1983 Vuelta a España

The 38th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 19 April to 8 May 1983. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,398 km (2,111 mi), and was won by Bernard Hinault of the Renault-Elf-Gitane cycling team. The foreign favourites for the race included Bernard Hinault who had won the Vuelta once before in 1978 and World Champion Giuseppe Saronni. The Spanish favourites for the race included the de facto defending champion Marino Lejarreta, Julián Gorospe and Alberto Fernández.

1983 Vuelta a España
Route map
Race details
Dates19 April – 8 May
Stages19 + Prologue, including 1 split stage
Distance3,398 km (2,111 mi)
Winning time94h 28' 26"
Results
Winner  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (Renault-Elf-Gitane)
  Second  Marino Lejarreta (ESP) (Alfa Lum-Olmo)
  Third  Alberto Fernández (ESP) (Zor-Gemeaz)
Points  Marino Lejarreta (ESP) (AAlfa Lum-Olmo)
Mountains  José Luis Laguía (ESP) (Reynolds-Galli)
  Sprints  Sabino Angoitia (ESP) (Hueso)
  Team Zor-Gemeaz

Hinault took the leadership of the race after the fifth stage only to lose it the following day to Lejarreta. Lejarreta then won the stage 8 38 km (24 mi) mountain time trial and increased his lead over Hinault. On the stage from Zaragoza to Soria that was won by Saronni, Lejarreta had a fall and lost the jersey to Gorospe. Fernández took the leadership the following day. Lejarreta came back and won the stage 13 to Lagos de Covadonga. However Fernández kept the leader’s jersey. On the following stage Álvaro Pino took the jersey and wore it for two days. Hinault won the individual time trial but did not win by enough time to take the jersey which passed again to Gorospe. Two days later Hinault’s pace on the climb to Puerto de Serranillos was too hot for his opponents and he won the stage in Ávila and took back the leader’s jersey[1] to win his second Vuelta and his eighth grand tour with Lejarreta second and Fernández in third. The great battle waged between Hinault and the Spanish riders has led to the 1983 race being described as its most spectacular edition.[1] However, due to tendinitis that had developed in his knee which was greatly aggravated by the climb to Puerto de Serranillos, Hinault was unable to ride in that year's Tour de France.[2][3]

Teams and riders
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1983 Vuelta a España

Route
List of stages[4][5]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
P 19 April Almussafes – Almussafes 6.8 km (4 mi) Individual time trial  Dominique Gaigne (FRA)
1 20 April Almussafes – Cuenca 235 km (146 mi)  Juan Fernández (ESP)
2 21 April Cuenca – Teruel 152 km (94 mi)  Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)
3 22 April Teruel – Sant Carles de la Ràpita 241 km (150 mi)  Giuseppe Petito (ITA)
4 23 April Sant Carles de la Ràpita – Sant Quirze del Vallès 192 km (119 mi)  Laurent Fignon (FRA)
5 24 April Sant Quirze del Vallès – Castellar de n'Hug 195 km (121 mi)  Alberto Fernández (ESP)
6 25 April La Pobla de Lillet – Viella 235 km (146 mi)  Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
7 26 April Les – Sabiñánigo 137 km (85 mi)  Jesús Suárez Cueva (ESP)
8 27 April Sabiñánigo – Balneario de Panticosa 38 km (24 mi) Individual time trial  Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
9 28 April Panticosa – Alfajarín 183 km (114 mi)  Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)
10 29 April Zaragoza – Soria 174 km (108 mi)  Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)
11 30 April Soria – Logroño 185 km (115 mi)  Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)
12 1 May Logroño – Burgos 147 km (91 mi)  Noël Dejonckheere (BEL)
13 2 May Aguilar de Campoo – Lakes of Covadonga 188 km (117 mi)  Marino Lejarreta (ESP)
14 3 May Cangas de Onís – León 195 km (121 mi)  Carlos Hernández (ESP)
15a 4 May León – Valladolid 134 km (83 mi)  Pascal Poisson (FRA)
15b 4 May Valladolid – Valladolid 22 km (14 mi) Individual time trial  Bernard Hinault (FRA)
16 5 May Valladolid – Salamanca 162 km (101 mi)  José Luis Laguía (ESP)
17 6 May Salamanca – Ávila 216 km (134 mi)  Bernard Hinault (FRA)
18 7 May Ávila – Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) 204 km (127 mi)  Jesús Hernández Úbeda (ESP)
19 8 May Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) – Madrid 135 km (84 mi)  Michael Wilson (AUS)
Total 3,398 km (2,111 mi)

Results

Final General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime
1 Bernard HinaultRenault-Elf-Gitane94h 28' 26"
2 Marino LejarretaAlfa Lum-Olmo+ 1' 12"
3 Alberto FernándezZor-Gemeaz+ 3' 58"
4 Alvaro PinoZor-Gemeaz+ 5' 09"
5 Hennie KuiperJacky Aernoudt-Rossin+ 10' 26"
6 Eduardo Chozas OlmoZor-Gemeaz+ 11' 11"
7 Laurent FignonRenault-Elf-Gitane+ 11' 27"
8 Pedro Munoz RodriguezZor-Gemeaz+ 12' 25"
9 Vicente BeldaKelme+ 13' 28"
10 Faustino RupérezZor-Gemeaz+ 13' 36"
11 Guillermo De La PenaHueso-Motta
12 Julián GorospeReynolds-Galli
13 Alain VigneronRenault-Elf-Gitane
14 Claudio BortolottoDel Tongo-Colnago
15 Pedro DelgadoReynolds-Galli
16 José Antonio CabreroHueso-Motta
17 Faustino Cueli ArceTeka
18 Leonardo NataleDel Tongo-Colnago
19 Lucien DidierRenault-Elf-Gitane
20 Angel De Las HerasKelme
21 Jesus Rodriguez MagroZor-Gemeaz
22 Jesus Hernandez UbedaReynolds-Galli
23 Roberto CerutiDel Tongo-Colnago
24 José Luis LaguíaReynolds-Galli
25 Martial GayantRenault-Elf-Gitane

References
  1. "1983 General Information". La Vuelta.com. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  2. "Grand Prix des Nations 1984 :Le retour du Blaireau". Velo 101.com. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
  3. http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1983/05/09/MD19830509-035.pdf
  4. "1983 » 38th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  5. "38ème Vuelta a España 1983". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.