The 1979 Vuelta a España was the 34th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Jerez de la Frontera, with a prologue individual time trial on 24 April, and Stage 10 occurred on 4 May with a stage to Zaragoza. The race finished in Madrid on 13 May.
Prologue 24 April 1979 — Jerez de la Frontera to Jerez de la Frontera, (ITT)
Prologue result and general classification after Prologue Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 18" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 25" 7 + 29" 8 + 32" 9 + 33" 10 s.t.
Stage 1 25 April 1979 — Jerez de la Frontera to Seville,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 18" 4 s.t. 5 + 19" 6 + 25" 7 + 27" 8 + 32" 9 + 33" 10 s.t.
Stage 2 26 April 1979 — Seville to Córdoba,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 18" 4 s.t. 5 + 19" 6 + 25" 7 + 27" 8 + 32" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 3 27 April 1979 — Córdoba to Sierra Nevada,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 11" 3 + 29" 4 + 1' 00" 5 + 1' 01" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 40" 3 + 1' 10" 4 + 1' 25" 5 + 1' 30" 6 + 1' 39" 7 + 1' 41" 8 + 1' 47" 9 + 1' 53" 10 + 1' 57"
Stage 4 28 April 1979 — Granada to Puerto Lumbreras,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 10" 6 + 15" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 41" 3 + 1' 12" 4 + 1' 27" 5 + 1' 32" 6 + 1' 41" 7 + 1' 43" 8 + 1' 55" 9 + 1' 59" 10 + 2' 06"
Stage 5 29 April 1979 — Puerto Lumbreras to Murcia,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 8' 27" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 39" 3 + 1' 10" 4 + 1' 25" 5 + 1' 30" 6 + 1' 39" 7 + 1' 01" 8 + 1' 53" 9 + 1' 57" 10 + 2' 01"
Stage 6 30 April 1979 — Murcia to Alcoy,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 4' 29" 4 + 7' 20" 5 + 7' 27" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 50" 3 + 1' 29"
Stage 7 1 May 1979 — Alcoy to Sedaví,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 + 36" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 50" 3 + 1' 29" 4 + 2' 00" 5 + 2' 17" 6 + 2' 20" 7 + 2' 27" 8 + 2' 29" 9 + 2' 33" 10 + 2' 45"
Stage 8a 2 May 1979 — Sedaví to Benicàssim,
Stage 8a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 8a Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 50" 3 + 1' 29"
Stage 8b 2 May 1979 — Benicàssim to Benicàssim, (ITT)
Stage 8b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 24" 3 + 26" 4 + 28" 5 + 33" 6 + 38" 7 + 41" 8 + 42" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 8b Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 1' 39" 4 + 2' 02" 5 + 2' 05" 6 + 2' 21" 7 + 2' 23" 8 + 2' 27" 9 + 2' 30" 10 + 2' 31"
Stage 9 3 May 1979 — Benicàssim to Reus,
Stage 9 result
Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 1' 39" 4 + 2' 02" 5 + 2' 05" 6 + 2' 21" 7 + 2' 23" 8 + 2' 27" 9 + 2' 30" 10 + 2' 31"
Stage 10 4 May 1979 — Reus to Zaragoza,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 1' 39" 4 + 2' 02" 5 + 2' 06" 6 + 2' 21" 7 + 2' 23" 8 + 2' 27" 9 + 2' 30" 10 + 2' 31"
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