The 1994 Vuelta a España was the 49th Edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling’s Grand Tours. The Vuelta started on April 25 with a short 9 km (5.6 mi) prologue around the Spanish city of Valladolid. The race came to a close on May 15 with a flat stage that stretched from Palazuelos de Eresma to the Spanish capital of Madrid. Seventeen teams entered the race, which was won by Tony Rominger of the Mapei–CLAS team. Second and third respectively were the Spanish riders Mikel Zarrabeitia and Pedro Delgado.
Tony Rominger became the first rider to win the Vuelta a España three consecutive times. Amongst the race’s other classifications, Laurent Jalabert of the ONCE team won the points classification, Festina–Lotus rider Luc Leblanc won the mountains classification, Mauro Radaelli of the Brescialat team won the intermediate sprints classification, and Amore & Vita rider Alessio Di Basco won the special sprints classification. Banesto finished as the winners of the team classification, which ranked each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.
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| Dates | 25 April – 15 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 20 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,531.6 km (2,194 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 92h 07′ 48″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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| 1 | 25 April | Valladolid | 9 km (6 mi) |  |
Individual time trial |  Tony Rominger (SUI) |
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| 2 | 26 April | Valladolid to Salamanca | 178.4 km (111 mi) |  |
Plain stage |  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) |
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| 3 | 27 April | Salamanca to Cáceres | 239 km (149 mi) | |
Plain stage | Laurent Jalabert (FRA) |
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| 4 | 28 April | Almendralejo to Córdoba | 235.6 km (146 mi) | |
Plain stage |  Endrio Leoni (ITA) |
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| 5 | 29 April | Córdoba to Granada | 166.9 km (104 mi) | |
Plain stage | Laurent Jalabert (FRA) |
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| 6 | 30 April | Granada to Sierra Nevada | 151.7 km (94 mi) |  |
Stage with mountain(s) | Tony Rominger (SUI) |
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| 7 | 1 May | Baza to Alicante | 256.5 km (159 mi) | |
Plain stage | Simone Biasci (ITA) |
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| 8 | 2 May | Benidorm to Benidorm | 39.5 km (25 mi) | |
Individual time trial | Tony Rominger (SUI) |
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| 9 | 3 May | Benidorm to Valencia | 166 km (103 mi) | |
Plain stage |  Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED) |
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| 10 | 4 May | Igualada to Andorra-Arcalís (Andorra) | 205 km (127 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) |  Ángel Camargo (COL) |
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| 11 | 5 May | Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Cerler | 195.3 km (121 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Tony Rominger (SUI) |
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| 12 | 6 May | Benasque to Zaragoza | 226.7 km (141 mi) | |
Plain stage | Laurent Jalabert (FRA) |
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| 13 | 7 May | Zaragoza to Pamplona | 201.6 km (125 mi) | |
Plain stage | Laurent Jalabert (FRA) |
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| 14 | 8 May | Pamplona to Sierra de la Demanda | 174 km (108 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Tony Rominger (SUI) |
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| 15 | 9 May | Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Santander | 209.3 km (130 mi) |  |
Hilly stage | Alessio Di Basco (ITA) |
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| 16 | 10 May | Santander to Lakes of Covadonga | 147.7 km (92 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Laurent Jalabert (FRA) |
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| 17 | 11 May | Cangas de Onís to Monte Naranco | 150.4 km (93 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Bart Voskamp (NED) |
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| 18 | 12 May | Ávila to Ávila | 189 km (117 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) | Giuseppe Calcaterra (ITA) |
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| 19 | 13 May | Ávila to Palazuelos de Eresma | 171 km (106 mi) | |
Stage with mountain(s) |  Marino Alonso (ESP) |
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| 20 | 14 May | Segovia to Palazuelos de Eresma | 53 km (33 mi) | |
Individual time trial | Tony Rominger (SUI) |
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| 21 | 15 May | Palazuelos de Eresma to Madrid | 165.7 km (103 mi) | |
Plain stage | Laurent Jalabert (FRA) |
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| Total | 3,531 km (2,194 mi) | ||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification
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Points classification
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Mountains classification
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Team classification |
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| P | Tony Rominger | Tony Rominger | Tony Rominger | not awarded | Banesto |
| 1 | Laurent Jalabert | ||||
| 2 | Laurent Jalabert | Laurent Jalabert | José Manuel Uría | ||
| 3 | Endrio Leoni | Ignacio García Camacho | |||
| 4 | Laurent Jalabert | Luc Leblanc | |||
| 5 | Tony Rominger | Mapei–CLAS | |||
| 6 | Simone Biasci | ||||
| 7 | Tony Rominger | Tony Rominger | |||
| 8 | Jean-Paul van Poppel | Luc Leblanc | Banesto | ||
| 9 | Ángel Camargo | Tony Rominger | |||
| 10 | Tony Rominger | Tony Rominger | Mapei–CLAS | ||
| 11 | Laurent Jalabert | Laurent Jalabert | |||
| 12 | Laurent Jalabert | ||||
| 13 | Tony Rominger | ||||
| 14 | Alessio Di Basco | Banesto | |||
| 15 | Laurent Jalabert | ||||
| 16 | Bart Voskamp | ||||
| 17 | Giuseppe Calcaterra | Luc Leblanc | |||
| 18 | Marino Alonso | ||||
| 19 | Tony Rominger | Tony Rominger | |||
| 20 | Laurent Jalabert | Laurent Jalabert | |||
| Final | Tony Rominger | Laurent Jalabert | Luc Leblanc | Banesto | |
| Legend | |||
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Denotes the winner of the General classification |  |
Denotes the winner of the Points classification |
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Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification |  |
Denotes the winner of the Intermediate sprints classification |
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Denotes the winner of the Special sprints classification | ||
| Rider | Team | Time | |
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| 1 | Tony Rominger (SUI) |
Mapei–CLAS | 92h 07′ 48″ |
| 2 | Mikel Zarrabeitia (ESP) |
Banesto | + 7′ 28″ |
| 3 | Pedro Delgado (ESP) |
Banesto | + 9′ 27″ |
| 4 | Alex Zülle (SUI) |
ONCE | + 10′ 54″ |
| 5 | Oliverio Rincón (COL) |
ONCE | + 13′ 09″ |
| 6 | Luc Leblanc (FRA) |
Festina–Lotus | + 15′ 27″ |
| 7 | Vicente Aparicio (ESP) |
Banesto | + 15′ 48″ |
| 8 | Luis Pérez (ESP) |
Cavas Castellblanch | + 16′ 46″ |
| 9 | Fernando Escartín (ESP) |
Mapei–CLAS | + 16′ 54″ |
| 10 | Alberto Camargo (COL) |
Artiach-Royal Fruco | + 20′ 35″ |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
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| 1 | Laurent Jalabert (FRA) |
ONCE | 243 |
| 2 | Tony Rominger (SUI) |
Mapei–CLAS | 227 |
| 3 | Alex Zülle (SUI) |
ONCE | 121 |
| 4 | Mikel Zarrabeitia (ESP) |
Banesto | 117 |
| 5 | Pedro Delgado (ESP) |
Banesto | 89 |
| 6 | Juan Carlos González Salvador (ESP) |
Carrera Jeans–Tassoni | 83 |
| 7 | Oliverio Rincón (COL) |
ONCE | 78 |
| 8 | Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED) |
Festina–Lotus | 77 |
| 9 | Roberto Pagnin (ITA) |
Navigare–Blue Storm | 67 |
| 10 | Paulo-Antonio Fanelli (ITA) |
Carrera Jeans–Tassoni | 64 |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
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| 1 | Luc Leblanc (FRA) |
Festina–Lotus | 158 |
| 2 | Michele Coppolillo (ITA) |
Navigare–Blue Storm | 148 |
| 3 | Tony Rominger (SUI) |
Mapei–CLAS | 136 |
| 4 | Oliverio Rincón (COL) |
ONCE | 99 |
| 5 | Mikel Zarrabeitia (ESP) |
Banesto | 76 |
| Team | Time | |
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| 1 | Banesto | 276h 42′ 43″ |
| 2 | Mapei–CLAS | + 10′ 01″ |
| 3 | ONCE | + 18′ 15″ |
| 4 | Cavas Castellblanch | + 40′ 55″ |
| 5 | Festina–Lotus | + 43′ 32″ |
| 6 | Artiach-Royal Fruco | + 48′ 18″ |
| 7 | Kelme–Avianca–Gios | + 54′ 52″ |
| 8 | Euskadi–Petronor | + 1h 40′ 24″ |
| 9 | Mercatone Uno–Medeghini | + 1h 51′ 54″ |
| 10 | Recer-Boavista | + 2h 30′ 44″ |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
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| 1 | Mauro Radaelli (ITA) |
Brescialat | 44 |
| 2 |  Orlando Rodrigues (POR) |
Artiach-Royal Fruco | 29 |
| 3 | Roberto Pagnin (ITA) |
Navigare–Blue Storm | 22 |
| 4 | Fabio Roscioli (ITA) |
Brescialat | 8 |
| 5 | Julio Cesar Cadena (COL) |
Kelme–Avianca–Gios | 7 |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
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| 1 | Alessio Di Basco (ITA) |
Amore & Vita | 39 |
| 2 | Giuseppe Calcaterra (ITA) |
Amore & Vita | 18 |
| 3 | Fabio Roscioli (ITA) |
Brescialat | 11 |
| 4 | Michele Coppolillo (ITA) |
Navigare–Blue Storm | 11 |
| 5 | Roberto Pagnin (ITA) |
Navigare–Blue Storm | 6 |
