1971 Vuelta a España
# 1971 Vuelta a España

The 26th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 16 May 1971. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,892 km (1,797 mi), and was won by Ferdinand Bracke of the Peugeot cycling team. Joop Zoetemelk won the mountains classification while Cyrille Guimard won the points classification.

After the final stage, Wim Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.

## Route

List of stages :

| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Type | Winner |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | 29 April | Almería – Almería | 4.2 km (3 mi) | | Individual time trial | René Pijnen (NED) |
| 1 | 30 April | Almería – Águilas | 126 km (78 mi) | | | Ger Harings (NED) |
| 2 | 1 May | Águilas – Calp | 245 km (152 mi) | | | Eddy Peelman (BEL) |
| 3 | 2 May | Calp – La Pobla de Farnals | 164 km (102 mi) | | | Cyrille Guimard (FRA) |
| 4 | 3 May | La Pobla de Farnals – Benicàssim | 175 km (109 mi) | | | Hubert Hutsebaut (BEL) |
| 5 | 4 May | Benicàssim – Salou | 172 km (107 mi) | | | René Pijnen (NED) |
| 6 | 5 May | Salou – Barcelona | 149 km (93 mi) | | | Eddy Peelman (BEL) |
| 7 | 6 May | Barcelona – Manresa | 179 km (111 mi) | | | Walter Godefroot (BEL) |
| 8 | 7 May | Balaguer – Jaca | 211 km (131 mi) | | | Walter Godefroot (BEL) |
| 9 | 8 May | Jaca – Pamplona | 175 km (109 mi) | | | Agustín Tamames (ESP) |
| 10 | 9 May | Pamplona – San Sebastián | 120 km (75 mi) | | | Gerard Vianen (NED) |
| 11a | 10 May | San Sebastián – Bilbao | 140 km (87 mi) | | | Gerben Karstens (NED) |
| 11b | 10 May | Bilbao – Bilbao | 2.65 km (2 mi) | | Individual time trial | José Antonio González (ESP) |
| 12 | 11 May | Bilbao – Vitoria | 185 km (115 mi) | | | Luis Ocaña (ESP) |
| 13 | 12 May | Vitoria – Torrelavega | 208 km (129 mi) | | | Eddy Peelman (BEL) |
| 14 | 13 May | Torrelavega – Burgos | 192 km (119 mi) | | | Wilfried David (BEL) |
| 15 | 14 May | Burgos – Segovia | 188 km (117 mi) | | | Cyrille Guimard (FRA) |
| 16 | 15 May | Segovia – Ávila | 114 km (71 mi) | | | Joop Zoetemelk (NED) |
| 17a | 16 May | Ávila – Madrid | 138 km (86 mi) | | | Willy Scheers [fr] (BEL) |
| 17b | 16 May | Madrid – Madrid | 5.3 km (3 mi) | | Individual time trial | René Pijnen (NED) |
| | Total | Total | 2,892 km (1,797 mi) | 2,892 km (1,797 mi) | 2,892 km (1,797 mi) | 2,892 km (1,797 mi) |

## Results

### Final General Classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ferdinand Bracke | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | 73h 50' 05" |
| 2 | Wilfried David | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | + 59" |
| 3 | Luis Ocaña | Bic | + 1' 51" |
| 4 | Miguel María Lasa | Orbea | + 2' 18" |
| 5 | Manuel Galera Magdelano | Karpy | + 2' 37" |
| 6 | Joop Zoetemelk | Mars–Flandria | + 2' 48" |
| 7 | Agustín Tamames | Werner | + 5' 15" |
| 8 | Antonio Martos Aguilar | Werner | + 5' 45" |
| 9 | Raymond Poulidor | Fagor–Mercier | + 6' 01" |
| 10 | Luis Balagué Carreño | Werner | + 6' 17" |
| 11 | Edy Schütz | Mars–Flandria | |
| 12 | Cyrille Guimard | Fagor–Mercier | |
| 13 | Eufronio Enrique Santos | La Casera | |
| 14 | Antonio Menéndez | La Casera | |
| 15 | Wim Schepers | Goudsmit | |
| 16 | Domingo Perurena Tellechea | Kas–Kaskol | |
| 17 | Bernard Labourdette | Bic | |
| 18 | Ventura Díaz Arrey | Werner | |
| 19 | Gonzalo Aja Barguin | Karpy | |
| 20 | Rolf Wolfshohl | Fagor–Mercier | |
| 21 | Antonio Gómez del Moral | Karpy | |
| 22 | Andrés Oliva Sánchez | La Casera | |
| 23 | Eduardo Castelló Villanova | Karpy | |
| 24 | José Gómez | Werner | |
| 25 | José Luis Abilleira | La Casera | |
