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] | ||
2a | 30 April | Mérida to Cáceres | ||
2b | 30 April | Montijo to Badajoz (TTT) | ||
3 | 1 May | Badajoz to Seville | ||
4 | 2 May | Seville to Jaén | ||
5 | 3 May | Linares to Albacete | ||
6 | 4 May | Albacete to Valencia | ||
7 | 5 May | Palma de Mallorca | ||
8 | 6 May | Cala d’Or (ITT) | ||
9 | 7 May | Sant Cugat del Vallès to Lloret de Mar | ||
10 | 8 May | Lloret de Mar to Andorra la Vella, Andorra | ||
11 | 9 May | Stage cancelled | ||
12 | 10 May | Bossòst to Cerler | ||
13 | 11 May | Benasque to Zaragoza | ||
14 | 12 May | Ezcaray to Valdezcaray (ITT) | ||
15 | 13 May | Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Santander | ||
16 | 14 May | Santander to Lagos de Covadonga | ||
17 | 15 May | Cangas de Onís to Alto del Naranco | ||
18 | 16 May | León to Valladolid | ||
19 | 17 May | Valladolid (ITT) | ||
20 | 18 May | Palazuelos de Eresma | ||
21 | 19 May | Collado Villalba to Madrid |
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | ONCE | 82h 48′ 07s | |
2 | Banesto | a 2′ 52s | |
3 | ONCE | a 3′ 11s | |
4 | CLAS-Cajastur | a 3′ 54s | |
5 | Amaya Seguros | a 5′ 38s | |
6 | CLAS-Cajastur | a 6′ 50s | |
7 | PDM-Concorde | a 6′ 57s | |
8 | Seur | a 10′ 43s | |
9 | Buckler | a 12′ 09s | |
10 | Kelme | a 12′ 11s | |
11 | ONCE | ||
12 | PDM-Ultima-Concorde | ||
13 | Ryalco-Postobon | ||
14 | CLAS-Cajastur | ||
15 | Amaya | ||
16 | Seur | ||
17 | Telekom-Mercedes-Merckx | ||
18 | Gatorade-Chateau d’Ax | ||
19 | Seur | ||
20 | Puertas Mavisa | ||
21 | CLAS-Cajastur | ||
22 | Ryalco-Postobon | ||
23 | Amaya | ||
24 | Banesto | ||
25 | Ryalco-Postobon |