1996 Vuelta a España

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1996 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates7–29 September
Stages22
Distance3,898 km (2,422 mi)
Winning time97h 31' 46"
Results
Winner  Alex Zülle (SUI) (ONCE)
  Second  Laurent Dufaux (SUI) (Festina–Lotus)
  Third  Tony Rominger (SUI) (Mapei–GB)
Points  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (ONCE)
Mountains  Tony Rominger (SUI) (Mapei–GB)
Sprints  Jürgen Werner (GER) (Team Telekom)
  Team Team Polti
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The 51st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three Grand Tours, was held from 7 September to 29 September 1996. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,898 km (2,422 mi), and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team.[1] This was the only time in cycling history that riders from Switzerland swept the Podium in a Grand Tour.[citation needed]

Five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain started his home tour for the first time since finishing second in 1991, having just recently been dislodged at the Tour by Bjarne Riis. He was initially reluctant to start, but convinced by his team to do so after a strong performance during the time trial at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. However, Indurain would eventually abandon the race, which would prove to be the last of his career, on stage 13 while lying in third place overall, having been dropped by the rest of the race favourites on the first-category climb of the Fito pass.[2][3][4]

Teams and riders

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Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 1996 Vuelta a España

Route

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List of stages[5][6]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 7 September Valencia to Valencia 162 km (101 mi)  Biagio Conte (ITA)
2 8 September Valencia to Cuenca 210 km (130 mi)  Nicola Minali (ITA)
3 9 September Cuenca to Albacete 167.2 km (104 mi)  Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
4 10 September Albacete to Murcia 166.5 km (103 mi)  Tom Steels (BEL)
5 11 September Murcia to Almería 208.4 km (129 mi)  Jeroen Blijlevens (NED)
6 12 September Almería to Málaga 196.5 km (122 mi)  Fabio Baldato (ITA)
7 13 September Málaga to Marbella 171.1 km (106 mi)  Fabio Baldato (ITA)
8 14 September Marbella to Jerez de la Frontera 220.7 km (137 mi)  Nicola Minali (ITA)
9 15 September Jerez de la Frontera to Córdoba 203.5 km (126 mi)  Nicola Minali (ITA)
16 September Rest day
10 17 September El Tiemblo to Ávila 46.5 km (29 mi) Individual time trial  Tony Rominger (SUI)
11 18 September Ávila to Salamanca 188 km (117 mi)  Marco Antonio Di Renzo (ITA)
12 19 September Benavente to Alto del Naranco 188 km (117 mi)  Daniele Nardello (ITA)
13 20 September Oviedo to Lakes of Covadonga 159 km (99 mi)  Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
14 21 September Cangas de Onís to Cabarceno Natural Park 202.6 km (126 mi)  Biagio Conte (ITA)
15 22 September Cabárceno [es] to Alto Cruz de la Demanda (Ezcaray) 220 km (137 mi)  Alex Zülle (SUI)
16 23 September Logroño to Sabiñánigo 220.9 km (137 mi)  Nicola Minali (ITA)
17 24 September Sabiñánigo to Cerler 165.7 km (103 mi)  Oliverio Rincón (COL)
18 25 September Benasque to Zaragoza 219.5 km (136 mi)  Dimitri Konyshev (RUS)
19 26 September Getafe to Ávila 217.1 km (135 mi)  Laurent Dufaux (SUI)
20 27 September Ávila to Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) 209.5 km (130 mi)  Gianni Bugno (ITA)
21 28 September Segovia to Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) 43 km (27 mi) Individual time trial  Tony Rominger (SUI)
22 29 September Madrid to Madrid 157.6 km (98 mi)  Tom Steels (BEL)
Total 3,898 km (2,422 mi)

General classification

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Rank Rider Team Time
1 Switzerland Alex Zülle ONCE 97h 31' 46s
2 Switzerland Laurent Dufaux Festina + 6' 23s
3 Switzerland Tony Rominger Mapei–GB + 8' 29s
4 Italy Roberto Pistore MG Maglificio–Technogym + 10' 13s
5 Italy Stefano Faustini AKI - Gipièmme + 11' 21s
6 Austria Georg Totschnig Team Polti + 11' 33s
7 Italy Davide Rebellin Team Polti + 13' 16s
8 Italy Andrea Peron Motorola + 14' 46s
9 United States Bobby Julich Motorola + 15' 10s
10 Spain Fernando Escartín Kelme-Artiach + 18' 35s
11 Spain Marcos Serrano Kelme-Artiach + 19' 19s
12 Spain José María Jiménez Banesto + 20' 19s
13 Italy Mauro Gianetti Team Polti + 21' 15s
14 Spain Daniel Clavero MX Onda + 21' 49s
15 Italy Daniele Nardello Mapei–GB + 22' 37s
16 Russia Vladislav Bobrik Gewiss Playbus + 26' 00s
17 Belgium Axel Merckx Motorola + 27' 34s
18 Spain Francisco Javier Mauleón Mapei–GB + 27' 38s
19 France Laurent Jalabert ONCE + 27' 44s
20 Denmark Peter Meinert Nielsen Team Telekom + 29' 56s
21 France Pascal Chanteur Casino
22 Switzerland Fabian Jeker Festina-Lotus
23 Germany Kai Hundertmarck Team Telekom
24 Spain Ángel Casero Banesto
25 Italy Massimo Apollonio Scrigno–Blue Storm

References

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  1. ^ "Vuelta a Espana". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ^ Cossins, Peter (24 August 2014). "Vuelta a Espana iconic stages: Indurain quits the Vuelta and racing". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Ciclismo La Vuelta 96 - Look Clasificaciones" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 30 September 1996. p. 49. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Ciclismo La Vuelta 96 - Puedo ganar el Tour" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 30 September 1996. p. 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2021.
  5. ^ "1996 » 51st Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  6. ^ "51ème Vuelta a España 1996". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
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