and was seen as the favourite for the race. Delgado came with a Reynolds team that contained Miguel Indurain, who had just won Paris–Nice and was also seen as a potential favourite. The first few days of the race saw the leaders jersey change shoulders from Gino de Bakker, Benny van Brabant and Roland LeClercq. The Colombian Omar Hernández took the lead on the sixth stage. On the 12th stage to Cerler, Delgado battled with four Colombians and won the stage. He won the stage 15 time trial, where Colombian Martin Farfan took the leader’s jersey. On the following stage to Santander, Delgado took the jersey. However Delgado’s team had a bad day several stages later, when Indurain fell and broke his wrist; Delgado had difficulty keeping the jersey from Fabio Parra. Parra was only two seconds behind Delgado on the general classification at one stage. The final time trial was the last chance for Parra to try to take the jersey from Delgado, but Delgado won and increased his lead to win his third grand tour.

1989 Vuelta a España

Santos Hernandez (ONCE) and Pedro Delgado (Reynolds), during the race
Race details
Dates	24 April – 15 May
Stages	22
Distance	3,656 km (2,272 mi)
Winning time	93h 01′ 47″
Results
Winner  Pedro Delgado (ESP) (Reynolds) Second  Fabio Parra (COL) (Kelme) Third  Óscar Vargas (COL) (Postobón) Points  Malcolm Elliott (GBR) (Teka) Mountains  Óscar Vargas (COL) (Postobón) Youth  Ivan Ivanov (USSR) (Alfa Lum) Combination  Óscar Vargas (COL) (Postobón) Sprints  Miguel Ángel Iglesias (ESP) (Helios – CR) Team Kelme
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Route

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	24 April	A Coruña – A Coruña	21 km (13 mi)			Marnix Lameire (BEL)
2	25 April	A Coruña – Santiago de Compostela	222 km (138 mi)			Joaquín Hernández (ESP)
3a	26 April	Vigo – Vigo	35 km (22 mi)		Team time trial	Caja Rural
3b	26 April	Vigo – Ourense	105 km (65 mi)			Malcolm Elliott (GBR)
4	27 April	Orense – Pontevedra	163 km (101 mi)			Roberto Pagnin (ITA)
5	28 April	La Bañeza – Béjar	260 km (162 mi)			Eddy Planckaert (BEL)
6	29 April	Béjar – Ávila	195 km (121 mi)			Luc Suykerbuyk (NED)
7	30 April	Avila – Toledo	165 km (103 mi)			Massimo Ghirotto (ITA)
8	1 May	Toledo – Albacete	226 km (140 mi)			Stefano Allocchio (ITA)
9	2 May	Albacete – Gandia	194 km (121 mi)			Reimund Dietzen (FRG)
10	3 May	Gandia – Benicàssim	219 km (136 mi)			Herminio Díaz Zabala (ESP)
11	4 May	Vinaròs – Lleida	182 km (113 mi)			Malcolm Elliott (GBR)
12	5 May	Lleida – Cerler	190 km (118 mi)			Pedro Delgado (ESP)
13	6 May	Benasque – Jaca	164 km (102 mi)			Mathieu Hermans (NED)
14	7 May	Jaca – Zaragoza	166 km (103 mi)			Mathieu Hermans (NED)
15	8 May	Ezcaray – Valdezcaray	23 km (14 mi)		Individual time trial	Pedro Delgado (ESP)
16	9 May	Haro – Santoña	193 km (120 mi)			Peter Hilse (FRG)
17	10 May	Santoña – Lakes of Enol	225 km (140 mi)			Álvaro Pino (ESP)
18	11 May	Cangas de Onís – Brañillín [es]	152 km (94 mi)			Ivan Ivanov (URS)
19	12 May	León – Valladolid	157 km (98 mi)			Mathieu Hermans (NED)
20	13 May	Valladolid – Medina del Campo	42 km (26 mi)		Individual time trial	Pedro Delgado (ESP)
21	14 May	Collado Villalba – Palazuelos de Eresma (Destillerias DYC)	187 km (116 mi)			Alberto Camargo (COL)
22	15 May	Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerias DYC) – Madrid	179 km (111 mi)			Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (BEL)
	Total		3,656 km (2,272 mi)

Results

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Pedro Delgado	Reynolds	93h 01′ 47s
2	Fabio Parra	Kelme	+ 35s
3	Óscar Vargas	Postobón	+ 3′ 09s
4	Federico Echave	BH-Sport	+ 3′ 24s
5	Álvaro Pino	BH-Sport	+ 4′ 28s
6	Ivan Ivanov	Alfa Lum	+ 5′ 00s
7	Iñaki Gastón	Kelme	+ 7′ 24s
8	Pedro Saúl Morales	Kelme	+ 7′ 59s
9	Jean Claude Bagot	R.M.O.	+ 8′ 23s
10	Luc Suykerbuyk	Lotus-Zahor	+ 9′ 44s
11	Angel Ocana Perez	Lotus-Zahor	+ 12′ 08s
12	Martín Ramírez	Café de Colombia	+ 12′ 18s
13	Carlos Jaramillo	Postobón	+ 12′ 41s
14	Jaanus Kuum	AD Renting
15	José Martín Farfán	Café de Colombia
16	Jesús Blanco Villar	Seur
17	Héctor Patarroyo	Postobón
18	Pello Ruiz Cabestany	ONCE
19	Gerardo Moncada	Postobón
20	Marino Lejarreta	Caja Rural-Orbea
21	Enrique Aja Cagigas	Teka
22	Javier Murguialday	BH Sport
23	Jon Unzaga Bombin	Seur
24	Eduardo Chozas Olmo	ONCE
25	Didier Virvaleix	Histor-Sigma

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