Dates 24 April – 13 May Winning time 94h 57' 03" Second Francisco Galdós (ESP) | Distance 3,373 km (2,096 mi) Winner Joop Zoetemelk (NED) | |
Stages 19 stages + Prologue, including 3 split stages | ||
The 34th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 24 to May 13, 1979. It consisted of 19 stages covering a total of 3,373 km, and was won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Miko-Mercier cycling team. Alfons De Wolf won the points classification and Felipe Yanez won the mountains classification.
References
1979 Vuelta a España Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA