1988 1988 Vuelta a España The 1988 Vuelta a España was the 43rd Vuelta a España, taking place from April 25 to May 15, 1988. It consisted of 20 stages over 3425 km, ridden at an average speed of 38.506 km/h... << Vuelta a España 1989 >> 1990 1990 Vuelta a España The 45th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 24 to May 15, 1990. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3711 km, and was won by Marco Giovannetti of the Seur cycling team.Defending champion Pedro Delgado was the...
Classifications	21 stages, 3656 km
General	Pedro 'Perico' Delgado Pedro Delgado Pedro Delgado Robledo , also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, as well as the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989.... 93:01:17 h
Points	Malcolm Elliot 161 p.
Mountains	Óscar Vargas Óscar Vargas Óscar de Jesús Vargas Restrepo is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1995.-Career:1986... 142 p.
Teams	Kelme 279:07:56 h

The 44th Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...

(Tour of Spain

Spain

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), a long-distance bicycle

Bicycle racing

Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...

 stage

Stage (bicycle race)

In sports, a stage, or leg, or heat, is a unit of a race which has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a...

 race and one of the 3 grand tours

Grand Tour (cycling)

In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...

, was held from April 24 to May 15, 1989. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3656 km, and was won by Pedro Delgado

Pedro Delgado

Pedro Delgado Robledo , also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, as well as the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989....

 of the Reynolds cycling team

Cycling team

A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...

.
Pedro Delgado

Pedro Delgado

Pedro Delgado Robledo , also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, as well as the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989....

 had won the previous Tour de France

1988 Tour de France

The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th Tour de France, taking place from July 4 to July 24, 1988. It consisted of 22 stages over 3281 km, ridden at an average speed of 38.909 km/h...

 and was seen as the favourite for the race. Delgado came with a Reynolds team that contained Miguel Indurain

Miguel Indurain

Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. He won five consecutive Tour de Frances from 1991 and 1995, the first to do so, and the fourth athlete to win five times. He won the Giro d'Italia twice, becoming one of only seven people in history to achieve the Giro Tour...

 who had just won Paris–Nice and was also seen as a potential favourite. The first few days of the race saw the leaders jersey change shoulders from Gino de Bakker, Benny van Brabant and Roland LeClercq. The Colombian Omar Hernández took the lead on the fifth stage. On the 11th stage to Cerler, Delgado battled with four Colombians and won the stage. He won the stage 14 time trial where Colombian Martin Farfan took the leaders jersey. On the following stage to Santander, Delgado took the jersey. However Delgados team had a bad day several stages later when Indurain fell and broke his wrist and Delgado had difficulty keeping the jersey from Fabio Parra. Parra was only two seconds behind Delgado on the general classification at one stage. The final time trial was the final chance for Parra to try to take the jersey from Delgado but Delgado won and increased his lead to win his third grand tour.

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Pedro Delgado Pedro Delgado Pedro Delgado Robledo , also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, as well as the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989....	Reynolds	93h 01' 47s
2	Fabio Parra Fabio Parra Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in Colombia, winning the Novatos classification for new riders or riders riding their first edition of the race, and finishing 14th in the 1979 Vuelta a Colombia and then the General...	Kelme	a 35s
3	Óscar Vargas Óscar Vargas Óscar de Jesús Vargas Restrepo is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1995.-Career:1986...	Postobón Postóbon (cycling team) Postobón was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing cycling team active from 1986 to 1996. The team was sponsored by the Colombian beverage manufacturers Postobón...	a 3' 09s
4	Federico Echave Federico Echave Federico Echave Musatadi is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the prestigious stage up to Alpe d'Huez in 1987 Tour de France.- Major results :1982 - Teka1983 - Teka1984 - Teka1985 - Teka...	BH-Sport	a 3' 24s
5	Álvaro Pino Alvaro Pino Álvaro Pino Couñago is a former professional road racing cyclist from Spain who raced between 1981 through 1991 and is most famous for winning the overall title at the 1986 Vuelta a España over favorites Robert Millar from Great Britain, Laurent Fignon from France and Sean Kelly from Ireland...	BH-Sport	a 4' 28s
6	Ivan Ivanov	Alfa Lum	a 5' 00s
7	Iñaki Gastón Iñaki Gastón Iñaki Gastón Crespo is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.- Major results :1984 - ReynoldsIñaki Gastón Crespo is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer....	Kelme	a 7' 24s
8	Pedro Saúl Morales	Kelme	a 7' 59s
9	Jean Claude Bagot	R.M.O.	a 8' 23s
10	Luc Suykerbuyk	Lotus-Zahor	a 9' 44s
11	Angel Ocana Perez	Lotus-Zahor	a 12' 08s
12	Martín Ramírez Martín Ramírez (cyclist) Martín Alonso Ramírez Ramírez is a Colombian former road bicycle racer.-External links:*...	Café de Colombia Café de Colombia Café de Colombia was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing Cycling team active from 1985 to 1990. The team was sponsored by the Colombian coffee growers Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia....	a 12' 18s
13	Carlos Jaramillo Carlos Jaramillo Carlos María Jaramillo Mesa is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1985 to 1996. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics...	Postobón Postóbon (cycling team) Postobón was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing cycling team active from 1986 to 1996. The team was sponsored by the Colombian beverage manufacturers Postobón...	a 12' 41s
14	Jaanus Kuum	AD Renting
15	José Martín Farfán José Martín Farfán José Martín Farfán Pulido is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1988 to 1995. He was nicknamed Farfantastico during his career.-Career:198819891990...	Café de Colombia Café de Colombia Café de Colombia was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing Cycling team active from 1985 to 1990. The team was sponsored by the Colombian coffee growers Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia....
16	Jesús Blanco Villar	Seur
17	Héctor Patarroyo	Postobón Postóbon (cycling team) Postobón was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing cycling team active from 1986 to 1996. The team was sponsored by the Colombian beverage manufacturers Postobón...
18	Pedro Ruiz Cabestany	ONCE
19	Gerardo Moncada Gerardo Moncada Gerardo Moncada Guiza is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1986 to 1994.-Career:198119891990...	Postobón Postóbon (cycling team) Postobón was a Colombian based professional road bicycle racing cycling team active from 1986 to 1996. The team was sponsored by the Colombian beverage manufacturers Postobón...
20	Marino Lejarreta Marino Lejarreta Marino Lejarreta Arrizabalaga is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. His biggest victory was capturing the 1982 Vuelta a España, a Grand Tour stage race, and he is the inaugural and record three-time winner of the Clásica de San Sebastián , which is now considered a one-day classic...	Caja Rural-Orbea
21	Enrique Aja Cagigas	Teka
22	Javier Murguialday	BH Sport
23	Jon Unzaga Bombin	Seur
24	Eduardo Chozas Olmo	ONCE
25	Didier Virvaleix	Histor-Sigma

External links

• La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)