1971 Vuelta a España
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| Race details | |||
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| Dates | 29 April – 16 May | ||
| Stages | 17 | ||
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| Winning time | 73h 50' 05" | ||
| Palmares | |||
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Winner |  Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) |
(Peugeot-BP-Michelin) |
| Second | Wilfried David (BEL) |
(Peugeot-BP-Michelin) | |
| Third | 23x15px Luis Ocaña (ESP) | (Bic) | |
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| Jersey awarded to the points classification winner | Points |  Cyrille Guimard (FRA) |
(Fagor-Mercier) |
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Mountains |  Joop Zoetemelk (NED) |
(Mars-Flandria) |
| Combination | Cyrille Guimard (FRA) |
(Fagor-Mercier) | |
| Sprints | Cyrille Guimard (FRA) |
(Fagor-Mercier) | |
The 26th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 29 to May 16, 1971. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of 2,892 km, and was won by Ferdinand Bracke of the Peugeot cycling team.[1] 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.[2]
Results
Final General Classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Ferdinand Bracke |
Peugeot-BP-Michelin | 73h 50' 05s |
| 2 | Wilfried David |
Peugeot-BP-Michelin | a 59s |
| 3 |  Luis Ocaña |
Bic | a 1' 51s |
| 4 | Miguel Maria Lasa |
Orbea | a 2' 18s |
| 5 | Manuel Galera Magdelano |
Karpy | a 2' 37s |
| 6 | Joop Zoetemelk |
Mars-Flandria | a 2' 48s |
| 7 | Agustin Tamames |
Werner | a 5' 15s |
| 8 | Antonio Martos Aguilar |
Werner | a 5' 45s |
| 9 | Raymond Poulidor |
Fagor-Mercier | a 6' 01s |
| 10 | Luis Balague Carreno |
Werner | a 6' 17s |
| 11 |  Edy Schutz |
Mars-Flandria | |
| 12 | Cyrille Guimard |
Fagor-Mercier | |
| 13 | Eufronio Enrique Santos |
La Casera | |
| 14 | Antonio Menendez |
La Casera | |
| 15 | Wim Schepers |
Goudsmit | |
| 16 | Domingo Perurena Tellechea |
Kas-Kaskol | |
| 17 | Bernard Labourdette |
Bic | |
| 18 | Ventura Diaz Arrey |
Werner | |
| 19 | Gonzalo Aja Barguin |
Karpy | |
| 20 |  Rolf Wolfshohl |
Fagor-Mercier | |
| 21 | Antonio Gomez Del Moral |
Karpy | |
| 22 | Andres Oliva Sanchez |
La Casera | |
| 23 | Eduardo Castello Villanova |
Karpy | |
| 24 | José Gomez Lucas |
Werner | |
| 25 | José-Luis Abilleira |
La Casera |
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