1973 Vuelta a España

1973 Vuelta a España

The 28th "Vuelta a España" (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 26 to May 13, 1973. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 3,061 km, and was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni cycling team. As Merckx had already won several editions of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia with his win in the Vuelta, he became the third cyclist after Jacques Anquetil and Felice Gimondi to win all three grand tours in his career. Merckx went on to win the 1973 Giro d'Italia and became the first cyclist to win the Vuelta-Giro double. Merckx also won the points classification and José Luis Abilleira won the mountains classification. With Merckx finishing first, Ocaña second and Thévenet third the podium of the 1973 Vuelta contained one previous winner and two future winners of the Tour de France making it one of the best podiums in the history of the race, according to the official race website. [cite web|url=http://www.lavuelta.com/05/ingles/historia/73infor.asp?a=1973&s=infor&t=infor&e=1|title=General Information 1973|publisher=La Vuelta.com|accessdate=2008-03-22]

Results

Final General Classification

References

External links

* [http://www.lavuelta.com/ La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)]


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