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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
 Faustino Ruperez
VaE April 22 - May 11, 1980 |
3,216.8 Km |
Starters: 110 |
Finishers: 63 |
Average Speed: 36.393 km/h x
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Ruperez with a Little Help from his Friends
The 35th Edition of the Vuelta a Espana featured racing from April 22 to May 11, 1980. Foreign riders Sean Kelly, Michel Pollentier, Claude Criquelion and Roberto Visentini, along with Spanish riders Miguel Mari Lasa, Faustino Ruperez, Juan Fernandez, and Enrique Martinez Heredia were expected to contest for a wide-open victory.
SPECIAL NOTE: This edition marked the almost total absence of televised coverage. “Spanish cycling” was going to a period of perceived decline. Significantly, on the final day of racing Spanish TV preferred to cover a billiards championship!?!?
1980 Vuelta a Espana Race Route Details |
Teams:
- Colchon CR
- Flavia-Gios
- HB Alarm Systemen
- Henninger-Aquila Rossa-Zeus
- Kelme
- Mobili San Giacomo-Benotto
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- Manzaneque-Alan
- Reynolds-Benotto
- Splendor-Admiral-TV Ekspres
- Teka
- Zor-Vereco-Campagnolo
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Race Summary:
Prologue: Roberto Visentini won the Prologue Time Trial and earned the first Amarillo Jersey of the 1980 Vuelta.
Stage 1 & 2: Irishman Sean Kelly sprinted to the wins on the first two flat stages.
Stage 5: Zor-Vereco's Faustino Ruperez was the solo winner in the first mountainous fifth stage to Seo de Urgel. The race leader’s Amarillo Jersey transferred to Ruperez.
Stage 16b: The 22.8 km Individual Time Trial was raced around Leon. The ITT was not a strong point for race leader Ruperez, but he managed a great effort to finish in seventh place +1’41” behind stage winner Visentini. Main rival Torres gained +37” on Ruperez but fell short of taking the race lead.
Stage 18: The penultimate eighteenth stage, 197 km from Valladolid to Los Angeles de San Rafael, Pedro Torres, second in the GC, launched an attack on the climb to Puerto de la Morcuera. The race leader could not answer the attack and began to lose time. Together with teammates Miguel Mari Lasa, Juan Fernandez, and Angel Arroyo the race leader bridged up to Torres halfway up the Alto de Cotos. Ruperez saved his leader's jersey with help from his team.
Stage 19: One stage later Faustino Ruperez rode into Madrid to claim the prestigious Vuelta a Espana victory.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Prologue La Manga, 10 km ITT |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 1 La Manga-Benidorm, 155 km |
Sean Kelly (Ire) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 2 Benidorm-Cullera, 170 km |
Sean Kelly (Ire) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 3 Cullera-Vinaroz, 207 km |
Giuseppe Martinelli (Ita) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 4 Vinaroz-Sant Quirze, 214 km |
Klaus-Peter Thaler (Ger) |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Stage 5 Sant Quirze-La Seu d’Urgel, 200 km |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 6 Seo de Urgel-Vielha e Mijaran, 131 km |
Enrique Martinez-Heredia (Spa) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 7 Vielha e Mijaran-Jaca, 216 km |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 8 Monastery de Leyre-Logrono, 160 km |
Eulalio Garcia (Spa) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 9 Logrono-Burgos, 138 km |
Jos Lammertink (Ned) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 10 Burgos-Santander, 178 km |
Paul Jesson (Nzl) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 11 Santander-Gijon, 219 km |
Jesus Lopez-Carril (Spa) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 12 Santiago/Compostela-Pontvdra, 133 km |
Etienne De Wilde (Bel) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 13 Pontevedra-Vigo, 195 km |
Rolf Haller (Ger) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 14 Vigo-Orense, 156 km |
Sean Kelly (Ire) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 15 Orense-Ponferrada, 164 km |
Javier Elorriaga (Spa) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 16a Ponferrada-Leon, 131 km |
Dominique Arnaud (Fra) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 16b Leon-Leon, 22.8 km ITT |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 17 Leon-Valladolid, 138 km |
Sean Kelly (Ire) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 18 Vallad-Los Angeles/San Rafael, 197 km |
Manuel Esparza (Spa) |
Faustino Ruperez (Spa) |
Stage 19 Madrid-Madrid, 84 km |
Sean Kelly (Ire) |
 Faustino Ruperez (Spa)
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BEST CLIMBER PRIZE |
 Juan Fernandez (Spa)
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POINTS COMPETITION |
 Sean Kelly (Ire)
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General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Faustino RUPEREZ (Spa) |
Zor-Vereco-Campagnolo |
88h 23' 21" |
2 |
Pedro Torres (Spa) |
Kelme |
2'15" |
3 |
Claude Criquielion (Bel) |
Splendor-Admiral-TV Ekspres |
3'00" |
4 |
Sean Kelly (Ire) |
Splendor-Admiral-TV Ekspres |
3'31" |
5 |
Marino Lejarreta (Spa) |
Teka |
4'32" |
6 |
Guido Van Calster (Bel) |
Splendor-Admiral-TV Ekspres |
4'44" |
7 |
Johan De Muynck (Bel) |
Splendor-Admiral-TV Ekspres |
4'58" |
8 |
Francisco Galdos (Spa) |
Kelme |
5'00" |
9 |
Miguel-Maria Lasa (Spa) |
Zor-Vereco-Campagnolo |
5'25" |
10 |
Vicente Belda (Spa) |
Kelme |
6'41" |
11 |
Manuel Esparza (Spa) |
7'23" |
38 |
Maurizio Bertini (Ita) |
1h06'17" |
12 |
Faustino Fernandez (Spa) |
7'30" |
39 |
Eulalio Garcia (Spa) |
1h08'52" |
13 |
Joseph Borguet (Bel) |
7'36" |
40 |
Jorge Ruiz-Cabestany (Spa) |
1h11'18" |
14 |
Bernard Thevenet (Fra) |
8'24" |
41 |
Raymond Hernando (Fra) |
1h17'51" |
15 |
Roberto Visentini (Ita) |
9'30" |
42 |
Javier Elorriaga (Spa) |
1h20'00" |
16 |
Juan Fernandez (Spa) |
10'05" |
43 |
Juan-Jose Quintanilla (Spa) |
1h22'01" |
17 |
Angel Arroyo (Spa) |
20'07" |
44 |
Francisco-Ramon (Spa) |
1h23'25" |
18 |
Pedro Vilardebo (Spa) |
22'45" |
45 |
Etienne De Wilde (Bel) |
1h23'46" |
19 |
Francisco Codony (Spa) |
23'09" |
46 |
Ad Van Peer (Ned) |
1h30'27" |
20 |
Antonio Gonzalez (Spa) |
24'15" |
47 |
Jesus Hernandez-(Spa) |
1h32'38" |
21 |
Jose-Luis Laguia (Spa) |
24'30" |
48 |
Isidro Juarez (Spa) |
1h36'24" |
22 |
Jose-Enrique Cima (Spa) |
24'50" |
49 |
Jesus Manzaneque (Spa) |
1h36'29" |
23 |
Ricardo Zuniga (Spa) |
26'05" |
50 |
Jesus Lopez-Soriano (Spa) |
1h48'13" |
24 |
Juan Pujol (Spa) |
31'12" |
51 |
Luis-Alberto Ordiales (Spa) |
1h50'23" |
25 |
Peter Zijerveld (Ned) |
37'21" |
52 |
Co Moritz (Ned) |
1h51'55" |
26 |
Michel Pollentier (Bel) |
38'05" |
53 |
Juan-Luis Juarez (Spa) |
1h56'38" |
27 |
Pedro Munoz (Spa) |
42'31" |
54 |
Dominique Arnaud (Fra) |
1h59'50" |
28 |
Anastasio Greciano (Spa) |
43'27" |
55 |
Fran-Javier Lopez (Spa) |
2h01'20" |
29 |
Paul Jesson (Nzl) |
44'38" |
56 |
Jesus-Angel Ruiz (Spa) |
2h02'50" |
30 |
Felipe Yanez (Spa) |
44'41" |
57 |
Vicente Iza (Spa) |
2h04'05" |
31 |
Enr Martinez-Heredia (Spa) |
53'27" |
58 |
Francisco Sala (Spa) |
2h07'13" |
32 |
Jesus Suarez-Cuevas (Spa) |
54'53" |
59 |
Antonio Sobrino (Spa) |
2h10'23" |
33 |
Carlos Ocana (Spa) |
56'12" |
60 |
Jos Lammertink (Ned) |
2h11'11" |
34 |
Jorge Fortia (Spa) |
57'40" |
61 |
Antonio Cabello (Spa) |
2h18'47" |
35 |
Bernardo Alfonsel (Spa) |
1h01'22" |
62 |
Ignacio Fandos (Spa) |
2h22'10" |
36 |
Eduardo Chozas (Spa) |
1h02'18" |
63 |
J-Luis Lopez-Cerron (Spa) |
2h43'58" |
37 |
Raf Ladron de Guevara (Spa) |
1h05'05" |
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Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Juan FERNANDEZ (Spa) |
Zor-Vereco-Campagnolo |
94 |
2 |
Anastasio Greciano (Spa) |
Reynolds-Benotto |
72 |
3 |
Jose-Luis Laguia (Spa) |
Reynolds-Benotto |
53 |
4 |
Pedro Torres (Spa) |
Kelme |
41 |
5 |
Faustino Fernandez-Ovies (Spa) |
Henninger-Aquila Rossa-Zeus |
35 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Sean KELLY (Ire) |
Splendor-Admiral-TV Ekspres |
313 |
2 |
Guido Van Calster (Bel) |
Splendor-Admiral-TV Ekspres |
144 |
3 |
Jos Lammertink (Ned) |
HB Alarm Systemen |
116 |
4 |
Etienne De Wilde (Bel) |
Splendor-Admiral |
108 |
5 |
Javier Elorriaga (Spa) |
Flavia-Gios |
101 |
6 |
Pedro Torres (Spa) |
Kelme |
82 |
7 |
Jesus Suarez-Cuevas (Spa) |
Zor-Vereco-Campagnolo |
82 |
8 |
Jose-Luis Laguia (Spa) |
Reynolds-Benotto |
80 |
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