The 42nd Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from 23 April to 15 May 1987. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,921 km, and was won by Luis Herrera of the Café de Colombia cycling team. It was the first win of a Grand Tour by a Colombian and also the first of a South American.
With the 1986 Vuelta Champion, Álvaro Pino was absent due to health problems, the principal favourites for the overall classification were Laurent Fignon, Pedro Delgado and Sean Kelly. Jean Luc Vandenbroucke won the prologue and wore the first leader's jersey. Kelly who was in form after winning Paris–Nice for the sixth time won the first stage and took the jersey. The sixth stage saw the beginning of the fight for the overall classification. Luis Herrera in the company of Ángel Arroyo and Vicente Belda attacked several times on the final ascent of the stage. However Kelly was still able to ride into the leader's jersey again. On the following stage to Cerler which was won by the Spaniard Laudelino Cubino, Herrera put time into Kelly and Dietzen finished ahead of Kelly and took the leader's jersey. Herrera took the jersey after the 11th stage that finished on the Lagos de Covadonga. However Kelly retook the leader's jersey in the stage 18 time trial and with four stages to go it looked as if he was going to win his first grand tour. However Kelly was forced to withdraw from the race the following day due to a saddle boil. Fignon won the following stage and moved up to third place overall ahead of Delgado. Herrera took back the jersey which he kept to the end to win the race. It was the first win of a Grand Tour by a Colombian and also the first of a South American.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 23 April Benidorm to Benidorm Individual time trial 1 24 April Benidorm to Albacete 2 25 April Albacete to Valencia 3 26 April Valencia to Valencia Individual time trial 4 27 April Valencia to Villarreal 5 28 April Salou to Barcelona 6 29 April Barcelona to Grau Roig (Andorra) 7 30 April La Seu d'Urgell to Cerler 8 1 May Benasque to Zaragoza 9 2 May Zaragoza to Pamplona 10 3 May Miranda de Ebro to Alto Campoo 11 4 May Santander to Lakes of Covadonga 12 5 May Cangas de Onís to Oviedo 13 6 May Luarca to Ferrol 14 7 May Ferrol to A Coruña 15 8 May A Coruña to Vigo 16 9 May Ponteareas to Ponferrada 17 10 May Ponferrada to Valladolid 18 11 May Valladolid to Valladolid Individual time trial 19 12 May El Barco de Ávila to Ávila 20 13 May Ávila to Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) 21 14 May Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) to Collado Villalba 22 15 May Alcalá de Henares to Madrid Total
Classification leadership +Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification Sprint classification Flying goal classification P Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke Not Awarded Jesús Montoya Not Awarded Not Awarded 1 Sean Kelly Sean Kelly Sean Kelly Henri Abadie Johnny Weltz Pello Ruiz Cabestany 2 Paolo Rosola Roberto Pagnin Omar Hernández Luc Suykerbuyk Roberto Pagnin 3 Sean Kelly Sean Kelly Jesús Montoya 4 Alfonso Gutiérrez Mariano Sánchez Martinez Jesús Suárez Cueva Miguel Ángel Iglesias 5 Roberto Pagnin Roberto Pagnin Henri Abadie Roberto Pagnin Roberto Pagnin 6 Jesús Ignacio Ibáñez Loyo Sean Kelly Jesús Ignacio Ibáñez Loyo Johnny WeltzMiguel Ángel Iglesias 7 Laudelino Cubino Reimund Dietzen Luis Herrera Henri Abadie 8 Iñaki Gastón Jesús Suárez Cueva 9 Felipe Yáñez 10 Enrique Aja 11 Luis Herrera Luis Herrera 12 Carlos Hernández Bailo Henri Abadie 13 Carlos Emiro Gutiérrez 14 Juan Fernández Martín Jesús Suárez Cueva 15 Antonio Esparza Henri Abadie 16 Dominique Arnaud 17 Roberto Pagnin 18 Jesús Blanco Villar Sean Kelly 19 Laurent Fignon Luis Herrera Alfonso Gutiérrez 20 Omar Hernández 21 Francisco Rodríguez Maldonado 22 Jaime Vilamajó Final Luis Herrera Alfonso Gutiérrez Luis Herrera Johnny Weltz Henri Abadie Miguel Ángel Iglesias
Final classification standings
General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 105h 34' 25" 2 + 1' 04" 3 + 3' 13" 4 + 3' 52" 5 + 4' 03" 6 + 4' 40" 7 + 4' 59" 8 + 5' 25" 9 + 7' 08" 10 + 7' 33"
Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 149 2 104 3 104 4 100 5 92 6 85 7 72 8 70 9 62 10 61
Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 174 2 105 3 Fagor-Larios97 4 89 5 68 6 63 7 Zahor49 8 42 9 42 10 Dormilón42
Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–6) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fagor-Larios106h 25' 35" 2 Fagor-Larios + 7' 12" 3 + 42' 45" 4 Zahor + 43' 41" 5 + 1h 05' 57" 6 + 1h 06' 25"
Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 2 + 1' 42" 3 + 3' 20" 4 + 13' 13" 5 + 24' 58" 6 + 1h 02' 20" 7 Zahor + 1h 09' 07" 8 + 1h 14' 41" 9 + 1h 20' 17" 10 + 1h 22' 11"
Sprint classification + Final sprint classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 Fagor-Larios 25 2 14 3 9 4 9 5 6 6 Zahor6 7 6 8 Zahor6 9 Zahor6 10 5
Flying goal classification + Final flying goal classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 31 2 Fagor-Larios12 3 9 4 8 5 8 6 7 7 7 8 6 9 Zahor6 10 6
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