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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
 Laurent Jalabert
VaE Sept 2 - Sept 24, 1995 |
3,637.6 Km |
Starters: 180 |
Finishers: 118 |
Average Speed: 38.704 km/h x
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Vuelta Moves to September
The 1995 Vuelta a Espana was held from September 2 to September 24, 1995. The racecourse consisted of twenty-two stages covering a total of 3,637.6 km. Defending champion Tony Rominger was absent from the start list, preferring to attempt a “Giro/Tour double”.
SPECIAL NOTE: The UCI’s International calendar was changed in 1995 with the 50th edition of Vuelta a Espana starting in September for the first time.
Frenchman Laurent Jalabert after his fourth-place finish in the Tour de France was installed as the favorite to win the Vuelta a Espana. He had seven stage wins in 1994 and came looking for ‘bigger & better’ results.
1995 Vuelta a Espana Race Route Details |
Teams:
- Artiach
- Banesto
- Carrera Jeans-Tassoni
- Deportpublic-Castellblanch
- Chazal-MBK-König
- Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Festina-Lotus
- GAN
- Gewiss-Ballan
- Kelme-Surena
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- Mapei-GB
- Mercatone Uno-Saeco
- Motorola
- Novell Software-Decca
- ONCE
- Polti-Granarolo-Santini
- Porcelana Santa Clara
- Sicasal-Acral
- Team Deutsche Telekom
- TVM-Verzekereringen
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Race Summary:
Prologue: Abraham Olano won the Prologue Time Trial in Zaragoza, 2 seconds ahead of Laurent Jalabert.
Stage 3: The entry into the high mountains came early in 1995. The stage win on the 206 km from Santander to Alto de Naranco launched ONCE’s Laurent Jalabert into the Maillot Amarillo. MAPEI-GB’s Abraham Olano finished second on the stage and remained close to Jalabert, +10” behind in the General Classification.
Stage 7: The expectation that Jalabert, who held a slim 29” lead, would lose the race lead to Olano during the 41 km Individual Time Trial. However, despite Olano’s ITT stage win, Jalabert lost only 23”. The Frenchman held onto the Maillot Amarillo.
Stage 8: Jalabert's dominating performance continued one stage later, the 219.8 km eighth stage. The Frenchman’s attack was termed “stunning and brilliant” by the Spanish media. He attacked 60 km from the finish and dropped Olano as well as super climbers Richard Virenque and Marco Pantani. The stage win put the Frenchman more than 5 minutes ahead of the second placed Olano in the GC.
“Stunning and Brilliant”, Jalabert winning Stage 8 solo!
Stage 21: Laurent Jalabert came to Spain in 1995 with the reputation of “not being able to win a Grand Tour”, but in the Vuelta he destroyed that notion. The French rider rode into Madrid to claim a dominating Vuelta a Espana victory.
The Podium: 3rd Bruyneel (L), Jalabert (C), 2nd Olano (R)
SPECIAL NOTE: Laurent Jalabert had five stage wins and easily won the Vuelta’s three major classifications:
General Classification |
1. Laurent JALABERT (Fra) 95h30'33" |
2. Abraham Olano (Spa) +4'22" |
3. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) +6'48" |
Points Classification |
1. Laurent JALABERT (Fra) 312 pts !!! |
2. Abraham Olano (Spa) 195 pts |
3. Marcel Wust (Ger) 178 pts |
Mountains Classification |
1. Laurent JALABERT (Fra) 238 pts |
2. Roberto Pistore (Ita) 124 pts |
3. Alex Zulle (Sui) 89 pts |
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Prologue Zaragoza, 7 km ITT |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Stage 1 Zaragoza-Logrono, 186.6 km |
Nicola Minali (Ita) |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Stage 2 San Asensio-Santander, 223.5 km |
Gianliuca Pianegonda (Ita) |
Gianluca Pianegonda (Ita) |
Stage 3 Santander-Alto de Naranco, 206 km |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 4 Tapia de Casariego-A Coruna, 82.6 km |
Marcel Wust (Ger) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 5 A Coruna-Orense, 179.8 km |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 6 Orense-Zamora, 264 km |
Nicola Minali (Ita) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 7 Salamanca, 41 km ITT |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 8 Salamanca-Avila, 219.8 km |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 9 Avila-Destilerias DYC/Segovia, 122.5 km |
Jesper Skibby (Den) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 10 Cordoba-Sevilla, 162.5 km |
Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 11 Sevilla-Marbella, 187 km |
Nicola Minali (Ita) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 12 Marbella-Sierra Nevada, 238 km |
Bert Dietz (Ger) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 13 Olula del Rio-Murcia, 181 km |
Christian Henn (Ger) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 14 Elche-Valencia, 207 km |
Marcel Wust (Ger) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 15 Barcelona-Barcelona, 154 km |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 16 Tarrega-Pla de Beret, 197.3 km |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 17 Salardu-Luz Ardiden, 179.2 km |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 18 Luz St Sauveur-Sabinanigo, 157.8 km |
Asiate Saitov (Rus) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 19 Sabinanigo-Catalayud, 227.7 km |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 20 Alcala de Henares, 41.6 km ITT |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Stage 21 Alcala de Henares-Madrid, 171.2 km |
Marcel Wust (Ger) |
 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
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BEST CLIMBER PRIZE |
 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
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POINTS COMPETITION |
 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
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General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Laurent JALABERT (Fra) |
ONCE |
95h 30' 33" |
2 |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Mapei-GB |
+4'22" |
3 |
Johan Bruyneel (Bel) |
ONCE |
+6'48" |
4 |
Melchor Mauri (Spa) |
ONCE |
+8'04" |
5 |
Richard Virenque (Fra) |
Festina-Lotus |
+11'38" |
6 |
Roberto Pistore (Ita) |
Polti-Granarolo-Santini |
+11'54" |
7 |
Daniel Garcia (Spa) |
Banesto |
+13'50" |
8 |
Daniel Clavero (Spa) |
Artiach |
+15'03" |
9 |
Michele Bartoli (Ita) |
Mercatone Uno-Saeco |
+19'14" |
10 |
Stefano Della-Santa (Ita) |
Mapei-GB |
+19'42" |
11 |
Marcos Serrano (Spa) |
+20'24" |
65 |
Juan-Carlos Dominguez (Spa) |
+2h19'51" |
12 |
Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) |
+21'18" |
66 |
Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) |
+2h20'19" |
13 |
Angel Casero (Spa) |
+26'18" |
67 |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
+2h25'12" |
14 |
Orlando Rodrigues (Por) |
+27'21" |
68 |
Jose Luis Rodriguez (Spa) |
+2h26'00" |
15 |
Jose-Manuel Uria (Spa) |
+28'49" |
69 |
Cédric Vasseur (Fra) |
+2h26'19" |
16 |
David Plaza (Spa) |
+29'20" |
70 |
Inigo Gonzalez-Heredia (Spa) |
+2h35'55" |
17 |
Mauro Gianetti (Sui) |
+30'12" |
71 |
Giuseppe Petito (Ita) |
+2h35'49" |
18 |
Federico Echave (Spa) |
+31'04" |
72 |
Alv Gonzalez-Galdeano (Spa) |
+2h39'45" |
19 |
Ramon Garcia (Spa) |
+35'50" |
73 |
Serafin Viera (Por) |
+2h41'20" |
20 |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
+37'49" |
74 |
Erwin Nijboer (Ned) |
+2h42'55" |
21 |
Axel Merckx (Bel) |
+38'02" |
75 |
Manuel Abreu (Spa) |
+2h43'15" |
22 |
Piotr Ugrumov (Let) |
+38'02" |
76 |
Roberto Laiseka (Spa) |
+2h49'56" |
23 |
Manuel Pascual (Spa) |
+43'57" |
77 |
Jose-Angel Vidal (Spa) |
+2h50'14" |
24 |
Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) |
+45'26" |
78 |
Bart Leysen (Bel) |
+2h55'09" |
25 |
Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) |
+46'48" |
79 |
Andrea Peron (Ita) |
+2h55'15" |
26 |
Stéphane Goubert (Fra) |
+47'09" |
80 |
Alfredo Irusta (Spa) |
+2h56'32" |
27 |
Eddy Bouwmans (Ned) |
+54'38" |
81 |
Arnaud Pretot (Fra) |
+2h57'28" |
28 |
Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) |
+1h00'31" |
82 |
Jose-Francisco Jarque (Spa) |
+2h57'40" |
29 |
Neil Stephens (Aus) |
+1h00'41" |
83 |
Ivon Ajuria (Spa) |
+2h58'20" |
30 |
Francisco Benitez (Spa) |
+1h00'53" |
84 |
Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) |
+3h02'12" |
31 |
Peter Meinert (Den) |
+1h01'04" |
85 |
Pascal Chanteur (Fra) |
+3h03'16" |
32 |
Bert Dietz (Ger) |
+1h03'50" |
86 |
Tom Cordes (Ned) |
+3h04'07" |
33 |
Manuel Rodriguez-Gil (Spa) |
+1h05'35" |
87 |
Stefano Cembali (Ita) |
+3h09'02" |
34 |
Jose-Manuel Garcia (Spa) |
+1h06'50" |
88 |
Carlos Pinho (Por) |
+3h09'28" |
35 |
Miguel-Angel Pena (Spa) |
+1h07'33" |
89 |
Kai Hundertmark (Ger) |
+3h10'23" |
36 |
Juan-Rodrigo Arenas (Spa) |
+1h08'35" |
90 |
Johnny Weltz (Den) |
+3h12'21" |
37 |
Jesus Montoya (Spa) |
+1h09'04" |
91 |
Mirko Crepaldi (Ita) |
+3h16'07" |
38 |
Claus-Michael Moller (Den) |
+1h09'25" |
92 |
Martin Van Steen (Ned) |
+3h16'49" |
39 |
Pascal Herve (Fra) |
+1h10'01" |
93 |
Marcel Wust (Ger) |
+3h18'55" |
40 |
Inaki Ayarzaguena (Spa) |
+1h13'42" |
94 |
Martial Locatelli (Ita) |
+3h19'37" |
41 |
Manuel Beltran (Spa) |
+1h16'48" |
95 |
Dimitri Tcherkashin (Rus) |
+3h24'29" |
42 |
Michael Boogerd (Ned) |
+1h16'10" |
96 |
Jav Pascual-Rodriguez (Spa) |
+3h26'28" |
43 |
Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) |
+1h20'49" |
97 |
Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) |
+3h27'15" |
44 |
Antonio Sanchez (Spa) |
+1h26'42" |
98 |
Mikael Andersson (Swe) |
+3h28'14" |
45 |
Christian Henn (Ger) |
+1h28'21" |
99 |
Steffen Wesemann (Ger) |
+3h33'00" |
46 |
Marino Alonso (Spa) |
+1h30'55" |
100 |
Roberto Lezaun (Spa) |
+3h38'13" |
47 |
Carlos Maya (Spa) |
+1h34'30" |
101 |
Kaspars Ozers (Let) |
+3h38'04" |
48 |
Jesper Skibby (Den) |
+1h35'22" |
102 |
Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel) |
+3h40'08" |
49 |
Rosario Fina (Ita) |
+1h39'41" |
103 |
Servais Knaven (Ned) |
+3h49'45" |
50 |
Dainis Ozols (Let) |
+1h39'04" |
104 |
Peter Van Petegem (Bel) |
+3h45'54" |
51 |
Carmelo Miranda (Spa) |
+1h42'55" |
105 |
Eros Poli (Ita) |
+3h45'58" |
52 |
Asiate Saitov (Rus) |
+1h43'25" |
106 |
Kevin Livingston (USA) |
+3h49'45" |
53 |
Francisco Cerezo (Spa) |
+1h44'23" |
107 |
Mario Kummer (Ger) |
+3h49'55" |
54 |
Ignacio Garcia-Camacho (Spa) |
+1h45'40" |
108 |
Roland Meier (Sui) |
+3h50'42" |
55 |
Roberto Sierra (Spa) |
+1h45'57" |
109 |
Cezary Zamana (Pol) |
+3h54'31" |
56 |
Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) |
+1h49'07" |
110 |
George Hincapie (USA) |
+3h54'33" |
57 |
Jose-Antonio Espinosa (Spa) |
+1h49'31" |
111 |
Remo Rossi (Ita) |
+4h03'31" |
58 |
Herminio Diaz-Zabala (Spa) |
+1h53'50" |
112 |
Mario Chiesa (Ita) |
+4h04'25" |
59 |
Jose-Luis Sanchez (Spa) |
+2h04'45" |
113 |
Sven Teutenberg (Ger) |
+4h05'37" |
60 |
Ruggero Borghi (Ita) |
+2h06'30" |
114 |
Henk Vogels (Aus) |
+4h08'29" |
61 |
Romes Gainetdinov (Rus) |
+2h07'13" |
115 |
Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) |
+4h09'28" |
62 |
Oliverio Rincon (Col) |
+2h09'48" |
116 |
Tristan Hoffman (Ned) |
+4h10'36" |
63 |
Jose-Ramon Uriarte (Spa) |
+2h10'28" |
117 |
Raymond Thebes (Ned) |
+4h20'57" |
64 |
Francisco Cabello (Spa) |
+2h16'17" |
118 |
Filippo Simeoni (Ita) |
+4h25'04" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Laurent JALABERT (Fra) |
ONCE |
238 |
2 |
Roberto Pistore (Ita) |
Polti-Granarolo-Santini |
124 |
3 |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
ONCE |
88 |
4 |
Johan Bruyneel (Bel) |
ONCE |
85 |
5 |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Mapei-GB |
77 |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Laurent JALABERT (Fra) |
ONCE |
312 |
2 |
Abraham Olano (Spa) |
Mapei-GB |
195 |
3 |
Marcel Wust (Ger) |
Deportpublic-Castellblanch |
178 |
4 |
Michele Bartoli (Ita) |
Mercatone Uno-Saeco |
125 |
5 |
Johan Bruyneel (Bel) |
ONCE |
108 |
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