The 46th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 19 May 1991. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3,215.5 km (1,998 mi), and was won by Melchor Mauri of the ONCE cycling team.
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| Dates | 24 April – 15 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,680 km (2,287 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 94h 36′ 40″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stage | Date | Course | Winner | General Classification leader |
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| 1 | 29 April | Mérida (TTT)[nb 1] |  Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 2a | 30 April | Mérida to Cáceres |  Michel Zanoli (NED) |
Anselmo Fuerte (ESP) |
| 2b | 30 April | Montijo to Badajoz (TTT) | ONCE (ESP) |
Anselmo Fuerte (ESP) |
| 3 | 1 May | Badajoz to Seville |  Jesper Skibby (DEN) |
Herminio Díaz Zabala (ESP) |
| 4 | 2 May | Seville to Jaén | Jesus Cruz Martin (ESP) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 5 | 3 May | Linares to Albacete |  Uwe Raab (GER) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 6 | 4 May | Albacete to Valencia | Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 7 | 5 May | Palma de Mallorca | Jesper Skibby (DEN) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 8 | 6 May | Cala d’Or (ITT) | Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 9 | 7 May | Sant Cugat del Vallès to Lloret de Mar | Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 10 | 8 May | Lloret de Mar to Andorra la Vella, Andorra |  Guido Bontempi (ITA) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 11 | 9 May | Stage cancelled | Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
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| 12 | 10 May | Bossòst to Cerler |  Ivan Ivanov (URS) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 13 | 11 May | Benasque to Zaragoza | Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 14 | 12 May | Ezcaray to Valdezcaray (ITT) |  Fabio Parra (COL) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 15 | 13 May | Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Santander | Guido Bontempi (ITA) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 16 | 14 May | Santander to Lagos de Covadonga | Luis Herrera (COL) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 17 | 15 May | Cangas de Onís to Alto del Naranco | Laudelino Cubino (ESP) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 18 | 16 May | León to Valladolid | Antonio Miguel Díaz (ESP) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 19 | 17 May | Valladolid (ITT) | Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 20 | 18 May | Palazuelos de Eresma | Jesús Montoya (ESP) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 21 | 19 May | Collado Villalba to Madrid | Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED) |
Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melchor Mauri |
ONCE | 82h 48′ 07s |
| 2 | Miguel Induráin |
Banesto | a 2′ 52s |
| 3 | Marino Lejarreta |
ONCE | a 3′ 11s |
| 4 | Federico Echave |
CLAS-Cajastur | a 3′ 54s |
| 5 | Fabio Parra |
Amaya Seguros | a 5′ 38s |
| 6 | Pello Ruiz Cabestany |
CLAS-Cajastur | a 6′ 50s |
| 7 |  Raúl Alcalá |
PDM-Concorde | a 6′ 57s |
| 8 |  Piotr Ugrumov |
Seur | a 10′ 43s |
| 9 | Steven Rooks |
Buckler | a 12′ 09s |
| 10 | Oliverio Rincón |
Kelme | a 12′ 11s |
| 11 | Eduardo Chozas |
ONCE | |
| 12 | Tom Cordes |
PDM-Ultima-Concorde | |
| 13 | Luis Herrera |
Ryalco-Postobon | |
| 14 | Ignacio Gaston Crespo |
CLAS-Cajastur | |
| 15 | Laudelino Cubino Gonzalez |
Amaya | |
| 16 | Jon Unzaga Bombin |
Seur | |
| 17 | Udo Bölts |
Telekom-Mercedes-Merckx | |
| 18 | Marco Giovannetti |
Gatorade-Chateau d’Ax | |
| 19 | Ivan Ivanov |
Seur | |
| 20 | Fernando Martinez De Guerenu |
Puertas Mavisa | |
| 21 | Francisco Javier Mauleon |
CLAS-Cajastur | |
| 22 | Alvaro Meija Castrillon |
Ryalco-Postobon | |
| 23 | Jesus Montoya Alarcon |
Amaya | |
| 24 |  Fabrice Philipot |
Banesto | |
| 25 | Gerardo Moncada |
Ryalco-Postobon |
