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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
 Tony Rominger
VaE April 26 - May 16, 1993 |
3,605.2 Km |
Starters:x 170 xx (* 169) |
Finishers: 114 |
Average Speed: 37.508 km/h x
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A Rominger vs Zulle Classic
The 48th edition of the Vuelta a Espana was held from April 26 to May 15, 1993. The racecourse consisted of twenty-one stages covering a total of 3,605 km. Defending champion Tony Rominger started the race as the big favorite to win again this year. Among his major contenders were ONCE’s Alex Zulle, Jesus Montoya, and Pedro Delgado.
1993 Vuelta a Espana Race Route Details |
Teams:
- Amaya-Seguros
- Artiach
- Banesto
- CLAS-Cajastur
- Collstrop-Assur Carpets *
- Deportpublic
- Festina-Lotus
- Gaseosas Glacial
- Kelme-Xacobe'93
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- Lampre-Polti
- Mapei-Viner-Eldor
- Mercatone Uno-Mendeghini
- Navigare-Blue Storm
- ONCE-Look-Mavic
- Sicasal-Acral
- TVM-Bison Kit
- Varta-Elk-Basso-NO
* Team Collstrop-Assur Carpets only sent nine riders
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Race Summary:
Stage 1: A very fit Alex Zulle (Sui) controlled the early race lead after a strong ride in the Individual Time Trial in A Coruna.
Stage 6: Zulle extended his overall lead by winning the 24.1 km ITT on Alto Navacerrada.
Stage 11: The high mountains started on Stage 11 on the climb to Cerler. Rominger started his attack on Zulle's Maillot Amarillo. He broke away on the climb with 10 km to go and dropped the race leader. Rominger won the stage and gain 47” on Zulle. He trailed by only 18” in the General Classification. Pedro Delgado was off his physical form of recent years and finished the stage 2’11” behind the stage winner.
Stage 14: The 197.2 km Stage 14 from Tadela to Valdezcaray saw Rominger continue his charge to the race lead. In the closing kilometers of the climb to Valdezcaray Rominger attacked and won the stage. His time gain on this stage was 37” and the race leader’s Maillot Amarillo moved to his shoulders.
Rominger wins the stage on the climb to Valdezcaray
Stage 21- The final stage was a 44.6 km Individual Time Trial. Rominger struggled and went through the only difficulties of his entire race. Zulle, a master of the “race against the clock,” rode very well, leading through all the time checks. Zulle took the stage win and realized a time-gain of 48”. The time-gain was not enough to unseat the leader. Rominger held his race lead by 29”.
Tony Rominger´s second consecutive Vuelta a Espana victory in 1993 was very sharp and by less than a minute.
SPECIAL NOTE: Rominger’s brilliant 1993 Vuelta a Espana was indicated by his dominance in all three Vuelta classifications (GC, Mountain, and Points). He became only the second rider to achieve the feat after Eddy Merckx in the 1969 Tour de France and the 1968 Giro d'Italia.
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 A Coruna, 10 km ITT |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 2 A Coruna-Vigo, 251.1 km |
Alfonso Gutierrez (Spa) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 3 Vigo-Orense, 171.4 km |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 4 A Gudina-Salamanca, 233.4 km |
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 5 Salamanca-Avila, 219.8 km |
Marino Alonso (Spa) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 6 DYC-Alto Navacerrada, 24.1 km |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 7 DYC-Madrid, 184 km |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 8 Aranjuez-Albacete, 225.1 km |
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 9 Albacete-Valencia, 224 km |
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzb) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 10 Valencia-La Senia, 206 km |
Juan-Carlos Gonz-Salvador (Spa) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 11 Lleida-Cerler, 221 km |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 12 Benasque-Zaragoza, 220.7 km |
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzb) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 13 Zaragoza-Zaragoza, 37.1 km ITT |
Melchor Mauri (Spa) |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
Stage 14 Tudela-Valdezcaray, 197.2 km |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 15 St Domingo Calzada-Santander, 226.2 km |
Dag-Otto Lauritzen (Nor) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 16 Santander-Alto Campoo, 160 km |
Jesus Montoya (Spa) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 17 Santander-Lagos/Covadonga, 179.5 km |
Oliverio Rincon (Spa) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 18 Cangos de Onis-Gijon, 170 km |
Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 19 Gijon-Alto del Naranco, 153 km |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 20 Salas-Ferrol, 247 km |
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzb) |
Tony Rominger (Sui) |
Stage 21 Padron-Santiago Compostela, 44.6 km ITT |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
 Tony Rominger (Sui)
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BEST CLIMBER PRIZE |
 Tony Rominger (Sui)
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POINTS COMPETITION |
 Tony Rominger (Sui)
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General Classification:
Final General Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Time |
1 |
Tony ROMINGER (Sui) |
CLAS-Cajastur |
96h 07' 03" |
2 |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
ONCE-Look-Mavic |
+29" |
3 |
Laudelino Cubino (Spa) |
Amaya-Seguros |
+8'54" |
4 |
Oliverio Rincon (Col) |
Amaya-Seguros |
+9'25" |
5 |
Jesus Montoya (Spa) |
Amaya-Seguros |
+10'27" |
6 |
Pedro Delgado (Spa) |
Banesto |
+11'17" |
7 |
Erik Breukink (Ned) |
ONCE-Look-Mavic |
+17'18" |
8 |
Melchor Mauri (Spa) |
Amaya-Seguros |
+19'53" |
9 |
Johan Bruyneel (Bel) |
ONCE-Look-Mavic |
+20'01" |
10 |
Fernando Escartin (Spa) |
CLAS-Cajastur |
+23'27" |
11 |
Inaki Gaston (Spa) |
+27'45" |
63 |
Djam Abdoujaparov (Uzb) |
+2h04'13" |
12 |
Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) |
+28'25" |
64 |
Acacio Da Silva (Por) |
+2h04'34" |
13 |
Hernan Buenahora (Col) |
+31'24" |
65 |
Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) |
+2h04'58" |
14 |
Luca Gelfi (Ita) |
+34'44" |
66 |
Alberto Leanizbarrutia (Spa) |
+2h05'15" |
15 |
Robert Millar (GBr) |
+34'52" |
67 |
Jose Rodriguez (Spa) |
+2h06'33" |
16 |
Javier Murguialday (Spa) |
+34'59" |
68 |
Andrea Noe (Ita) |
+2h06'42" |
17 |
Jose-Ramon Uriarte (Spa) |
+37'05" |
69 |
Alfredo Irusta (Spa) |
+2h09'19" |
18 |
Jon Unzaga (Spa) |
+37'11" |
70 |
Marco Lietti (Ita) |
+2h09'48" |
19 |
Peter Meinert (Den) |
+39'15" |
71 |
Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) |
+2h10'56" |
20 |
Javier Mauleon (Spa) |
+41'06" |
72 |
Roberto Lezaun (Spa) |
+2h12'03" |
21 |
Marino Alonso (Spa) |
+41'47" |
73 |
Angel Edo (Spa) |
+2h12'21" |
22 |
Eduardo Chozas (Spa) |
+41'56" |
74 |
Massimo Podenzana (Spa) |
+2h14'11" |
23 |
Arsenio Gonzalez (Spa) |
+43'16" |
75 |
Francisco Espinosa (Spa) |
+2h14'14" |
24 |
Federico Echave (Spa) |
+43'37" |
76 |
Orlando Rodrigues (Por) |
+2h14'27" |
25 |
Jesus Blanco-Villar (Spa) |
+47'06" |
77 |
Fabio Bordonali (Ita) |
+2h14'42" |
26 |
Gerrit De Vries (Ned) |
+47'46" |
78 |
Carlos Galarreta (Spa) |
+2h19'19" |
27 |
Luis Perez-Garcia (Spa) |
+48'34" |
79 |
Roberto Torres (Spa) |
+2h19'39" |
28 |
Serafin Vieira (Por) |
+57'36" |
80 |
Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) |
+2h20'29" |
29 |
Julian Gorospe (Spa) |
+57'39" |
81 |
Jose-Angel Vidal (Spa) |
+2h22'03" |
30 |
Federico Garcia (Spa) |
+59'18" |
82 |
Viktor Rjaksinski (Ukr) |
+2h22'44" |
31 |
Jose-Luis De Santos (Spa) |
+1h03'59" |
83 |
Marek Szerszynski (Pol) |
+2h26'44" |
32 |
Romes Gainetdinov (Rus) |
+1h04'23" |
84 |
Fernando Pinero (Spa) |
+2h28'06" |
33 |
Nestor Mora (Col) |
+1h05'36" |
85 |
Stephen Hodge (Aus) |
+2h28'32" |
34 |
Vicente Aparicio (Spa) |
+1h05'41" |
86 |
Antonio Sanchez (Spa) |
+2h28'45" |
35 |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
+1h13'05" |
87 |
Santiago Blanco (Spa) |
+2h29'12" |
36 |
Viktor Klimov (Ukr) |
+1h14'24" |
88 |
Luis Diaz de Otazu (Spa) |
+2h29'41" |
37 |
Laurent Dufaux (Sui) |
+1h19'35" |
89 |
Alfonso Gutierrez (Spa) |
+2h30'00" |
38 |
Miguel-Angel Martinez (Spa) |
+1h19'53" |
90 |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
+2h30'10" |
39 |
Enrico Zaina (Ita) |
+1h21'19" |
91 |
Stefano Zanini (Ita) |
+2h31'16" |
40 |
Martin Farfan (Col) |
+1h24'00" |
92 |
Bart Voskamp (Ned) |
+2h32'19" |
41 |
Antonio-Miguel Diaz (Spa) |
+1h24'13" |
93 |
Manuel Pascual (Spa) |
+2h32'21" |
42 |
Juan-Thomas Martinez (Spa) |
+1h25'36" |
94 |
Davide Bramati (Ita) |
+2h36'19" |
43 |
Santos Hernandez (Spa) |
+1h25'39" |
95 |
Danny In't Ven (Bel) |
+2h37'53" |
44 |
Fabio Rodriguez (Col) |
+1h26'15" |
96 |
Fabrizio Bontempi (Ita) |
+2h39'08" |
45 |
Anselmo Fuerte (Spa) |
+1h27'43" |
97 |
Hendrik Redant (Bel) |
+2h39'17" |
46 |
Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) |
+1h30'25" |
98 |
Fabrizio Settembrini (Ita) |
+2h41'45" |
47 |
Roberto Sierra (Ven) |
+1h31'19" |
99 |
Dario Nicoletti (Ita) |
+2h41'48" |
48 |
Dag-Otto Lauritzen (Nor) |
+1h32'10" |
100 |
Jan Goessens (Bel) |
+2h42'14" |
49 |
Fernando Quevedo (Spa) |
+1h33'14" |
101 |
Willy Willems (Bel) |
+2h43'26" |
50 |
Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) |
+1h34'22" |
102 |
Johnny Dauwe (Bel) |
+2h44'11" |
51 |
Bruno Leali (Ita) |
+1h35'02" |
103 |
Tristan Hoffman (Ned) |
+2h44'11" |
52 |
Antonio Politano (Ita) |
+1h37'54" |
104 |
Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) |
+2h46'18" |
53 |
Tom Cordes (Ned) |
+1h40'39" |
105 |
Peter Verbeken (Bel) |
+2h47'00" |
54 |
Herminio Diaz-Zabala (Spa) |
+1h44'27" |
106 |
Ignacio Garcia-Camacho (Spa) |
+2h47'43" |
55 |
Joaquim Sampaio (Por) |
+1h47'53" |
107 |
John Talen (Ned) |
+2h48'19" |
56 |
Carmelo Miranda (Spa) |
+1h51'50" |
108 |
Mauro Consonni (Ita) |
+2h48'53" |
57 |
Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) |
+1h53'53" |
109 |
Thierry Marie (Fra) |
+2h52'17" |
58 |
Roberto Pelliconi (Ita) |
+1h55'43" |
110 |
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
+2h55'00" |
59 |
Asaite Saitov (Rus) |
+1h57'58" |
111 |
Erwin Nijboer (Ned) |
+2h56'58" |
60 |
Jose Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) |
+1h58'04" |
112 |
Gert Jakobs (Ned) |
+3h10'19" |
61 |
Jose-Luis Santamaria (Spa) |
+1h58'08" |
113 |
Patrick Evenepoel (Bel) |
+3h14'51" |
62 |
Manuel Cunha (Por) |
+2h01'58" |
114 |
Jose-Antonio Espinosa (Spa) |
+4h01'21" |
Final Mountains Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Tony ROMINGER (Sui) |
Kas-Boxing Club |
65 |
2 |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
ONCE-Look-Mavic |
132 |
3 |
Antonio-Miguel Diaz (Spa) |
Kelme |
119 |
4t |
Oliverio Rincon (Col) |
Amaya-Seguros |
105 |
Laudelino Cubino (Spa) |
Amaya-Seguros |
Final Points Classification |
Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Tony ROMINGER (Sui) |
CLAS-Cajastur |
247 |
2 |
Alex Zulle (Sui) |
ONCE-Look-Mavic |
188 |
3 |
Laurent Jalabert (Fra) |
ONCE-Look-Mavic |
170 |
4 |
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Uzb) |
Lampre-Polti |
140 |
5 |
Alfonso Gutierrez (Spa) |
Artiach |
110 |
6 |
Jesus Montoya (Spa) |
Amaya-Seguros |
108 |
7 |
Laudelino Cubino (Spa) |
Amaya-Seguros |
105 |
8 |
Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
Festina-Lotus |
102 |
9 |
Adriano Baffi (Ita) |
Mercatone Uno-Mendeghini |
101 |
10 |
Oliverio Rincon (Col) |
Amaya-Seguros |
99 |
11 |
Pedro Delgado (Spa) |
Banesto |
75 |
12 |
Marino Alonso (Spa) |
Banesto |
71 |
13 |
Erik Breukink (Ned) |
ONCE-Look-Mavic |
69 |
14 |
Melchor Mauri (Spa) |
Amaya-Seguros |
68 |
15 |
Asaite Saitov (Rus) |
Kelme |
63 |
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