The 35th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 22 April to 11 May 1980. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of , and was won by Faustino Rupérez of the Zor cycling team.
Roberto Visentini won the prologue of the race and kept the leader's jersey for the first five days of the race. Sean Kelly finished second in the prologue and won the next two stages but did not get to wear the leader's jersey. On the first mountain stage, Faustino Rupérez came solo to the finish and took the leader's jersey which he kept until the end of the race. Pedro Torres put in an attack on the penultimate stage on the climb to Puerto de la Morcuera. However Rupérez together with Miguel Mari Lasa bridged up to Torres halfway to Alto de Cotos and the leader's jersey was safe. Rupérez won the race ahead of Torres and Claude Criquielion. Criquielion's Splendor teammate Kelly won five stages of the race, the points jersey and finished fourth overall. Marino Lejarreta finished the race fifth overall. Juan Fernández won the Mountains competition.
Teams and riders
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 22 April La Manga to La Manga Individual time trial 1 23 April La Manga to Benidorm 2 24 April Benidorm to Cullera 3 25 April Cullera to Vinaròs 4 26 April Vinaròs to Sant Quirze del Vallès 5 27 April Sant Quirze del Vallès to La Seu d'Urgell 6 28 April La Seu d'Urgell to Viella 7 29 April Viella to Jaca 8 30 April Monastery of Leyre to Logroño 9 1 May Logroño to Burgos 10 2 May Burgos to Santander 11 3 May Santander to Gijón 12 4 May Santiago de Compostela to Pontevedra 13 5 May Pontevedra to Vigo 14 6 May Vigo to Ourense 15 7 May Ourense to Ponferrada 16a 8 May Ponferrada to León 16b León to León Individual time trial 17 9 May León to Valladolid 18 10 May Valladolid to Los Ángeles de San Rafael 19 11 May Madrid to Madrid Total
Results
Final General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime 1 Faustino Rupérez Zor-Vereco 88h 23' 21" 2 Pedro Torres Kelme-Gios + 2' 15" 3 Claude Criquielion Splendor-Admiral + 3' 00" 4 Sean Kelly Splendor-Admiral + 3' 31" 5 Marino Lejarreta Teka + 4' 32" 6 Guido Van Calster Splendor-Admiral + 4' 44" 7 Johan De Muynck Splendor-Admiral + 4' 58" 8 Francisco Galdós Kelme-Gios + 5' 00" 9 Miguel María Lasa Zor-Vereco + 5' 25" 10 Vicente Belda Kelme-Gios + 6' 41" 11 Manuel Esparza Sanz Teka 12 Faustino Fernandez Henninger-Aquila Rossa 13 Jos Borguet Splendor-Admiral 14 Bernard Thévenet Teka 15 Roberto Visentini San Giacomo-Benotto 16 Juan Fernández Martín Zor-Vereco 17 Ángel Arroyo Zor-Vereco 18 Pedro Vilardebo Flavia-Gios 19 Francisco Codony Manzaneque-Alan 20 Antonio Gonzalez Colchon C.R. 21 José-Luis Laguia Reynolds-Benotto 22 José Enrique Cima Henninger-Aquila Rossa 23 Ricardo Zuniga Xarrasco Manzaneque-Alan 24 Juan Pujol Pages Kelme-Gios 25 Peter Zijerveld HB Alarmsystemen
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