The 27th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 14 May 1972. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,079.3 km (1,913.4 mi), and was won by José Manuel Fuente of the Kas–Kaskol cycling team.[1] Fuente also won the mountains classification while Domingo Perurena won the points classification.[2]

1972 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates27 April – 14 May
Stages17
Distance3,079.3 km (1,913 mi)
Winning time82h 34' 14"
Results
Winner  José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)
  Second  Miguel María Lasa (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)
  Third  Agustín Tamames (ESP) (Werner)

Points  Domingo Perurena (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)
Mountains  José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)
  Combination  José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)
Sprints  Ventura Díaz (ESP) (Werner)
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Teams and riders

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Route

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List of stages[3][4]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
P 27 April Fuengirola – Fuengirola 6 km (4 mi)   Individual time trial   René Pijnen (NED)
1 28 April FuengirolaCabra 167 km (104 mi)   Miguel María Lasa (ESP)
2 29 April CabraGranada 206 km (128 mi)   Gerard Vianen (NED)
3 30 April GranadaAlmería 181 km (112 mi)   Domingo Perurena (ESP)
4 1 May AlmeríaDehesa de Campoamor 251 km (156 mi)   Ger Harings (NED)
5 2 May Dehesa de CampoamorGandia 183 km (114 mi)   Pieter Nassen (BEL)
6a 3 May GandiaEl Saler 120 km (75 mi)   Roger Kindt (BEL)
6b 3 May El Saler – El Saler 6.5 km (4 mi)   Team time trial Kas–Kaskol
7 4 May ValenciaVinaròs 181 km (112 mi)   Jos van der Vleuten (NED)
8 5 May VinaròsTarragona 189 km (117 mi)   Cees Koeken (NED)
9a 6 May TarragonaBarcelona 118 km (73 mi)   Ger Harings (NED)
9b 6 May Barcelona – Barcelona 10 km (6 mi)   Individual time trial   Jesús Manzaneque (ESP)
10 7 May BarcelonaBanyoles 192 km (119 mi)   Domingo Perurena (ESP)
11 8 May ManresaZaragoza 259 km (161 mi)   Luis Balagué (ESP)
12 9 May ZaragozaFormigal 169 km (105 mi)   José Manuel Fuente (ESP)
13 10 May SangüesaArrate [es] 201 km (125 mi)   Agustín Tamames (ESP)
14 11 May EibarBilbao 145 km (90 mi)   Miguel María Lasa (ESP)
15 12 May BilbaoTorrelavega 148 km (92 mi)   Gerard Vianen (NED)
16 13 May TorrelavegaVitoria 219 km (136 mi)   Agustín Tamames (ESP)
17a 14 May VitoriaSan Sebastián 138 km (86 mi)   Jesús Aranzabal (ESP)
17b 14 May San Sebastián – San Sebastián 20 km (12 mi)   Individual time trial   José Antonio González (ESP)
Total 3,079.3 km (1,913 mi)

Results

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Final General Classification

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Rank Rider Team Time
1   José Manuel Fuente Kas–Kaskol 82h 34' 14"
2   Miguel María Lasa Kas–Kaskol + 6' 34"
3   Agustín Tamames Werner + 7' 00"
4   Gonzalo Aja Barguin Karpy + 8' 07"
5   José Antonio Gonzalez Kas–Kaskol + 8' 08s
6   Domingo Perurena Tellechea Kas–Kaskol + 8' 23"
7   Jesús Manzaneque Kas–Kaskol + 8' 27"
8   José Pesarrodona Kas–Kaskol + 8' 38"
9   Désiré Letort Bic + 8' 42"
10   Bernard Labourdette Bic + 8' 54"
11   Andrés Oliva Sánchez La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
12   Vicente López Carril Kas–Kaskol
13   Eduardo Castelló Karpy
14   Ventura Díaz Arrey Werner
15   José Manuel Blanco Werner
16   José Luis Uribezubia Werner
17   Juan Zurano Jérez La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
18   Francisco Galdós Gauna Kas–Kaskol
19   Santiago Lazcano Labaca Kas–Kaskol
20   Eufronio Enrique Santos La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
21   Juan-Manuel Valls Karpy
22   José Luis Abilleira La Casera-Pena Bahamontes
23   Leif Mortensen Bic
24   Silvano Schiavon GBC-Sony
25   Antonio Menéndez Karpy

References

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  1. ^ "General Information 1972". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
  2. ^ "27 Vuelta Ciclista a España – Clasificaciones Oficiales" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 15 May 1972. p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2022.
  3. ^ "1972 » 27th Vuelta a España". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ^ "27ème Vuelta a España 1972". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.